Cecilia van Heerden (1750-1789)

1750 – 1789

Names

Given: Cecilia
Surname: van Heerden

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Three generations around this person

Willem van Heerden (1709-1767) 1709

Schalk Willem van der Merwe (1673-1740) 1673 Anne Prevost (1681-) 1681

Martha van der Merwe (1713-1784) 1713

Cecilia van Heerden (1750-1789) 1750

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Immediate family

Father: Willem van Heerden (1709-1767)
Mother: Martha van der Merwe (1713-1784)
Brothers and sisters: 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)

1750Petrus Johannes van Heerden (1750-1790)

1754Elsie van Heerden (1754-1782)

A life in the record

1750 born Born
1789 died Died

What we don't know

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Research notes

[11 Aug 2026, SRC-391] Imported 11 Aug 2026 as a SIBLING of a direct ancestor, with a FamilySearch id so the row can be re-checked against the live tree. Name, dates and the family link only. NO PLACE IMPORTED: the tree's place strings are systematically wrong and are not evidence.

[17 Sep 2026] De Villiers (SRC-656) marries her on 25 Feb 1770 to Barend Johannes Vorster (b. 1748); after her death he married Levina Catharina Steenkamp in 1790. His will of 1798 is SRC-659.

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