Van den Berg Family History

Izak Jacobus v d Vyver van den Berg

Male 1887 - 1942  (54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Izak Jacobus v d Vyver van den Berg was born 29 Dec 1887, Winburg, Free State, South Africa (son of Izak Jacobus van den Berg and Theodora Liversage); died 15 Mar 1942, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.

    Izak married Maria Elizabeth Haylett 1922, Wellington, Cape. Maria was born 18 May 1896, Franschhoek, Cape; died 5 May 1978, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Susanna Magrita van den Berg was born 13 Mar 1924, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal; died 25 Sep 1946.
    2. Theodora van den Berg was born 19 Jan 1927, Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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. 6.  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. 7.  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. 3. Theodora Liversage was born 28 Sep 1857, Glen Linden, Cape; died 24 Oct 1937, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born CIR 1782 (son of Dirk van den Berg and Aletta van Rensburg); died 7 Nov 1850, "Brakfontein", Graaff Reinet, Cape.

    Abraham married Martha Hendrina Koen 28 Jun 1801, Cape Town, Cape Province. Martha (daughter of Phillip Willem Koen and Martha Stern) was born 1784, Albany; died 5 Dec 1856, House of son Abraham, Graaff-Reinet. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Martha Hendrina Koen was born 1784, Albany (daughter of Phillip Willem Koen and Martha Stern); died 5 Dec 1856, House of son Abraham, Graaff-Reinet.

    Notes:

    According to her death notice she left moveable property of little value.

    Children:
    1. Dirk Pieter van den Berg
    2. Martha Hendrina Wilhelmin van den Berg
    3. Philip Willem van den Berg
    4. Aletta Maria Catharina van den Berg
    5. 4. Abraham Paulus van den Berg was born 1809, Graaff-Reinet, Cape; died 8 Jan 1894, "Vergenoeg", Winburg, Freestate.
    6. Willem Jacobus van den Berg was born 11 Jan 1812.
    7. Anna Elizabeth van den Berg was born 30 Sep 1815.
    8. Aletta Maria Christina van den Berg was born 20 Feb 1818.
    9. Christina Helena Nicolami van den Berg was born 30 Jun 1820.
    10. Martha Hendrika Wilhelmin van den Berg was born 15 Nov 1827.

  3. 10.  Izaak Jacobus van der Vijver was born 1775.

    Izaak married Frederika E. de Beer. Frederika was born 2 Nov 1794. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Frederika E. de Beer was born 2 Nov 1794.
    Children:
    1. 5. Christina Elizabeth van der Vijver was born , Graaff-Reinet, Cape.

  5. 12.  Samuel Liversage was born 3 Jul 1788, Wybunbury, Cheshire, England; died 4 Jun 1872, York, Natal.

    Notes:

    Samuel arrives in Table Bay on board the "John" on 19 April 1820 as the leader of the Staffordshire party of settlers. His age is given as 30 years . His wife is listed as Ann 35 years old and three children Elizabeth 8, Ann 6 and Cathrine 3. She died during the voyage at sea and Samuel then married the governess Harriet Bond later in 1820.

    Samuel married Harriet Elizabeth Bond. Harriet was born 1 Jan 1795, England; died 2 Jun 1867, York, Natal. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Harriet Elizabeth Bond was born 1 Jan 1795, England; died 2 Jun 1867, York, Natal.
    Children:
    1. 6. Samuel Liversage was born 3 Apr 1827, Glen Linden, Cape; died 1902.

  7. 14.  Jacobus Gustavus van Niekerk was born 4 May 1806, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa .

    Jacobus married Johanna Helena Josina S. Pieterse 9 Oct 1825, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa . [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Johanna Helena Josina S. Pieterse
    Children:
    1. 7. Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk was born 30 Nov 1832, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa ; died 7 May 1919, "Rietfontein No. 110", Heidelberg district, Transvaal.