Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe

8 April 1924 – 8 April 1968 · van der Merwe line

Verbinding met die Koup

Het grond in hierdie distrik gehou: Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1) (195X).

woonplek Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1) 195X
huwelik Maria Magritha van Rensburg 1949-01-17
gebeurtenis Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe marries Maria Magritha van Rensburg at Williston1949-01-17

Naam

Doopnaam: Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus
Voorname: Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus
Van: van der Merwe

Die formele doopnaam en die naam waarop iemand werklik geroep is, word albei gehou, en nie een word van die ander afgelei nie. Spelling wat van rekord tot rekord verskil, is self getuienis en nie geraas nie.

Foto's

The werf at Biesies, the farm in the Calvinia district that Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe came off before... — The werf at Biesies, the farm in the Calvinia district that Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe came off before moving to Vredendal about 1950. Two gabled houses with corrugated-iron roofs, a walled garden, a reservoir, three windpumps, and the open Karoo running back to a flat-topped koppie. — Hendie Dijkman

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe (1924-1968) and his wife Maria Magritha “Ria” van Rensburg (1928-2019),... — Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe (1924-1968) and his wife Maria Magritha “Ria” van Rensburg (1928-2019), outdoors in the veld. He is in a red cable-knit jersey over an open collar; she wears cat-eye sunglasses. — Family collection

The werf at Biesies, colourised. — Family collection

Ten grown brothers and sisters crowded together in the sun against a wire fence, the eldest at the back. FRANS... — Ten grown brothers and sisters crowded together in the sun against a wire fence, the eldest at the back. FRANS JACOBUS WILHELMUS VAN DER MERWE (1924-1968) is among them - the children of Kola van der Merwe and Kittie Bruijn. Three of the ten are men. The women are in sleeveless summer dresses, two of them in wide headbands, one in cropped trousers; the man at the front stands with his arms folded in a white knitted shirt. — Family collection

The same photograph of the ten van der Merwe brothers and sisters, colourised. — Family collection

Drie geslagte om hierdie mens

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1863 Christina Elisabeth Nel 1867

Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe 1888

Hubertus Bruijn 1855 Sibella Aletta Sophia Mostert 1863

Catharina Isabella Bruijn 1894

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1924 Maria Magritha van Rensburg get. 17 Januarie 1949

Maria Magritha van der Merwe 1949 Catharina van der Merwe 1953 Jacobus Gideon "Deon" van der Merwe 1957

Werk uit hoe hierdie mens aan iemand anders verwant is →

Klik op enige naam, dan word dieselfde drie geslagte om daardie mens getrek. Daar is nie 'n stampaar hier nie, en ook nie 'n bopunt aan die boom nie: dit wys net die familie wat die naaste aan die mens staan oor wie jy lees, en 'n oop plek is 'n gaping in die rekord eerder as 'n uitspraak oor iemand.

Naaste familie

Vader: Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe
Moeder: Catharina Isabella Bruijn
Broers en susters: 1921Sybilla Aletta Sophia van der Merwe

1925Christina Elizabeth van der Merwe

1927Catharina Isabella van der Merwe (b.1927)

1927Hester Maria Josina van der Merwe

1929Hendrieka Gertruida van der Merwe

1932Hubertus Bruyn van der Merwe

1935Elsje Johanna van der Merwe

1939Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe (b.1939)
Getroud: Maria Magritha van Rensburg 17 Januarie 1949
Kinders: 1949Maria Magritha van der Merwe

1953Catharina van der Merwe

1957Jacobus Gideon "Deon" van der Merwe

'n Lewe in die rekord

8 April 1924 gebore Born
17 Januarie 1949 getroud Married Maria Magritha van Rensburg
17 Januarie 1949 gebeurtenis Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe marries Maria Magritha van Rensburg at Williston
The marriage that brings the Van der Merwe line from Brandvlei and Williston into the Prince Albert district.
omstreeks 1950 gebeurtenis The van der Merwes come south to the Prince Albert district
The maternal line does NOT come out of the Prince Albert district. Three generations sit in the northern Karoo - Van Wyksvlei (b.1891), Bokvlakte (b.1900), Calvinia (m.1917), Williston (b.1928, m.1949). It is Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe and Maria Magritha van Rensburg who move south to VRE
die 1950s grond Held it, Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1)
die 1950s grond Lived on it, Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1)
die 1950s gebeurtenis Spreeufontein subdivided; Vredendal becomes the van der Merwe farm
[FAMILY] dates to be documented
8 April 1968 gebeurtenis Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe dies at 44, on his own birthday
Left Maria Magritha van Rensburg a widow with three children aged 18, 14 and 11.
8 April 1968 oorlede Died
undated grond Lived on it, Biesies (Bissies en Anteel Kolk Nr. 91)

