Van den Berg Family History
Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk
1832 - 1919 (86 years)
Generation: 1
1. Wilhelmina 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 ShortWilhelmina married Samuel Liversage 23 Jun 1851, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Samuel (son of Samuel Liversage and Harriet Elizabeth Bond) was born 3 Apr 1827, Glen Linden, Cape; died 1902. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Theodora Liversage was born 28 Sep 1857, Glen Linden, Cape; died 24 Oct 1937, Winburg, Free State, South Africa ; was buried , "Dankbaarsfontein", Winburg, Freestate.
2. 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]
3. Johanna Helena Josina S. Pieterse Children:
- 1. Wilhelmina Magdalena van Niekerk was born 30 Nov 1832, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa ; died 7 May 1919, "Rietfontein No. 110", Heidelberg district, Transvaal.