Catharina van der Merwe

18 May 1953 – ? · van der Merwe line

Connection to the Koup

Lived on Vredendal (Spreeufontein No. 26 Ptn 1) in this district (1953-05-18).

Names

Baptismal name: Catharina
Called: Karien
Given: Catharina
Surname: van der Merwe

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Photographs

CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands... — CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands at the left in a sleeveless white shift with her hair in a plait over one shoulder, laughing at the camera; he is at the right in a pale knitted shirt and a wristwatch, laughing at her. Surf breaking on rocks behind them. — Family collection

A family group on a sofa, all eight of the household. MARIA MAGRITHA "MARIE" VAN DER MERWE sits at the left, then... — A family group on a sofa, all eight of the household. MARIA MAGRITHA "MARIE" VAN DER MERWE sits at the left, then MARIA MAGRITHA "RIA" VAN RENSBURG, then GERT ANNIS "TOKKIE" OOSTHUIZEN MARINCOWITZ in a dark suit, and FRANCES JEANNE DUMINY MARINCOWITZ at the right. Standing behind the sofa, from the left: CHRISTIAAN WILHELM "CHRISJAN" JOUBERT MARINCOWITZ, JACOBUS GIDEON "DEON" VAN DER MERWE in the centre, and GERHARD JAN OOSTHUIZEN MARINCOWITZ, whom the family calls OOSTHUIZEN, at the right. CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE sits on the carpet at the front in a striped dress. — Family collection

The same family group of eight, colourised. — Family collection

Three generations around this person

Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe 1888 Catharina Isabella Bruijn 1894

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1924

Petrus Gideon van Rensburg 1891 Maria Margaretha Walters 1900

Maria Magritha van Rensburg 1928

Catharina van der Merwe 1953 Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen m. 1975

Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen 1978 Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen 1979 Mia Magriet Oosthuizen 1984

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Immediate family

Father: Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe
Mother: Maria Magritha van Rensburg
Brothers and sisters: Maria Magritha van der Merwe, Jacobus Gideon "Deon" van der Merwe
Married: Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen 1975
Children: 1978Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen

1979Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen

1984Mia Magriet Oosthuizen

A life in the record

18 May 1953 born Born
18 May 1953 land Lived on it, Vredendal (Spreeufontein No. 26 Ptn 1)
1975 married Married Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen

Ground they are on record on

Vredendal (Spreeufontein No. 26 Ptn 1) lived on it · 18 May 1953

What we don't know

No death date is recorded.

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Research notes

Frans's mother; grew up at Vredendal

[16 Aug 2026, FAMILY] CALLED KARIEN. The name comes with MED-000106, a photograph of her and Joubert Oosthuizen at the sea about 1975. It is the everyday form of Catharina, which is the same relation Kittie has to the Catharina Isabella two generations back on this side of the family.

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Elders

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