Engela Helena (van Nieúwkerke) Smit
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Engela Helena (van Nieúwkerke) Smit (1738 - 1820)

Engela Helena Smit formerly van Nieúwkerke aka van Niekerk
Born in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 10 Oct 1756 in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 82 in Zwartland, Cape Colonymap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Engela Helena (van Nieúwkerke) Smit was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

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Name

Engela Helena van Niekerk [2]
Given Name: Engela Helena [2]
Surname: van Niekerk [2]
Married Name: Smit (an explicit Surname and Married Name were both found). [2]
Engela Helena Smit [3]

Birth

Date: ABT 1738 [2][4] / 12 January 1738 calculated from age at death[5]

Baptism

South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers [6]
Name Engela Helena van Nieuwkerke [6] / Engela Helena van Niekerk [3]
Event Date: 16 or 26th [7] 26 Jan 1738 [4][3][6]
Event Place Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [6]
Father's Name Johannes van Nieuwkerken [6]
Mother's Name Engela Plooy [6]

Marriage

Date: Married 10th October 1756 at age 18. Uncertain if previously wed. Bore 12 children [7]
Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa][8]
Groom: Alewijn Smidt[8]
Bride: Engela Helena van Niekerken[8]
Alewijn Smit [3] en Engela Helena VAN NIEKERK married on 10 October 1756 in the Cape of Good Hope [9]

Death

Date: 7 Jul 1820[5][2][4]
Place: Zwartland, Cape Colony[5]
Age 82y 5m 25d[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Entered by Gerry van Niekerk 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-41 created through the import of Pieterse Rev1.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by Esme Pieterse.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familiën, Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers, 1884, vol 2, page 461. Entered by Gerry van Niekerk 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-293 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Civil registration (deaths), Cape Colony, 1758-1833, Registers 1758-1775 1776-1788 1789-1797 1797-1803 1804-1821 1822-1833, A-D 1822-1833, E-I 1822-1833, J-L. Film # 008117313, Images 949 and 950 of 1151: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-99VX-P?i=948. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-04-01.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Source: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-ZCD : accessed 12 September 2015), Engela Helena Vannienwkerk, 26 Jan 1738, Baptism; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,107. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Paddy Michaletos 7 May 2014. Source: GSSA
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Source :
    • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Marriages 1745-1813 (title board is incorrect), Image 596
    Seen & added 26 September 2020 by André Laubscher.
  9. ↑ Source: South African Genealogies, compiled by J.A. Heese, edited by R.T.J. Lombard, GISA, 1986 SA Familieregisters Vol 11 Scho-Sny. GISA.org Added by Alta Bekker Aug 14, 2015.

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Baptism 26 Jan 1738 Engela (van Nieúkerke) Smit
Baptism 26 Jan 1738 Engela (van Nieúkerke) Smit
Marriages Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony 1745-1813 Image 596
Marriages Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony 1745-1813 Image 596


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Gordon Mac Rae
LNAB = van Nieúwkerke as per image
posted by Gordon Mac Rae
Louis Heyman
Elizabeth Ras 1725 kan nie ouer as haar ma, geb 1738, wees nie
posted by Louis Heyman
Van Niekerk-438 Gerry van Niekerk
Van Niekerk-1291 and Van Niekerk-41 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the same person
posted by Gerry van Niekerk
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
There are confusion between her 2 husbands The one is actually b2c12 and the other is b4  : b2c12 is shown as child of b4 in his profile (Smit-53) b4 (Smit-160) are shown in De Villiers and Pama as her husband
posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Van Niekerk-584 and Van Niekerk-41 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
posted by Philip van der Walt

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