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From: keith meintjes <>
Subject: Re: [Bloukrans]
Date: 29 Jul 00 06:09:12 MDT


Dennis:

You should ask Janet Melville. Anyway, on p. 584 of SA Genealogies V. 5 there
is

b2c14d10e2 Anna Margaretha VAN DER MERWE = 25.7.1787 x Gerrit ENGELBRECHT.

Her parents were Gerrit VDM and Maria Margaretha DE BRUYN.

By the way, the town of Weenen was named for the massacre at Bloukrans
(nearby).

Best wishes
Keith.

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"John Boje" <> wrote:
After the killing of Retief and his party, Dingane commanded his warriors to
attack the Trekker encampments along the Bloukrans and Bushmans Rivers. The
latter was well protected but the former had disregarded warnings from Maritz
and was overrun early in the morning on 17 February 1838, resulting in the
death of 40 men, 56 women, 185 children and more than 200 servants.


On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 Dennis Pretorius wrote:
> Hallo All
>
> Just when I thought that I had all the VAN DER MERWE skeletons out of the
> cupboard, I find another one!
>
> Today I need some help in connection with a Gerhardus Engelbrecht (c 11 Dec
> 1780) who married Anna Margaretha van der Merwe on 15 April 1804. My link
is
> via the couple's daughter Eva Maria. The information I would like to find
is
> who the parents are of Anna Margaretha v/d Merwe?.
>
> Heese and Lombard (in the Engelbrecht section) gives a date of death for
> both as Feb !838 at Blaaukranz - obviously one of the many deaths
associated
> with the Groot Trek. Any details
> on this would also be appreciated.


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