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Jacobus Louw Pietersz:
1700-before 1778
Wilhelmina van Zyl
died 1763
Pieter Wiese
Margaretha Swart
born 1724
Jacobus Gideon Louw
circa 1730-circa 1814
Hester Wiese
1741-before 1781
Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw 1
born 8 May 1766 2
baptized 20 July 1766, Swartland 3
died 31 March 1843, on the farm Klipfontein, Swartland 4
Notes:
for a note on her parentage see below#

married 11 April 1784 at Swartland 5

Jacobus Hendrik Smit
1760-1834
farmer 6


Jacobus Hendrik
1785 -
1829
children

Hester Jacoba
1786 -
1851

Engela Helena
b.1787

Margaretha Willemina
b.1788

Elisabeth
b.1789

Pieter Johannes
b.1790

Alewyn Johannes
b.1792

Anna Catharina
1794 -
1830
children

Willem
b.1796

Aletta Catharina
b.1798

Fransiscus
b.1799

Adriana Beatrice
1801 -
1846

Johannes Jacobus
b.1803

Nicolaas Albertus
1805 -
1892
children

Helena Alberta
b.1807

Hendrik Jacobus
1811 -
1902
children

children of Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw and Jacobus Hendrik Smit

Jacobus Hendrik Smit 1785-1829
born 1 March 1785
baptized 3 April 1785, Swartland
died 27 April 1829
 married (1) 2 April 1808 Tulbagh

Helena Petronella Louw 7 1760-1834
 married (2) 1 December 1810 Tulbagh

Elisabeth Margaretha Vlok 1760-1834
 married (3) 6 December 1812 Tulbagh

Maria Elisabeth Louw 8 1760-1834
farmer's wife

Hester Jacoba Smit 1786-1851
born 14 April 1786 9
baptized 4 June 1786, Swartland 10
died 1851 11
 married 4 November 1804  13

Willem Hermanus Lategan 12 circa 1797-1861

Engela Helena Smit born 1787
born 19 May 1787 14
baptized 24 June 1787, Swartland 15
 married 8 March 1812  17

Jacobus van Schalkwyk 16

Notes: In the Distribution accounts (1844) of the estate of Hendrik Jacobus Smit
and Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw, his name is given as Dirk van Schalkwyk.

Margaretha Willemina Smit 18 born 1788
born 5 May 1788 19
baptized 15 June 1788, Swartland 20
 married 2 April 1809  22

Jacobus Louw 21

Notes: In the Distribution accounts (1844) of the estate of Hendrik Jacobus Smit
and Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw, his name is given as Adriaan Louw.

Elisabeth Smit born 1789
born 17 May 1789, Swartland 23
baptized 5 July 1789, Swartland 24
 married 5 March 1811  26

Jan Serventyn 25

Notes: The transcriber is doubtful of the exact reading of this surname.

Pieter Johannes Smit born 1790
born 13 December 1790 27
baptized 23 January 1791, Swartland 28

Alewyn Johannes Smit born 1792
born 25 September 1792 29
baptized 14 October 1792 30

Anna Catharina Smit 1794-1830
born 2 October 1794
baptized 9 November 1794, Swartland
died 17 March 1830
 married 4 April 1813 Stellenbosch

Johannes Hermanus Redelinghuys 31
farmer
of Sonquas Doordrift farm, Riebeeck Wes

Willem Smit born 1796
born 6 June 1796 32
baptized 10 July 1796, Swartland 33

Aletta Catharina Smit born 1798
born 20 January 1798 34
baptized 4 March 1798, Swartland 35
 married 3 April 1815  37

Isaak Jacobus van der Merwe 36 circa 1793-1857

Fransiscus Smit 38 born 1799
born 20 October 1799 39
baptized 24 November 1799, Swartland 40

Notes: baptised Fransoijs he would seem to
have been known by his family as Fransiscus,
perhaps indeed Frans, hence the discrepancy
between the baptismal registers and 'Dit Boekje
hoort Jacobus Hendrik Smit'.

Adriana Beatrice Smit 1801-1846
born 16 October 1801 41
baptized 6 December 1801, Swartland 42
died 18 August 1846 43
 married 2 April 1820  45

Jan Immelman 44

Notes: the transcriber is unable to read the surname

Johannes Jacobus Smit born 1803
born 26 August 1803 46
baptized 25 September 1803, Swartland 47

Nicolaas Albertus Smit 1805-1892
born 22 November 1805
died 31 May 1892, Malmesbury
 married 14 April 1825

Anna Frederika Karnspek 48

Helena Alberta Smit born 1807
born 5 August 1807, Swartland 49
baptized 27 September 1807, Swartland 50
 married 21 November 1824  52

Daniel Jacobus Malan 51 1805-1870

Hendrik Jacobus Smit 1811-1902
born 19 July 1811, Kleinvlei, Malmesbury Division
baptized 29 September 1811, Swartland
died 17 July 1902, Ongegund, Malmesbury
 married (1)

Gertruida Anna Smuts 53
 married (2)

Marthina Maria van der Poel 54


# The parents of Margaretha Wilhelmina Louw

In her joint will with her husband, dated 28th April 1798,
she states that her heir in default of children, is her father,
Jacobus Gideon Louw d'oude.

In her death notice, her date of death is given as 31st March
1843, and her age at deat 76 years 10 months 23 days. This
exactly corresponds with the birth date recorded in the
Swartland baptismal register for Margaretha Wilhelmina
Louw, daughter of Jacobus Gideon Louw and Hester Maria

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