Elsje Johanna van der Merwe (1887-1938)
28 Maart 1887 – 1938
Name
- Baptismal name
- Elsje Johanna
- Given
- Elsje Johanna
- Surname
- van der Merwe
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.
Naaste familie
- Mother
- Christina Elisabeth Nel
- Brothers and sisters
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 28 Maart 1887 gebore Born
- 22 Mei 1887 geleentheid Doop te Calvinia
- 1938 oorlede Died
Wie by hulle gestaan het
Who signed at a baptism, a will or a survey is not incidental. It is the clearest surviving record of which families stood close to which.
- stood for them
Schalk Willem Burger van der Merwe baptism · 22 Mei 1887 · paternal grandfather
stood at 1 other occasion
- stood for them Maria Margaretha Visagie baptism · 22 Mei 1887
- stood for them Jacobus Johannes Gideon Nel baptism · 22 Mei 1887
- stood for them Anna Jacoba van Wyk baptism · 22 Mei 1887
Stories
- mentioned 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.
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
- 2 other people 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
- Baptism 22 May 1887, entry 407: Elsje Johanna, born 28 March 1887, child of Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe and Christina Elizabeth Nel[TO VERIFY] Dutch Reformed Church doop-register, pages 451-452, division of Calvinia.Pages 451 and 452, entry 407, 22 May 1887. Supplied as a photograph of the register opening in conversation on 11 Aug 2026. [TO VERIFY] the collection, film, DGS and image number: none is visible on the photograph and per 5a-ii the reading and the citation are two separate claims. The transcription below is read off the image and is not in doubt.
Navorsingsnotas
[11 Aug 2026, SRC-380] BORN 28 MARCH 1887 and baptised on 22 May 1887, entry 407, daughter of Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der MerweL and Christina Elizabeth Nel. A child of this marriage that the model did not hold: the compiled tree gives only her brother Jacobus Johannes Gideon, born the following year. SHE IS NAMED FOR HER FATHER'S MOTHER, Elsje Johanna van der MerweL (PER-001630), who had died five years before she was born. Her witnesses were her paternal grandfather Schalk Willem Burger van der MerweM, Maria Margaretha Visagie, Jacobus Johannes Gideon NelM and Anna Jacoba van WykM. Nothing else is known of her: no death, no marriage, no later mention anywhere in this record. Her mother died in 1895, when she was eight.
[11 Aug 2026, SRC-412] DEATH YEAR AND FAMILYSEARCH ID: 1938, G7KF-3DP. She was eight when her mother died and lived to fifty-one.
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.
Elders
FamilySearch-profiel G7KF-3DP