Welcome to our Family History website.

This site contains information on over 1,400 individuals, being our ancestors and their close relatives, from both the paternal and maternal lines. (See top 15 surnames on this page).

South African roots are traced back to the South African settlement years (1660 - 1720) and in some cases to The Netherlands as early as 1605.

Australia and New Zealand roots are traced back to the New Zealand settlement years (1840 - 1880) and in some cases to 1740s Scotland.

More recent members of the family have roots in Cuba, Poland and the USA.

A large part of the information is visible to the public because I had the benefit of other on-line resources during my own research and I know that research is both time consuming and potentially costly. I hope that the information contained here will be of benefit to other researchers. Information I obtained on-line is referenced and the terms of use of the original publisher (owner) apply. Information open to casual browsing is limited to people long deceased.

Some information is Private due to the personal nature of information collected for genealogical purposes. Information of living or recently deceased people is limited to known family members (who are required to be registered users to gain access to that information).

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  • BRINK Wouter Cornelius Justinus born 1922 of Ottosdal/Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
    • son of BRINK Wessel Johannes born 1895 (and MALAN Dina Maria) of Klerksdorp, South Africa
    • married to KOEN Maria Johanna

See details of this BRINK line

 

  • DEACON Douglas Stewart born 1908 of Invercargill/Nelson, New Zealand
    • son of DEACON Robert born 1867 (and PETTIGREW Annie Morrin of Halfmoon Bay), New Zealand
    • married to SHARP Thelma Bessie of Swansea, Tasmania, Australia

See details of this DEACON line

 

  • HANEKOM Eduard born 1902 of Wydekloof, Cape, South Africa
    • son of HANEKOM Willem Johannes 1867 (and MOUTON Maria) of Kanetvlei, Cape, South Africa
    • married to DE KLERK Ella

See details of this HANEKOM line

 

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Top 15 surnames
Surnames
Surname Individuals
BRINK
102
DE KLERK
26
DEACON
22
GELDENHUYS
GELDENHUYS
86
1
87
HANEKOM
135
DE KLERK
36
MALAN
108
NEL
23
REID
40
ROSSOUW
25
ROUX
LE ROUX
8
14
22
SWART
22
UYS
39
WESSELS
26
VAN WIJK
27
Top 10 given names

Males

Given names
Given name Individuals
Johannes 148
Jacobus 88
Hendrik 51
Petrus 51
Willem 38
Cornelis 31
Jan 26
Daniel 25
Francois 23
Albertus 23

Females

Given names
Given name Individuals
Maria 144
Johanna 95
Anna 79
Elizabeth 74
Magdalena 57
Margaretha 49
Susanna 48
Christina 43
Catharina 41
Jacoba 36