Hilletje Maria Levina (Van Aardt) Wepener (abt. 1815 - 1889)

Born about 1815 in Somerset, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Frans Johannes Lodewyk Durand — married 5 Sep 1830 in Somerset East, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1889 at about age 74 in Aliwal North, Cape Colony

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Biography

Hilletje Maria Levina (Van Aardt) Wepener is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Helletje van Aardt was born about 1815 in Somerset, Cape Colony - according to her DN she was 74 years old when she died in 1889. ^[1]

She is the daughter of Frans Van Aardt and Susanna Triegard ^[1]

Different spelling of her name:

Helletje Maria Lavina according to het Death Notice ^[2]

Hilletje Catharina Laviena according to her father's DN ^[3]

Marriage

First Marriage

Hilletje married Frans Johannes Durand on 5 September 1830 in Somerset East, Cape Colony ^[4][5]

Second Marriage

Huwelik Hilletje en Louw Wepener

Date of marriage: 7 Mei 1843 ^[6]

Place of marriage: Dutch Reformed Church, Somerset East ^[6]

Groom: Lourens Jacobus Wipener - widower ^[6]

Bride: Helletje Maria Levina van Aardt - widow ^[6]

In 1843 Louw Wepener married the widow Hilletje M. L. Durand (Izice van Aard), and three sons and three daughters were born to them. Information obtained from Geocache of Louw Weppener. ^[7]

Death

Helletje, a widow, passed away on 12 June 1889 in her residence in Aliwal North, Cape Colony, at the age of 74 years . ^[1] She left behind 10 children from her 2 marriages:

First Marriage:

1. Jan Jonathan Durand ^[1]
2. Christiaan Willem Adriaan Durand ^[1]
3. Anna Catharina Durand ^[1]
4. Susanna Wilhelmina Durand ^[1] (deceased)

Second Marriage:

1. Lourens Jacobus Wepener ^[1]
2. Frans Johannes Wepener ^[1]
3. Johanna Maria Wepener ^[1]
4. Helletje Maria Lavina Wepener ^[1]
5. Hester Alette Johanna Wepener ^[1]
6. Carolus Johannes Wepener ^[1]

Sources

• Information from: FDJ Wepener, 1934. Louw Wepener Die Oorloë van die Oranje Vrystaat met Basoetoland. Genotuleer op versoek van en gedikteer deur Oom Dick Wepener aan Danie Roux. ^[7]
• Firma J. H. de Bussy Pretoria H.A.U.M. v/b J. Dusseau & Co Kaapstad. Photographs of original book in possession of Vicki Tolmay. ^[7]
• Additional information provided in the above mentioned book is that the Widow HML du Rand was the mother of five children at the time of her marriage to Louw Wepener. Unfortunately only the names of those children are provided not birth dates /birthplaces or information about their father. They are listed as: "Jan Jonathan Durand, Susanna Wilhelmina Durand, Christiaan Willem Durand en Adriaan du Rand and Anna Catharina Durand." ^[7]
• https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC19JT3_louw-weppener
• A photograph of the gravestone of HML Wepener in the Durban Street Cemetery in Aliwal North can be accessed at Memorial Stone of Louw Wepener

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch DN of Helletje. : 28 September 2018), 007844958 > image 1785 of 2056; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added on 21 Sept 2021 by Kobus Trichardt
2. ↑ Death Notice. Added by Kobus Trichardt on 23 Nov 2021.
3. ↑ Death Notice of Frans. Added by Kobus Trichardt on 20 Sept 2021.
4. ↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch Death Notice of Frans. .: 1 October 2018), 007844936 > image 1163 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added on 23 Nov 2021 by Kobus Trichardt
5. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Marriage Register - Somerset East, 1830. : 13 October 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. Added on 21 March 2023 by Kobus Trichardt
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Marriage Record Helletje and Laurens. Added by Kobus Trichardt on 23 Nov 2021.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} VickiTolmay March 7, 2015.