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Voortrekkers

GRAVESTONES OF EARLY DUTCH AND GERMAN SETTLERS INCLUDING VOORTREKKERS, BURIED IN PIETERMARITZBURG FROM 1839 COMMERCIAL ROAD CEMETERY (HOSPITAL SIDE) (MOST OF THESE FAMILIES ARE RECORDED IN “GENEALOGIEE VAN AFRIKANER FAMILIES IN NATAL”.  By Dr. B. Cilliers)

SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAMES      DEATH DATE                 AGE             BLOCK             A                 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

BOSHOFF   ADRIANA PETRONELLA GERTRUIDA    1878.12.16                   67               4L                1                  NEE VAN ASWEGEN; FIRST WIFE OF PRES. J.N. BOSHOFF

BOSHOFF   JACOBUS NICOLAS       1881.04.21                   73               4L                1                  SECOND PRESIDENT OF ORANGE FREE STATE

BOSHOFF   JACOBUS NICOLAAS    1844.09.15                   60               4L                1                  FATHER OF PRES. BOSHOFF.  POSSIBLY THE OLDEST GRAVESTONE IN THE CEMETERY

BOSHOFF   JOHAN CHRISTOFFEL   1889.11.19                   78               4L                1                  BROTHER OF PRES. BOSHOFF

BOSHOFF   MARIA MAGDALENA   1896.11.28                   75               4L                1                  NEE VAN NIEKERK, WIFE OF JOHAN C. BOSHOFF

BOSHOFF   JOHANNES STEPHANUS                  1893.07.24                   72               4L                1                  BROTHER OF PRES. BOSHOFF

BOSHOFF   MAGDALENA HELENA 1882.08.05                   54               4L                1                  NEE KEMP, WIFE OF JOHANNES S. BOSHOFF

BOSHOFF   WILLEM HENDRIK         1863.11.09                   50               4L                1                  BROTHER OF PRES. BOSHOFF, AND FIRST TO IMPORT MERINO SHEEP INTO NATAL

BOTMA      CHRISTIAAN PETRUS    1844.09.13                   32               3F                2                 

DE BEER     FREDERIKA DOROTHEA                   1943.05.01                   91               3F                4                  NOT AN EARLY SETTLER, BUT FOUNDER OF N.C.V.V. AND WIFE OF Ds. E.Z.J. DE BEER

DE BEER     EDUARD ZACHARIS JOHANNES      1918.05.25                   77               3F                4                  A DOMINEE, BUT NOT AN EARLY SETTLER

DE KOCK    ALETTA GERTRUIDA     1882.09.22                   87               2G               1                  NEE SMUTS, WIFE OF JOSEPH DE KOCK SENIOR

DE KOCK    JOSEPH (Snr.)                1874.03.04                   69               2G               1                 

FERREIRA   MARIA CATHARINA PETRONELLA 1877.10.22                   58               3E                2                  NEE HOWELL

FERREIRA   PHILIPPUS CORNELIS   1876.12.14                   64               3E                2                  HUSBAND OF MARIA C.P. FERREIRA

HANSMEYER                  ALETTA      1899.07.15                   83               1B               1                  NEE MAREE, BORN 02.03.1816

HANSMEYER                  JOZEPH       1855.11.09                                                                              

HEINE          GEORG AUGUST           1873.08.27                   42               2G               2                 

KESTELL      CHARLES    1905.04.10                   87               3E                1                  HUSBAND OF D.L. KESTELL, AND FATHER OF Ds. KESTELL AND 1820 SETTLER

KESTELL      DOROTHEA LOUISA     1858.09.02                   38               3E                1                  NEE WEYER, FIRST WIFE OF CHARLES KESTELL

KESTELL      JOHANNA SUSANNA    1909.02.19                   77               3E                1                  DAUGHTER OF HENDRIK VAN DEN BERG, AND SECOND WIFE OF CHARLES KESTELL

KEYTEL        ANNA ELIZABETH         1865.08.29                   38               1J                6                  NEE HAMMES, WIFE OF J.F.M. KEYTEL

