The Blažević Archive
van der Merwe

Anna van der Merwe

1704–1738 · Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa

Born20 MAY 1704, Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
Baptised21 MAY 1704, Paarl, Cape, South Africa
DiedTO 9 APR 1738, Kaapstad, Western Cape Province, South Africa
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Family

Parents
Schalk Willemsz van der Merwe1673–1740tree onlyAnna Pruvost Prevot, Prévost, Prévot, Provo1681–1740tree only
Anna van der Merwe20 MAY 1704–TO 9 APR 1738van der Merwe
married 18 MAY 1721Johannes Botha1695–1779tree only
10 children
Maria Botha1722–1739tree onlyAnna Sophia Bota Botha1723–1779tree onlyElsje Botha1725–1794tree onlyMargaretha Botha1727–1740tree onlyMartha Botha1729–1748tree onlyJohannes Frederik Botha1731–1790tree onlyCatharina Botha1732–1753tree onlyWilhelm Botha1734–1764tree onlyHendrik Botha1734–1777tree onlyHester Botha1736–1762tree only
2 siblings
Elsje Elizabeth Van der Merwe1697–1769Isaak van der Merwe1711–1777
a direct ancestor a record has been read for them an image, not yet read from the family tree, unverified

The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 15 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words.

Where this comes from

Tree only

everything here comes from the family tree, and is unverified.

Every record naming van der Merwe →

Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

Where this surname sits on the map →
What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • deathTO 9 APR 1738Kaapstad, Western Cape Province, South Africa
  • birth20 MAY 1704Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
  • baptism20 MAY 1704Kaap, Suid Afrika
  • christening21 MAY 1704Paarl, Cape, South Africa
  • event18 MAY 1721Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • residence1735

Sources attached in the tree

  • PRETORIUS NASATE REGISTER Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/person-6002626_OYYV632I4JVGLK7Z724QJ7FPT2D5RWI_OYYV632I4JVGLK7Z724QJ7FPT2D5RWI/anna-botha-born-van-der-merwe
  • Bruyns / Labuschagne - family tree — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1501292_OYYV6US4JXOOIPZUBIXAZIT7X34OV6A_OYYV6US4JXOOIPZUBIXAZIT7X34OV6A/anna-botha-born-van-der-merwe

An online family tree is a witness, not a source. Where a citation points at a parish register or a FamilySearch image, that is the thing worth going to. Sources →

Others of the same name

These parishes repeat their names relentlessly — 94 Marijas and 88 Ivans in this archive alone. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Merging on a name is exactly how this tree came to hold a man born after his own granddaughter.

Anna van der Merwe21 MAY 1704–BEF 9 APR 1738de Caep de Goede Hoop

Same name, and nothing here says they are related. Why the names repeat →