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Skildery deur onbekende kunstenaar

Oos-Indië-vaarder "Noordt Nieuwlandt" 21 Augustus 1763

AFRIKAANS

Die van der Walt stamvader, Gaele Andries' gebore te Veenwouden, Friesland, het in 1727 as matroos

 vir die VOC by die Kaap de Goede Hoop aangekom. In 1742 tree hy in die huwelik met die agtienjarige

Johanna Weijers, dogter van Heinrich Weijers van Eppe, Duitsland. en Anna Elizabeth Gerrits. Die egpaar

vestig hulle op die plaas Uijtkijk in die Roggeveld omgewing waar Gaele waarskynlik reeds voor sy huwelik

geboer het. Gaele Andries' van der Walt sterf in Februarie 1757 op die ouderdom van 52 jaar. Uit die

huwelik is agt kinders gebore, vyf seuns en drie dogters.

b1 Andries

b2 Hendrik

b3 Renske

b4 Tjaart

b5 Johannes Petrus

b6 Anna Maria

b7 Johanna Catharina

b8 Nicolaas

In die volgende generasie was daar reeds 86 kleinkinders, 43 seuns asook 43 dogters. Uit die seuns se

nageslag het een van die grootste gedokumenteerde familie in Suider Afrika ontstaan. Vanaf die

Roggeveld het die nageslag ooswaarts getrek tot in die noordelike Kaap waar hulle uiteindelik permanent

 agter die Sneeu en Renosterberge gevestig het. Dit is dan ook uit hierdie gebied vanwaar die van der Walt

familienaam later regoor die res van Suider Afrika en deesdae ook oor die hele wêreld sou versprei.

Op 24 November 1758 hertrou die weduwee Johanna Weijers met Christian Godlieb Lessing, stamvader

 van die Lessings in Suid Afrika. Dit maak haar dus die stammoeder van beide die van der Walt en Lessing

 geslagte.

 

ENGLISH

The development and affordability of ground breaking technology in the last 15 years changed the way we 

lived for ever. These days it doesn’t have to take serious and long consideration to travel to any destination

 in the world. Most of our traditional borders fell away with the advance in air travel. With a drop of a hat we 

can visit family on another continent or go and work in some remote region for any length of time.

With this new trend of living it is not surprisingly to find people with the van der Walt surname in every corner

 of the globe. These families, like most South Africans, have the ability and the skill to adapt to changing 

circumstances with ease. Van der Walt’s can be found in every level and profession of society.

The aim of this website is to stay in touch with all those that carry the surname or has a mutual interest in the

 record keeping of it. Family research is a past time that is growing incredible fast under all South Africans. 

A topic that was mostly indulged by the elderly in the past is now keenly explored by a much younger generation.

Since genealogy is an ongoing study, it is not only the gathering of data that’s important but also valuable stories

 that’s been transferred from generation to generation. It is therefore essential to have an effortless system of

 communication to excess and exchange information. The internet is with out doubt the most effective medium

 in the quest to learn more about our ancestors.

 

“To forget ones past is like a brook without origin. Like a tree without roots” – Anonymous.

 

 

 

 8377 on 1 April 2009