The Groenewald and Beyers Link

We are also able to trace our relationship with the Groenewald and Beyers families in South Africa, as well as with other early Dutch and German settlers at the Cape. We are indebted to Pama and to Hofmyer for many of the early family links references. Verification of these relationships has been relatively easy via early church records and reference to the South African National Archives.

Grandmother's Family
Both the Groenewald and the Beyers families farmed in the Stellenbosch district - about 50 Km (30 miles) from Cape Town - from the early 1700s. In these earlier years there was a fair bit of intermarriage between the extended Groenewald and Beyers families. Marriages between second cousins were not unusual, while young widows and widowers also invariably remarried. This resulted in many interesting and complex relationships.

Only relatives closely linked to our line are shown below.

Family names include: Beyers, de Hoogh, de Kock, Hatting, Hop, Groenewald and Melck

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Groenewald
            Key:    b = born/baptised;     † = died;     x = married;
                       All events at either Stellenbosch or Cape Town unless stated otherwise.
                       Bold type indicates Direct Line. A high-light shows the "target" of a link.

Christoffel Groenewald (Grünwald), b Königsberg, † 1721: x 1691 Catherina Niemand b Amsterdam
    b1 Christoffel
    b2 Johannes x 1717 Margaretha Hatting
        c1   Catherina b 1718
        c2   Catherina b 1719
        c3   Johannes Hendrik b 1722
        c4   Christoffel b 1724
        c5   Coenraad b 1727
        c6   Martha Elsie b 1729
        c7   Francina Elizabeth b 1732
        c8   Clara Francina b 1734
        c9   Coenraad Johannes b 1736: x 1769 Maria Elizabeth de Kock
            d1 Maria Elizabeth b 1769
            d2 Johannes Hendrik b 1772, † 1842: x 1796 Maria Sophia Beyers b 1775, † 1850
                e1 Anna Catherina b 1796
                e2 Coenraad Johannes b 1798, † 1858: x 1828 Anna Catharina Beyers b 1808, † 1878
                e3 Johanes David b 1800
                e4 Johannes Hendrik b 1801
                e5 Pieter Christian b 1805
                e6 Maria Elizabeth b 1806, † 1857: x Jan Adriaan van Schoor
                e7 Johannes Albertus David b 1810, † 1869: x 1834 Christina Elizabeth de Hoogh Beyers
                    f1 Johannes Hendrik
                    f2 Christina Elizabeth de Hoogh b 1838, † 1925: x Wynand Fourie
                        g1 Julia Fourie b 1872, † 1933: x 1898 Harold Oscar McQueen
                    f3 Jan Andries Beyers b 1841
                    f4 Maria Sophia b 1843, † 1922: x Coenraad Hermanus Groenewald † 1903
                        g1 Coenraad Pieter
                        g2 Andries Pieter (Andrew)
                        g3 Pieter Christiaan
                        g4 Burget Johannes
                        g5 Christina Elizabeth x Cornelius Jansen
                        g6 Maria Sophia (Daisy) b 1874, †1932: x Richard Porter Younghusband
                    f5 Coenraad Johannes b 1845, † 1876: x Johanna Maria Hilda Brink
                    f6 Pieter Christiaan b 1848, † 1919: x 1896 Maria Sophia Beyers b 1860, † 1933
                    f7 Johan David b 1849
                    f8 Johannes Marthinus b 1853
                    f9 Maria Aletta Jacoba b 1855, † 1931
        c10 Elizabeth Wilhelmina b 1739
        c11 Johanna Jacoba b 1741
        c12 Johanna Margaretha b 1744
        c13 Christina Martha b 1748
    b3 Coenraad Groenewald x 1717 Catharina Loos

Beyers

            Key:    b = born/baptised;     † = died;     x = married;
                       All events at either Stellenbosch or Cape Town unless stated otherwise.
                       Bold type indicates Direct Line. A high-light shows the "target" of a link.

Georg Conrad Beyer b 1684 (Erfurt, Germany) † 1769: x 1719 Anna Christina Schorch
    b1 Johan David Beyers b 1733 (Erfurt, Germany),† 1797: x 1772 Anna Catherina Melck
     c1   Jurgen George b 1772
        c2   Anna Margaretha b 1773
        c3   Maria Sophia b 1775, † 1850: x 1796 Johannes Hendrik Groenewald
        c4   Johannes Martinus b 1776
        c5   Maria Geertruy b 1778
        c6   Martinus b 1780
        c7   Jan David b 1782
        c8   Jan Andries b 1784, † 1856: x 1807 Christina de Hoogh b 1782, † 1865
            d1   Anna Catharina b 1808, † 1879: x 1828 Coenraad Johannes Groenewald b 1798, † 1858
            d2   Maria Elizabeth b 1809
            d3   Jan Andries b 1811, † 1877: x Catharina Maria Brink
            d4   Christina Elizabeth de Hoogh b 1816, † 1867: x 1834 Johannes Albertus David Groenewald
            d5   Johan David b 1817
            d6   Maria Aletta Jacoba b 1819, † 1895: x 1857 Philippus Albertus Myburgh Brink b 1818, † 1883
            d7   Pieter Coenraad b 1821
            d8   Jan Marthinus b 1823
            d9   Maria Sophia b 1825, † 1903, x Hendrik Philippus Beyers b 1820, † 1887
            d10 Christaan Frederik b 1829
        c9   Christiaan Frederik b 1786
        c10 Georg Coenraad b 1789
        c11 Hendrik Philip b 1791
        c12 Johanna Philippina b 1793

Hatting

Hans Heinrich Hatting b (Germany) x 1698 Maria de Landt b (France)
Margaretha x 1717 Johannes Groenewald

de Kock

Josias de Kock b 1721 x 1743 Maria Elizabeth Malan
    Maria Elizabeth b 1746: x 1769 Coenraad Johannes Groenewald b 1736
                                         xx 1777 Pieter de Hoogh
    Susanna Maria b 1744
    Cornelia Sophia b 1748
    Daniel Jacobus b 1750

de Hoogh

Pieter de Hoogh b (Brussels), † 1809 x 1777 Maria Elizabeth de Kock
    Elizabeth b 1778
    Susanna Maria b 1780
    Christina b 1782, † 1865: x Coenraad Johannes Groenewald
                                           xx 1807 Jan Andries Beyers
    Helina Catherina b 1783
    Anna Wilhelmina

Hop

Jan Hendrik Hop b 1685 (Germany) x 1815 Hilletjie Verschuur
Anna Margaretha † 1776: x 1752 Martin Melck

Melck

Martin Melck b 1723 (Memel, Lithuania), † 1881: x 1752 Anna Margaretha Hop † 1776
Anna Catherina b 1753, † 1822: x 1772 Johan David Beyers

References:

Geslagregester van ou Kaapse Families   by C Pama & C C de Villiers
South African Genealogies    by J A Heese & R T J Lambard
Van Erfurt na die Kaap    by A M Hofmyer & J van der Bijl
                            and
South African National Archives - Cape Town

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Inserted 7 July 2003