William Henry van Blerk

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William Henry van Blerk

William Henry van Blerk d1956

William Henry was born on October 23rd, 1876 in Colesberg. William Henry's father was Frederik Johannes van Blerk and his mother was Francis Freda Milton (van Blerk). His paternal grandparents were Hendrik Everhadus van Blerk and Elizabeth Jacoba Rippel (van Blerk). He had two brothers and a sister, named Henry Christiaan, Fredrick Johannes and Salina Sarah. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 79 on July 10th, 1956 in Vereeniging.

General Notes

Whereabouts
- William Henry lived at 38 Union Street, Vereeniging.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Nicolaas van Blerk
  - b.1714 in Venlo, Province of Limburg, Netherlands and the van Blerk family progenitor SA. d.22 Oct 1758 in Cape of Good Hope
  
  Rogier Bernhadus van Blerk
  - b.27 Nov 1740 in Cape Town d.14 Jan 1798 in Cape Town
  
  Catharina Maria Magetski ^*
  - d.27 Aug 1796 in Cape of Good Hope
  
  Rogier Bernhadus van Blerk
  - b.25 Jun 1769 d.30 Oct 1832
  
  Johannes Philippus Giebelaar
  - b. in Nassau-Dillenburg d.1747
  
  Hilletjie Giebelaar (van Blerk)
  - b.1742
  
  Anna Margaretha Hop (Giebelaar)
  
  Hendrik Everhadus van Blerk
  - b.25 Jul 1803 d.19 Feb 1870 in Colesberg
  
  Martha Basina Dorothea van de Kaap
  - b.1773 d.01 Jul 1839
  
  Frederik Johannes van Blerk
  - b.28 May 1846 d.1922 in Colesberg
  
  Johannes Rippel
  
  Elizabeth Jacoba Rippel (van Blerk)
  - b.02 Jan 1812 in Cape Town d.14 Feb 1873 in Colesberg
  
  Magdalena Antonisse van de Kaap (Rippel)
  
  William Henry van Blerk
  - b.23 Oct 1876 in Colesberg d.10 Jul 1956 in Vereeniging
  
  Francis Freda Milton (van Blerk)
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Individual Additional Information
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William Henry's family with Cathrine Bothman (van Blerk)

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They had a son named John Samuel.

Children

Sources/Citations
South African National Archives, Old Transvaal @ Death Notice:- MHG 0 4811/56, South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992

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