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1. | Willem Adriaan SMIT was born on 10 Jun 1958 in Klerksdorp, S. A. (son of Sarel Petrus SMIT and Susara Gertruida (Sweet) GREEFF). Willem married Anna Jacoba JANSEN VAN RENSBURG on 11 Jul 1981 in Klerksdorp, S. A.. Anna was born on 23 Nov 1962 in Klerksdorp, S. A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Sarel Petrus SMIT was born on 18 Sep 1907 in Robertson, Cape; died on 6 Sep 1977. Notes: Predikant en eiendoms spekulant. Hy het twee strate in Klerksdorp laat bou nl. Greeffstraat in die Oudorp, en Sarel Smitstraat in Roosheuwel. Hy en sy gesin het in Greeffstraat nr.1 gewoon. Sarel married Susara Gertruida (Sweet) GREEFF. Susara (daughter of Matthys Daniel Johannes GREEFF and Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET) was born on 28 Sep 1913; died on 6 Feb 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Susara Gertruida (Sweet) GREEFF was born on 28 Sep 1913 (daughter of Matthys Daniel Johannes GREEFF and Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET); died on 6 Feb 1996. Notes: Ernstige politikus vir die Nasionale Party en in 1969 stigterslid van die HNP. Sy was in elke verkiesing en tussenverkiesing so ver as Waterberg betrokke gewees.
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6. | Matthys Daniel Johannes GREEFF was born on 6 Jul 1882; was christened on 19 Nov 1882; died on 8 Aug 1963. Other Events:
Notes: Matthys came from another branch of the Greeff tree. He served in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1903) under General Koos de la Rey when he was 17, was wounded three times and suffered permanent partial loss of the use of his right leg as a result. Matthys married Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET on 6 Dec 1906 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Susanna (daughter of Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET and Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF) was born on 26 Jul 1886; was christened on 24 Oct 1886 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 27 May 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET was born on 26 Jul 1886; was christened on 24 Oct 1886 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa (daughter of Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET and Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF); died on 27 May 1966. Other Events:
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14. | Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET was born on 15 May 1859; was christened on 24 Jul 1859 in Robertson, Cape, South Africa (son of Pieter Francois DE WET and VAN ZYL); died on 17 Sep 1932 in Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. Other Events:
Notes: A1b1c2d5e1f2g4 Petrus married Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF in 1883. Margaretha (daughter of Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF and Suzanna Maria REDELINGHUYS) was born on 12 Nov 1868 in Zemanangombe, Damaraland; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1938 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF was born on 12 Nov 1868 in Zemanangombe, Damaraland; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa (daughter of Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF and Suzanna Maria REDELINGHUYS); died on 5 Jul 1938 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. Other Events:
Notes: Born in Bechuanaland (Botswana), in an ox-waggon. A Damara woman helped with the birth. Her older sister, Lenie, wrote memoirs about her childhood in which she describes Grieta's birth. She wrote (translated freely):
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