Gertruida Catharina Winterbach

Gertruida was born on March 19th, 1786.  Gertruida's father was Johann Carl Winterbach and her mother was Maria Magdalena Huijsamer.  Her paternal grandparents were Johann Dietrich Winterbach and Anna Margaretha Meulen; her maternal grandparents were Georg Friedrich Huijsamer and Catharina Helena Carstens. She had a brother and two sisters, named Johannes, Anna and Maria.  She was the youngest of the four children. She had a half-sister named Dina.