Margaretha Aletta Mol is the daughter of Jacobus Cornelis Claassen Mol & Maria Elizabeth Rachel van Niekerk. Margaretha was born at Riversdal 4 May 1847, and baptized 25/7/1847 in the DR church at Riversdal, Cape Colony. Witness: Pieter Gerhardus Swart with Engela Christina Siebert.[1]
Known as Magrieta...the family travelled to Pietermaritzburg, then Wakkerstroom district Transvaal with her father J.C.C. Moll, where he was a Landrost for some time.
Margaretha Aletta Mol was married to Bernardus Pieter Johnstone at Wakkerstroom 18 September 1865 by Landros D.T. Vremge, witnessed by Johannes Vos Landros klerk.[2]
Margriet Johnstone died 29 May 1888, aged 41 and survived by her husband and 8 children [3] and is buried at Dassiefontein 389, the Johnstone Farm Cemetery.[4]
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Birth.:>Family search South Africa. Database with images. Parish registers, Dutch Reformed church, Cape Province, 1849-1899.:> Riversdal 1847-1848.:>Margaretha Aletta Mol is the daughter of Jacobus Cornelis Claassen Mol & Maria Elizabeth Rachel van Niekerk. Margaretha was born at Riversdal 4 May 1847, and baptized 25/7/1847 in the DR church at Riversdal, Cape Colony.:>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-1WTD-9?i=783&cat=960849.:>film 2186772, DGS 8150453, image no 784/1181. Citation of the record, and image uploaded on 14/10/20 by Gladwin-7.
Marriage.:> Family search South Africa. Database with images. Transvaal Teachers, Transvaal marriage records, D.R. church Wakkerstroom. 1864 - 1873.:>Margaretha Aletta Mol was married to Bernardus Pieter Johnstone at Wakkerstroom 18 September 1865.:>film 008154917 images 602 - 662/869.:> Citing of the record, and image uploaded on 27/11/2019 by Gladwin-7.
Death.:> Eggsa: Gravestones of South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Utrecht farm Cemetery, Dassiefontein 389.:> Johnstone, Margrieta Aletta 1847 - 1888 wife of Bernardus Pieter Johnstone as photographed by Barend Uys on 26/06/2016 seen by Gladwin-7 on 27/11/2019
probate record, 8 children cited: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-N3HS-G?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Baxter-5479 06:49, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
notes re Utrecht: "The Town was established in 1855 and 1856 adopted the name of Utrecht. In 1859 Utrecht became part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. After the Anglo Boer War of 1899 – 1902 the region was incorporated into Natal:"https://www.battlefieldsroute.co.za/place/utrecht/Baxter-5479 06:49, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
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probate record added and death place field edited while looking for link to Margaritha Moll Johnstone b1897 (link not found . . . . , but relationship is likely)
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