The Blažević Archive
van der Merwe

Anna van der Merwe

1704–1738 · de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony, [South Africa]

Born21 MAY 1704, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony, [South Africa]
DiedBEF 9 APR 1738, e Olifantsberg (farm), beyond the Breede River, Dutch Cape Colony, [South Africa]
Record@I504524@

Family

Anna van der Merwe21 MAY 1704–BEF 9 APR 1738van der Merwe
married 18 MAY 1721Johannes Botha1695–1779tree only
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 2 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

  • deathBEF 9 APR 1738e Olifantsberg (farm), beyond the Breede River, Dutch Cape Colony, [South Africa]
  • birth21 MAY 1704de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony, [South Africa]

Sources attached in the tree

None. This person carries no source string at all in the tree. They may still be right — but nothing here can be checked without going to the register. Method →

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 Merwe20 MAY 1704–TO 9 APR 1738Paarl

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