Hester Maria Josina van der Merwe

30 September 1927 – 2 May 2010 · van der Merwe line

Names

Baptismal name: Hester Maria Josina
Given: Hester Maria Josina
Surname: van der Merwe

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Photographs

Catharina Isabella van der Merwe, born Bruijn (1894-1953), called KITTIE, on a farm stoep with four of her... — Catharina Isabella van der Merwe, born Bruijn (1894-1953), called KITTIE, on a farm stoep with four of her daughters. She sits at the right in a pale blouse with a corsage at the throat. Three of the girls wear the same white shirt and dark braces - a school gymslip - and the youngest, in a white dress with a bow in her hair, sits on her sister's lap. Behind them a shuttered window and the underside of a corrugated roof. — Family collection

The same photograph of Kittie Bruijn and four of her daughters, colourised. — Family collection

Ten grown brothers and sisters crowded together in the sun against a wire fence, the eldest at the back. FRANS... — Ten grown brothers and sisters crowded together in the sun against a wire fence, the eldest at the back. FRANS JACOBUS WILHELMUS VAN DER MERWE (1924-1968) is among them - the children of Kola van der Merwe and Kittie Bruijn. Three of the ten are men. The women are in sleeveless summer dresses, two of them in wide headbands, one in cropped trousers; the man at the front stands with his arms folded in a white knitted shirt. — Family collection

The same photograph of the ten van der Merwe brothers and sisters, colourised. — Family collection

Three generations around this person

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1863 Christina Elisabeth Nel 1867

Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe 1888

Hubertus Bruijn 1855 Sibella Aletta Sophia Mostert 1863

Catharina Isabella Bruijn 1894

Hester Maria Josina van der Merwe 1927 Gustav Karl Herbert Einfeldt m. 31 March 1956

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Immediate family

Father: Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe
Mother: Catharina Isabella Bruijn
Brothers and sisters: 1921Sybilla Aletta Sophia van der Merwe

1924Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe

1925Christina Elizabeth van der Merwe

1927Catharina Isabella van der Merwe (b.1927)

1929Hendrieka Gertruida van der Merwe

1932Hubertus Bruyn van der Merwe

1935Elsje Johanna van der Merwe

1939Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe (b.1939)
Married: Gustav Karl Herbert Einfeldt 31 March 1956

1 further child is not published, living, or not shown to be deceased. They are counted here rather than left out, so the family does not appear to stop.

A life in the record

30 September 1927 born Born
31 March 1956 married Married Gustav Karl Herbert Einfeldt
2 May 2010 died Died

What we don't know

No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.

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Research notes

[SRC-074] Sister of PER-000030 and twin of Catharina Isabella (PER-000223) - same birth date in two independent sources.

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