Gert Jacobus de Wet (Benjamen)

Gert was born in 1840.  Gert's father was Jacobus Ignatius De Wet and his mother was Jacoba Elizabeth Roets. He had nine brothers and two sisters, named Johannes, Nicolaas, Jacobus, Gotlieb, Pieter, Christiaan, Daniel, Hendrik, Johannes, Anna and Catharina.  He was the youngest of the twelve children.  He died at the age of 61 in 1901.