Elsje Cecilia
Smit
Born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Jacobus Smit
and Catharina Johanna Dreÿer
Sister of
Martha Maria (Smit) Greyling, Johannes Jacobus Smit, Susanna Maria Helena Smit, Catharina Johanna Magdalena (Smit) de Bruyn, Abraham Jacobus Smit, Nicolaas Wilhelmus Smit and Elizabeth Maria Smit
Wife of
Hercules Phillippus Serfontein
— married
18 Aug 1903 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Wife of
Hendrik Oostewald Furstenburg
— married
19 Feb 1918 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Mother of
Catharina Johanna Serfontein, Anna Maria Serfontein, Jan Lodewyk Serfontein, Hendrik Oosterwald Furstenburg and Elizabeth Gertruida (Furstenburg) Wiesner
Died
at age 83
in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2024
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Biography
Elsje Cecilia was born in 1882. She was the daughter of Johannes Jacobus Smit and Catharina Johanna Dreÿer. [1]She passed away in 1966. [2]
She married Hercules Philippus Serfontein in 1903 and they had three children.[3]
She married Hendrik Oosterwald Furstenburg in 1918. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Baptism. * "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-J69W : Thu Mar 07 18:45:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Elsje Cecilia and Johs Jacs Smit, 22 Oct 1882.
- ↑ Death notice. "South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC34-C97 : Sun Mar 10 03:57:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Elzie Cecilia Smit Furstenburg and Johannes Smit, 25 April 1966.
- ↑ . Marriage Serfontein "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-J69W : Thu Mar 07 18:45:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Elsje Cecilia and Johs Jacs Smit, 22 Oct 1882.
- ↑ Marriage Furstenburg "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLT-2NF : Sat Mar 09 13:12:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Hendrik Oosterwald Furstenburg and Elzie Cecilia Smit Serfontein, 19 Feb 1918.
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