Martha Jacoba Venter
21 November 1782 – 1822 · Venter line
Names
- Given
- Martha Catharina
- Surname
- Venter
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Immediate family
- Father
- Jan Louis Venter
- Mother
- Johanna Jacomina Smit
- Brothers and sisters
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- 1779Catharina Petronella Venter
- 1783Maria Catharina Venter
- 1785~Petrus Jacobus Venter
- 1786Jacobus Daniel Venter
- 1787Maria Magdalena Venter
- 1789Elisabeth Johanna Venter
- 1790Jan Louis Venter
- 1792Adriana Cecilia Venter
- 1793Hester Engela Elizabeth Venter
- 1795Johanna Jacomina Venter
- 1796Johannes Henricus Venter
- 1799Maria Elizabeth Catharina Venter
- 1801Francois Alwyn Venter
- 1803Catharina Petronella Venter
A life in the record
- 21 November 1782 born Born
- 1822 died Died
Others of the same name
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What we don't know
- 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.
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Research notes
[TREE] Added 2026-07-31 by kin_sweep.py under the one-degree rule: child of Jan Louis VenterL. Thin record, name, dates and the family link only. NO PLACE IMPORTED: the tree's place strings are systematically wrong and are not evidence.
[22 Sep 2026] MERGED PER-000611 into this row. same person: Martha Jacoba VenterL, daughter of Jan Louis VenterL and Johanna Jacomina SmitM, both rows d. 1822; the 1781 year is the rougher of the two (the exact date, 21 Nov 1782, kept); FamilySearch GDQG-1GF kept, L1K1-VG1 retired - FS may hold a duplicate DISAGREEMENTS, kept rather than resolved - the FamilySearch id settles these in one click: given: kept 'Martha Catharina', PER-000611 said 'Martha Jacoba'; birth_edtf: kept '1782-11-21', PER-000611 said '1781'; tree id: kept '', PER-000611 said ''; familysearch_id: kept 'GDQG-1GF', PER-000611 said 'L1K1-VG1'. Retired ids kept for the trail: tree, FamilySearch L1K1-VG1 - a merged FamilySearch id still resolves, so it remains a usable door.
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Elders
FamilySearch profile GDQG-1GF