Martha van Heerden
? – 1843
Name
- Surname
- Heerden
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 1843 oorlede Died
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Geen geboortedatum is aangeteken nie.
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Navorsingsnotas
[3 Aug 2026, SRC-200] THIN RECORD, created because this person STOOD AS A BAPTISM WITNESS at Beaufort West in 1842 (BWB-277-04, veldkornetskap C de Clercq, page 277) AND is connected to the families this project is built on. KINSHIP PATH, 7 steps to the root couple: sibling of Pieter Willem van HeerdenM -> parent of Albertus Lambertus van Heerden -> married to Engela Elisabeth Helena van Heerden -> child of Catherina Maria Pretorius -> child of Engela Elisabeth Smit -> sibling of Johanna Jacomina SmitM -> parent of Adriana Cecilia VenterM. IDENTIFIED ON NAME + DATE, not on the name alone: the name is unique among 44,143 people in the private tree and the tree's dates put this person alive and adult at that font. 22 of 52 unique-name matches from this register were REJECTED because the chronology forbade them. [TO VERIFY] Nothing beyond the tree's own dates and this one appearance is claimed here.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders — die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak — is in Afrikaans.