Van den Berg Family History

Izak Jacobus van den Berg

Male 1924 - 2012  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Izak Jacobus van den Berg was born 24 Dec 1924, Kroonstad, Freestate (son of Liversage van den Berg and Helena Susanna le Roux); died 23 Aug 2012, Pretoria.

    Notes:

    Soms stap mens jou lewenspad en laat spore agter sonder om baie daaroor na te dink. Soms gooi die lewe jou weer uit op

    Poem Written By Daughter
    Huppi-hup-Bambani
    Boepensbanie
    Kanie-kla nie
    Hoe vaal gaan die lewe nie wees sonder Pa nie?

    Kleintyd onthou
    Van Jakkals en Wolf
    Pa se Rympies en gebedjies
    Teen die lewe wat kolf

    Etenstyd gebede oor al die jare
    Verjaarsdag liedjie - "baie jare spare"
    My kleuter kos word 'prut' genoem
    en sorg dat ek op 'n le

    Izak married Alida Johanna Badenhorst 16 Dec 1949, DRC, Newton, Kimberley. Alida (daughter of Adriaan Lodewickus Badenhorst and Alida Johanna Myburgh) was born 30 July 1930, Hopetown, Cape Province. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jacobus van den Berg was born 12 Dec 1951, Kimberly.
    2. Alida Johanna van den Berg was born 29 Dec 1954, East London.
    3. Helena Susanna van den Berg was born 9 Sep 1964, Pretoria.
    4. Marinda van den Berg was born 26 Nov 1969, Pretoria.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Liversage van den Berg was born 5 May 1894, Winburg, Free State, South Africa (son of Izak Jacobus van den Berg and Theodora Liversage); died 2 Feb 1982, Senekal, Free State; was buried 6 Feb 1982, Senekal.

    Liversage married Helena Susanna le Roux 31 Dec 1923, Wellington, Cape Province. Helena (daughter of Gabriel Hermanus le Roux and Anna Elizabeth MM van der Merwe) was born 6 Dec 1893, Wellington, Cape; died 22 Jul 1967, Senekal, OFS; was buried 25 Jul 1967, Senekal. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Helena Susanna le Roux was born 6 Dec 1893, Wellington, Cape (daughter of Gabriel Hermanus le Roux and Anna Elizabeth MM van der Merwe); died 22 Jul 1967, Senekal, OFS; was buried 25 Jul 1967, Senekal.
    Children:
    1. 1. Izak Jacobus van den Berg was born 24 Dec 1924, Kroonstad, Freestate; died 23 Aug 2012, Pretoria.
    2. Gabriel van den Berg was born 20 Nov 1928, Senekal, OFS; died 21 Oct 2021, Canberra, Australia.
    3. Annelene van den Berg was born 4 May 1935, Senekal, OFS.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Izak Jacobus van den BergIzak Jacobus van den Berg was born 19 Nov 1849, Graaff-Reinet, Cape (son of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Christina Elizabeth van der Vijver); died 5 Feb 1929, "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.

    Izak married Theodora Liversage 10 Jan 1876, Ficksburg, Freestate. Theodora (daughter of Samuel Liversage and Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk) was born 28 Sep 1857, Glen Linden, Cape; died 24 Oct 1937, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Theodora LiversageTheodora Liversage was born 28 Sep 1857, Glen Linden, Cape (daughter of Samuel Liversage and Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk); died 24 Oct 1937, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.
    Children:
    1. Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born 26 Nov 1876, Winburg, Free State, South Africa .
    2. Wilhelmina Magdalena van den Berg was born 27 Aug 1877, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; died 31 Jul 1975.
    3. Samuel van den Berg was born 20 Jun 1878, Ficksburg, Freestate; was christened 6 Oct 1878, Ficksburg, Freestate; died 28 Jul 1963, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , Winburg, Free State, South Africa .
    4. Christina Elizabeth van den Berg was born 11 Oct 1883, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; died 30 Apr 1927, Virginia, Free State; was buried , Virginia.
    5. Theodora van den Berg was born 8 Mar 1886; died 6 Aug 1966.
    6. Izak Jacobus v d Vyver van den Berg was born 29 Dec 1887, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; died 15 Mar 1942, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.
    7. Pieter Dirk van den Berg was born 29 Oct 1889, Ficksburg, Freestate; died 25 Sep 1978, Reitz, Free State.
    8. Helena Johanna van den Berg was born 20 Nov 1891; died 28 Feb 1986, Hartebeespoortdam, Transvaal; was buried , Hartebeespoortdam.
    9. 2. Liversage van den Berg was born 5 May 1894, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; died 2 Feb 1982, Senekal, Free State; was buried 6 Feb 1982, Senekal.
    10. Harriet Ladysmith van den Berg was born 1 Oct 1899; died 10 Aug 1967, Klerksdorp; was buried , Klerksdorp.