KEYTEL        JOHAN FREDERICK MICHAEL         1916.06.10                   90               1J                6                  HUSBAND OF A.E. KEYTEL

KILLOCH     WILHELMINA SOPHIA 1909.08.17                   73               3F                2                  BORN 1836, DAUGHTER OF HENDRIK VAN DEN BERG

LOTTER       CHRISTOPHER               1875.05.28                   72               1F                1                  CHRISTOFFEL PETRUS FRANCOIS

MARE         JOHANNA MAGDALENA                 1873.11.01                   94               1B               1                  NEE PRETORIUS, WIFE OF PAULUS MARE

MARITZ      HILLETJIE LEVINA HELENA              1875.12.24                   55               1C               4                  NEE BESTER,  WIFE OF SALOMON STEFANUS MARITZ, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF GERT MARITZ

NAUDE       GERRIT JACOBUS          1890.07.09                   81               3F                2                 

NAUDE       PETRUS JOHANNES      1841.20.08                   ?                  3F                2                  FATHER OF GERRIT JACOBUS NAUDE

POSSELT     C.                 ?                  ?                  3C               2                  CHRISTIANE POSSELT, NEE SCHONHEIT – DIED 1848.  WIFE OF PASTOR POSSELT.  STONE NOW ILLEGIBLE

PRETORIUS                    HYLA M.     1894.08.28                   69               3F                2                  NEE HYLA MAGDALENA VAN DEN BERG, DAUGHTER OF HENDRIK VAN DEN BERG, AND WIFE OF WILLEM JURGENS PRETORIUS

PISTORIUS  CARL WILHELM HEINRICH               1909.06.15                   90               1K               6                  BORN 26.6.1819 IN GERMANY, CAME TO NATAL IN 1840

PISTORIUS  F.H.             1863.?.?     74               1K               6                  FRIEDRICH HEINRICH, BORN 1789.  GERMAN INSCRIPTION

PISTORIUS  F.B. AUGUSTE                1861.02.22                   67               2A               5                 

PISTORIUS  JOHANNA  1886.01.05                   57               1I                 8                  NEE MULLER, WIFE OF C.W.H. PISTORIUS

SMIT           ERASMUS   1863.08.03                   67               1J                8                  “VOORTREKKERLEERAR”

SMIT           SUSANNA   1863.07.27                   63               1J                8                  NEE SUSANNA CATHARINA MARITZ, WIFE OF ERASMUS SMIT, SISTER OF VOORTREKKER LEADER, GERT MARITZ

TRIEGAARDT                  LOUIS G.    1892.06.05                   ?                  3F                1                  LOUIS GUSTAVUS,  SON OF VOORTREKKER, LOUIS TRIEGAARDT

VAN DER BERG             HENDRIK    1839.09.05                   54               3F                2                  THIS IS THE EARLIEST BURIAL IN THE CEMETERY

VAN DEN BERG             MARIA M.  1877.09.27                   87               3F                2                  NEE MARIA MAGDALENA GOUWS,  WIFE OF HENDRIK VAN DEN BERG

VAN DEN HEEVER         DANIEL       ?                  ?                  2M              6                  POSSIBLY DANIEL JOHANNES VAN DEN HEEVER

VAN DEN HEEVER         MARTHA    ?                  ?                  2M              6                  POSSIBLY MARTHA ALETTA ELIZABETH SOPHIA DU PLESSIS, WIFE OF DANIEL JOHANNES – SEE B. CILLIERS’ BOOK

VAN OLNMAUSEN       W.M.J.        1881.12.14                   85               1B               8                 

WOLHUTER                   FRANS MATHYS            1899.03.22                   84               1C               4                 

WOLHUTER                   JOHANNA HELENA CATHARINA     1893.09.30                   68               1C               4                  NEE BESTER, WIFE OF FRANS M. WOLHUTER

ZEEDERBERG                  PETER HANS                  1884.06.12                   72               3E                3                 

COMMEMORATIVE STONE                                 1839.07.08                   ?                  4G               4                  COMMEMORATES 8 VOORTREKKERS, BURNT IN FIRE AT PLESSISLAER.  GRAVES AND STONES, EDENDALE HOSPITAL.