Grond waarop hulle op rekord is

Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1) held it · die 1950s to 1968
Vredendal (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 1) lived on it · die 1950s
Biesies (Bissies en Anteel Kolk Nr. 91) lived on it · undated

Stories

subject Vredendal en sy mense
subject Die van der Merwes van die Hantam
subject Vier grootouers, vier lande, vanaf 1684
mentioned Die van Rensburgs
ancestor Die van der Merwes van die Hantam

Ander van dieselfde naam

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.

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe

Wat ons nie weet nie

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.

Bronne

FamilySearch Family Tree - Oosthuizen direct line FamilySearchperson pages 972X-2LJ, LZ1Q-GDF, LDQC-R1B, LDQC-R17, LDQC-RTX and their family views

Navorsingsnotas

Frans's maternal grandfather. Born Brandvlei; died on his 44th birthday. NOTE three men of this exact name in the tree (1863, 1869, 1924) - this is

[31 Jul 2026] [FAMILY] Came from the farm BIESIES in the Calvinia district (PLC-000036) - Frans's own words, "frans came from farm bieses in cavinia". That refines 'born Brandvlei' rather than replacing it: Brandvlei is in the Calvinia district, so one is the ground and the other the town it registered at. He married Maria Magritha van RensburgH (PER-000013) at Williston on 17 Jan 1949 and died on his 44th birthday, 8 Apr 1968; she was widowed that day and later married Gert Annis 'Tokkie' Marincowitz (PER-000007), who is therefore Frans's STEP-grandfather and not a blood ancestor.

[4 Aug 2026, SRC-263] PLACED IN THE PUBLISHED VAN DER MERWE GENEALOGY. Janet Melville's descendant report gives him the descent code a1b3c10d2e8f1g1h1i7j2k2, which ties this line to the Van der Merwe stamvader through Schalk Willem Burger van der MerweM of Ou Muur, Calvinia (1833-1904). It confirms what this model already holds - born Williston 8 Apr 1924, died Prince Albert 8 Apr 1968, on the same day of the year - and adds one fact the model did not carry: he is recorded as LIVING AT VREDENDAL, PRINCE ALBERT (PAR-000006). That residence is the join between a Calvinia genealogy and this project.

[10 Aug 2026, SRC-374] HIS BIRTHPLACE IS DISPUTED AND BOTH READINGS STAND. Melville has him born at WILLISTON on 8 April 1924; this model holds Brandvlei, from the family-tree. All ten of his siblings are recorded born at Williston, which makes Williston the likelier of the two, and Melville works from registers. Neither is the register itself. LEAD-0155.

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.

Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders - die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak - is in Afrikaans.

Oop vrae

Which of the two Karoo Hoogland farms called Biesies is the family's? prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0156
Irish 1996 keys collecting locality 384 to 'Biesies' and gives coordinates for other sites in the same survey but not in this part. Where is his numbered locality list, and what coordinate does it give 384?

Wat dit sou uitmaak Frans saying which side of Williston the farm lies, or Irish's numbered locality gazetteer, entry 384.
Where Biesies stands, and whether the Fraserburg one is the family farm prioriteit 2 · LEAD-0175
Which of the three candidate Biesies is the farm Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der MerweL (PER-000030) came off before 1950?

Wat dit sou uitmaak A deed, a death notice or a photograph caption tying PER-000030 or his father to a named Biesies, OR a Fraserburg cadastral pull that fixes the six neighbours.
Was Biesies Kola's farm, and when did he hold it? prioriteit P3 · LEAD-0341
[FAMILY] Biesies is where his grandfather Frans van der Merwe (PER-000030) grew up, but it was PER-000030's FATHER'S land - Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der MerweL, 'Kola' (PER-000219, 1888-1961) - and PER-000030 himself went on to own Vredendal.. Kola's own 1917 marriage record gives his residence as KAREEKOP, not Biesies. When and how did Biesies become his ground?

Wat dit sou uitmaak A document naming Kola at Biesies, or an ownership/occupation record.

Elders

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