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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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