Roelof van der Merwe

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Roelof van der Merwe

Roelof was born on June 9th, 1766 and his baptism. Roelof's father was David Schalk van der Merwe and his mother was Anna Maria Pretorius. His paternal grandparents were David Willemse van der Merwe and Hendrina Gosjens; his maternal grandparents were Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius and Anna Sophia Botha. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named Dawid, Johannes, Willem, Isaac, Paulus, Carel, Hendrik, Hendrina and Hester. He was the fourth oldest of the ten children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- David Willemse van der Merwe
  
  David Schalk van der Merwe
  - b.16 Jun 1739 in Drakenstein de Caep de Goede Hoop d.04 May 1798
  
  Hendrina Gosjens
  
  Roelof van der Merwe
  - b.09 Jun 1766
  
  Joannes Pretorius
  - b.1642 d.30 Apr 1694
  
  Lodewyk Pretorius
  - b.1688 d.<14 Apr 1718 in Stellenbosch
  
  Johanna Victor
  - b.1654 d.1709
  
  Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius
  - b.1717 d.22 Aug 1779 in Camdeboo
  
  Maria Rossouw
  - b.1693 in Paarl
  
  Anna Maria Pretorius
  - b.10 Sep 1741 d.05 Oct 1798 in de Comskloof (farm), Camdeboo, Graaff Reinet District
  
  Friedriech Both
  - b.04 Mar 1653 in Wangenheim near Gotha, Germany
  
  Johannes Botha
  - b.1695
  
  Maria Kickers
  - b.1660 in Amsterdam, Nederland
  
  Anna Sophia Botha
  - b.~ 1723
  
  Anna van der Merwe
  - b.1704 d.<09 Apr 1738

Details of Roelof's family with Maria Magdalena van den Berg