Van den Berg Family History

Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie

Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie

Male 1902 - 1962  (60 years)

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  • Name Andreas Gerhardus Christiaan Visagie 
    Born 8 Jan 1902  Phillipstown, Cape Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Jun 1962  Jacobsdal, Freestate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Petrusville, Cape Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I232  Van den Berg Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2018 

    Father Jan Christoffel Visagie,   b. 4 Jul 1862,   d. 30 May 1953  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Aletta Sophia Yzelle,   b. 27 May 1864,   d. 7 Nov 1947  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 22 May 1881 
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johanna Petronella Jansen van Vuuren,   b. 24 May 1903, Phillipstown, Cape Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1985, Petrusburg, Free State Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. Anna Aletta Visagie,   b. 11 Apr 1927, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. Aletta Sophia Visagie,   b. 24 May 1929, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 July 2016, Durbanville Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Cornelia Maria Visagie,   b. 5 Jul 1932, Commodoro Rivadavia, Argentinia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     4. Jan Christiaan Visagie,   b. 7 May 1938  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.