Van den Berg Family History

Dirk Nicolaas van den Berg

Male 1778 - 1825  (47 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dirk Nicolaas van den Berg was born 1 Apr 1778, Camdeboo, Graaff-Reinet (son of Dirk van den Berg and Aletta van Rensburg); died 3 Sep 1825, Graaff-Reinet, Cape.

    Dirk married Helena Bartholomena van Rensburg 29 Mar 1801, Cape Town, Cape Province. Helena died CIR 1818. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Elsie Aletta Sophia van den Berg was born 14 Feb 1814.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dirk van den Berg was born 1744 (son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak).

    Dirk married Aletta van Rensburg 25 May 1768. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Aletta van Rensburg (daughter of Hendrik van Rensburg and Anna Maria van der Merwe).
    Children:
    1. Maria Magdalena van den Berg was born 26 Mar 1769.
    2. Hendrik van den Berg
    3. Jacobus Petrus van den Berg
    4. 1. Dirk Nicolaas van den Berg was born 1 Apr 1778, Camdeboo, Graaff-Reinet; died 3 Sep 1825, Graaff-Reinet, Cape.
    5. Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born CIR 1782; died 7 Nov 1850, "Brakfontein", Graaff Reinet, Cape.
    6. Anna Aletta Susanna van den Berg
    7. Wilhelmina Sophia van den Berg


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacobus van den Berg was born 8 Jun 1702, Stellenbosch, Cape (son of Jacobus van den Berge and Jacomina Carteniers).

    Jacobus married Maria Magdalena Haak 24 Dec 1724. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Maria Magdalena Haak (daughter of Johann Christoffel Haak and Maria Sibela Sachs).
    Children:
    1. Maria Sibilla van den Berg was born 1725.
    2. Jacobus van den Berg was born 1727, Swellendam, Cape.
    3. Johanna Christina van den Berg
    4. Jan Christoffel van den Berg was born 1732.
    5. Jacomina van den Berg
    6. Barend van den Berg was born 1738.
    7. Pieter van den Berg was born 1740, Stellenbosch, Cape.
    8. Johannes Hendrik van den Berg was born 1742.
    9. 2. Dirk van den Berg was born 1744.
    10. Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born , Graaff-Reinet, Cape.
    11. Dani van den Berg was born 1749, Graaff-Reinet, Cape.
    12. Maria Margaretha van den Berg was born 1751.

  3. 6.  Hendrik van Rensburg (son of Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg and Aletta van der Merwe).

    Hendrik married Anna Maria van der Merwe 1747. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna Maria van der Merwe (daughter of David van der Merwe and Hendrina Horsel).
    Children:
    1. 3. Aletta van Rensburg
    2. Hendrina van Rensburg


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacobus van den Berge was born , Sint Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands (son of Niclaes van den Berge and Lijsebeth Lowijs).

    Notes:

    Jacobus was babtised on 8 February 1671 in Breskens, Zeeland. He married Jacomina CARTENIERS from Oudenaarde, Vlaandre on 8 October 1700. They had seven children, 2 sons and 5 daughters. The majority van den Bergs in South Africa originated from this family. He worked as a Cadet at the "Hollandse Oos Indiese Kompanjie" also known as the VOC.
    According to an article written by C.E. Hulstaert and published in Familia 1989 XXVI p31 his parents were Niclaes van den Berge and Lijsebeth Lowijs. "In het lidmatenboek van Breskens vinden we in de lijst van 4 April 1671: Niclaes van den Berge en Lijsebeth Lowijs met attestate van Sint Anna ter Muyden. Sint Anna ter Muiden is een dorpje in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in de buurt van Sluis dicht tegen de Belgische grens. In de doop-, trouw-, en lidmatenboeken van dit dorpje is evenwel geen spoor van het echtpaar terug te vinden. Het echtpaar Claes van den Berge en Lijsebeth Lowijs laat te Breskens twee kinderen dopen: 1. Janneken op 17 Augustus 1672, getuigen Antoonij Boone en Kommetjie Willems, 2. Jakob op 11 Augustus 1673, getuigen Pieter SAel en Elena Verhulst."

    Jacobus married Jacomina Carteniers 8 Oct 1700, Cape Town, Cape Province. Jacomina was born CA 1680, Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Jacomina Carteniers was born CA 1680, Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium.
    Children:
    1. 4. Jacobus van den Berg was born 8 Jun 1702, Stellenbosch, Cape.
    2. Maria van den Berg
    3. Alida van den Berg
    4. Anna Maria van den Berg was born , Stellenbosch, Cape.
    5. Elizabeth van den Berg
    6. Margaretha van den Berg was born , Stellenbosch, Cape.
    7. Johannes van den Berg was born , Stellenbosch, Cape.
    8. Dorothea van den Berg

  3. 10.  Johann Christoffel Haak was born CIR 1680, Netherlands; died 2 Feb 1711.

    Johann married Maria Sibela Sachs 8 Mar 1704. Maria (daughter of Joachim Sachs and Susanna Holswig) was born CIR 1685, Sachse, Sax, Gusten. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Maria Sibela Sachs was born CIR 1685, Sachse, Sax, Gusten (daughter of Joachim Sachs and Susanna Holswig).
    Children:
    1. 5. Maria Magdalena Haak

  5. 12.  Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg

    Nicolaas married Aletta van der Merwe. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Aletta van der Merwe
    Children:
    1. 6. Hendrik van Rensburg

  7. 14.  David van der Merwe (son of Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Provo).

    David married Hendrina Horsel 12 Sep 1728. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Hendrina Horsel
    Children:
    1. 7. Anna Maria van der Merwe