Dorothea Elisabeth (Behr) Erxleben (1838 - 1927)

Born 1 Oct 1838 in Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

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Died 21 Jun 1927 at age 88 in 3 Heernhut Villas, Wisbeach Road, Sea Point, Capetown, Western Cape, South Africa

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Biography

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Dorothea was born in 1838. She was the daughter of Carel Samuel Adam Behr and Dorothea Elizabeth Beck.

Baptism Date: 13 January 1839

Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa^[1]

She married Albrecht Wilhelm Erxleben circa 1868. They had the following children:

Albert Theodore (b. 1869)

Hermann Carl

Maria Jacoba

Johan Carl (b. 8 Jun 1877)

Carl Wilhelm (b. 13 Dec 1878)

Elise (b. 20 Jun 1881)

Her husband passed away in 1901 at the age of 72.

She passed away in 1927 at the age of 88. Cause of death: Myocardial Degeneration^[2]

Probate:

Event Date: 1927

Event Place: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa^[3]

Burial

Maitland Cemetery, Maitland, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKHX-B9B : 6 August 2017), Dorothea Elizabeth Behr, 13 Jan 1839, Baptism; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,110.
2. ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-FSTT : 15 July 2017), Dorothea Elizabeth Erxleben Nee Behr, 21 Jun 1927, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa; citing National Archives, Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,926,165.
3. ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKL-WMR9 : 28 September 2018), Dorothea Elizabeth Erxleben, 1927; citing Probate, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa, 1927, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,562,917.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134616879/dorothea-elizabeth-erxleben

• "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLQ-55H : 4 December 2014), Dorothea Elisabeth Behr, 03 Jul 1857, Membership; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,276.

• http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1132338

• http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1132344