  3. 6.  Gabriel Hermanus le Roux

    Gabriel married Anna Elizabeth MM van der Merwe. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Elizabeth MM van der Merwe
    Children:
    1. 3. Helena Susanna le Roux was born 6 Dec 1893, Wellington, Cape; died 22 Jul 1967, Senekal, OFS; was buried 25 Jul 1967, Senekal.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born 1809, Graaff-Reinet, Cape (son of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Martha Hendrina Koen); died 8 Jan 1894, "Vergenoeg", Winburg, Freestate.

    Abraham married Christina Elizabeth van der Vijver 16 Dec 1838, Graaff-Reinet, Cape. Christina (daughter of Izaak Jacobus van der Vijver and Frederika E. de Beer) was born , Graaff-Reinet, Cape. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Christina Elizabeth van der Vijver was born , Graaff-Reinet, Cape (daughter of Izaak Jacobus van der Vijver and Frederika E. de Beer).
    Children:
    1. Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born 11 Oct 1839.
    2. Frederika van den Berg
    3. Dirk Pieter van den Berg
    4. 4. Izak Jacobus van den Berg was born 19 Nov 1849, Graaff-Reinet, Cape; died 5 Feb 1929, "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.
    5. Christina Elizabeth van den Berg was born 3 May 1851; died 15 Jul 1915; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.
    6. Martha van den Berg
    7. Jacoba van den Berg

  3. 10.  Samuel Liversage was born 3 Apr 1827, Glen Linden, Cape (son of Samuel Liversage and Harriet Elizabeth Bond); died 1902.

    Notes:

    William Jervois of the Albany museum wrote as follows about Samuel Liversage:
    I have browsed through our Liversage file and can only offer the sad news that, although most of Samuel (snr)'s children are quite well documented, there is nothing to add to Samuel (jnr), other than to say that Glen Linden is up in the Winterberg, quite a long way to the north of here. From there, at a fairly early date, Samuel (snr) migrated to Natal and settled near Howick, where he and his second wife died and are buried on the farm presently called "Benvie", but which was then called Nooitgedaght", in the Kaarkloof. Samuel (snr) was accompanied by most of his children, with the apparent exception of Samuel (jnr). I get the feeling that there may have been friction between the two!

    Samuel married Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk 23 Jun 1851, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Wilhelmina (daughter of Jacobus Gustavus van Niekerk and Johanna Helena Josina S. Pieterse) was born 30 Nov 1832, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa ; died 7 May 1919, "Rietfontein No. 110", Heidelberg district, Transvaal. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Wilhelmina Magdalena van NiekerkWilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk was born 30 Nov 1832, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Jacobus Gustavus van Niekerk and Johanna Helena Josina S. Pieterse); died 7 May 1919, "Rietfontein No. 110", Heidelberg district, Transvaal.

    Notes:

    Participated in the Groot Trek from the Eastern Cape to Natal. She was a girl of five when her parents helped to found the town of Pietermaritzburg.

    Married #36 Samuel Liversage Jnr on 23 June 1851 in the house of J Boshoff (the local marriage officer) in Pietermaritzburg.

    He couldn't speak Afrikaans, and she couldn't speak English, but they understood each other well.

    Straffen Short

    Children:
    1. 5. Theodora Liversage was born 28 Sep 1857, Glen Linden, Cape; died 24 Oct 1937, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.