Margaretha Elizabeth Zeederberg

19 July 1857 – 15 December 1897 · Zeederberg line

Names

Baptismal name: Margaretha Elizabeth
Given: Margaretha Elizabeth
Surname: Zeederberg

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Photographs

MARGARETHA ELIZABETH ZEEDERBERG (1857-1897) in an oval mount under glass: head and shoulders, dark hair dressed high... — MARGARETHA ELIZABETH ZEEDERBERG (1857-1897) in an oval mount under glass: head and shoulders, dark hair dressed high and full at the front, a dark high-necked dress with a wide white bow at the throat and a brooch pinned at its centre. Photographed as it hangs, so the glass carries reflections. — Family collection

The same oval portrait of Margaretha Elizabeth Zeederberg, colourised. — Family collection

Three generations around this person

not on this site Margaretha Elisabeth Louw 1783

Roelof Abraham Zeederberg 1812

Margaretha Catharina Jacoba de Wet 1814

Margaretha Elizabeth Zeederberg 1857 Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1853) m. 11 March 1877

Maria Johanna van Oosterzee Duminy 1879 Margaret Elizabeth Zeederberg Duminy 1880 Francoise Jeanne Duminy 1882 Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1884) 1884 Augusta Wilhelmina Duminy 1886 Maria Catharina Duminy 1887 Roeloff Abraham Zeederberg Duminy 1889 Katharina Maria Duminy 1892 John Duminy 1894 Maria Johanna D'Oliviera Stadler Duminy 1895 Charlotte Florence Margaretha Duminy 1897

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Immediate family

Father: Roelof Abraham Zeederberg
Mother: Margaretha Catharina Jacoba de Wet
Married: Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1853) 11 March 1877
Children: 1879Maria Johanna van Oosterzee Duminy

1880Margaret Elizabeth Zeederberg Duminy

1882Francoise Jeanne Duminy

1884Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1884)

1886Augusta Wilhelmina Duminy

1887Maria Catharina Duminy

1889Roeloff Abraham Zeederberg Duminy

1892Katharina Maria Duminy

1894John Duminy

1895Maria Johanna D'Oliviera Stadler Duminy

1897Charlotte Florence Margaretha Duminy

A life in the record

19 July 1857 born Born
11 March 1877 married Married Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1853)
15 December 1897 died Died

Stories

mentioned The Jouberts and Duminys of the winelands

What we don't know

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Research notes

DIRECT ANCESTOR - Frans's 2x-great-grandmother, born Cape Town. ZEEDERBERG is a new surname, and it recurs as a given name in her children and in Margaret Elizabeth Zeederberg OosthuizenM (b.1905), daughter of the Zeekoegat marriage. [SRC-074]

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Elders

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