Willem van Heerden (1709-1767)
1709 – 1767
Names
- Given
- Willem
- Surname
- van Heerden
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Married
- Martha van der Merwe (1713-1784) 30 April 1730
- Children
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- 1731Pieter Willemsze van Heerden (1731-1785)
- 1732Schalk Willem van Heerden (1732-1793)
- 1734Magteltje van Heerden (1734-1790)
- 1736Hendrik Pietersz van Heerden (1736-1772)
- 1736Hendrik van Heerden (1736-1772)
- 1737Isaac van Heerden (1737-1776)
- 1739Anna Sophia van Heerden (1739-1775)
- 1740Jacobus van Heerden (1740-1769)
- 1742Carel van Heerden (1742-1779)
- 1744Roelof van Heerden (1744-1791)
- 1747David van Heerden (1747-1773)
- 1750Cecilia van Heerden (1750-1789)
- 1750Petrus Johannes van Heerden (1750-1790)
- 1754Elsie van Heerden (1754-1782)
A life in the record
- 1709 born Born
- 30 April 1730 married Married Martha van der Merwe (1713-1784)
- 1767 died Died
What we don't know
- 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.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[11 Aug 2026, SRC-391] Imported 11 Aug 2026 as a DIRECT ANCESTOR, with a FamilySearch id. Name, dates and the family link only. NO PLACE IMPORTED.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Elders
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