Van den Berg Family History

Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie

Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie

Male 1902 - 1962  (60 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan VisagieAndreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie was born 8 Jan 1902, Phillipstown, Cape (son of Jan Christoffel Visagie and Aletta Sophia Yzelle); died 30 Jun 1962, Jacobsdal, Freestate; was buried , Petrusville, Cape.

    Notes:

    Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie left for Argentinia when he was 20 years old with his uncle who was on a family visit from Argentinia. Initialy he worked in his uncle's business but soon started looking for a suitable place to start his own vehicle workshop. At this stage he met his wife to be and they got married in Argentinia. The three eldest children, all three daughters, were born in Comodoro Rivadavia in Argentinia.
    He decided to return to South Africa in 1933 when the country was suffering from a serious drought. After staying with his parents on the farm "Dwaalhoek" near Potfontein he opened a service station in Petrusville. Times were hard because of the drought and farmers paid for repair work with sheep. Money was very scarce. His fourth child Jan was born at this stage.
    Andreas moved to Jacobsdal where opened another service station. He died of asphixation when he was sixty years old when his house caught fire as a result of a parrafin heater.

    Andreas married Johanna Petronella Jansen van Vuuren. Johanna (daughter of Christiaan Jansen van Vuuren and Anna Elizabeth Snyman) was born 24 May 1903, Phillipstown, Cape; died 1985, Petrusburg, Free State; was buried , Petrusville, Cape. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Anna Aletta Visagie was born 11 Apr 1927, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia.
    2. Aletta Sophia Visagie was born 24 May 1929, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia; died 10 July 2016, Durbanville.
    3. Cornelia Maria Visagie was born 5 Jul 1932, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia.
    4. Jan Christiaan Visagie was born 7 May 1938.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jan Christoffel Visagie was born 4 Jul 1862; died 30 May 1953; was buried , Vosburg, Cape.

    Jan married Aletta Sophia Yzelle 22 May 1881. Aletta was born 27 May 1864; died 7 Nov 1947; was buried , Vosburg, Cape. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Aletta Sophia Yzelle was born 27 May 1864; died 7 Nov 1947; was buried , Vosburg, Cape.
    Children:
    1. Izaac Gerhardus Visagie was born 27 Aug 1882; died 15 Aug 1951.
    2. Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie was born 11 Sep 1883; died 2 May 1892.
    3. Hester Cornelia Visagie was born 21 Jul 1885; died 27 May 1901.
    4. Aletta Sophia Visagie was born 10 Apr 1887; died 16 Sep 1959.
    5. Jan Christoffel Visagie was born 1 Jan 1889.
    6. Gabriel Ernst Visagie was born 17 Apr 1891; died 27 Aug 1967.
    7. Johanna Magdalena Visagie was born 12 Jul 1893; died 7 Mar 1973.
    8. Gertruida Catarina Visagie was born 1 Oct 1894.
    9. Jacobus Lucas Visagie was born 11 Dec 1896; died 11 Nov 1901.
    10. Maria Catarina Visagie was born 10 May 1898.
    11. Johanna Maria Visagie was born 25 Dec 1899.
    12. 1. Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie was born 8 Jan 1902, Phillipstown, Cape; died 30 Jun 1962, Jacobsdal, Freestate; was buried , Petrusville, Cape.
    13. Christoffel Johannes Visagie was born 28 Jan 1904; died 13 Feb 1904.
    14. Jacob Andreas Cornelius Visagie was born 29 Mar 1907.
    15. Marthinus Venter Visagie was born 14 Jun 1909.