Maria Louisa van der Merwe
about 1870 – ? · van der Merwe line
Connection to the Koup
Married into a household on this ground: Gerolm Samuel Marincowitz.
Names
- Given
- Maria Louisa van der
- Surname
- Merwe
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Immediate family
- Married
- Gerolm Samuel Marincowitz
- Children
A life in the record
- about 1870 born Born
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No death date is recorded.
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 1 other person in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[TREE] Added 29 Jul 2026 under the people-related-to-the-land rule: spouse Gerolm Samuel MarincowitzH (PER-000056). Thin record; dates as in the tree.
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Elders
FamilySearch profile GHX4-BTX