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Willem Morkel

Male 1785 - 1839  (54 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Willem Morkel was born on 6 Jul 1785 in Voorburg, Hottentots Holland, Western cape, South Africa; died on 6 Jul 1839 in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Willem married Esther Leonora Louw on 8 Nov 1807 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. Esther (daughter of Hendrik Louw and Hester Loret) was born about 1788; was christened on 7 Sep 1788 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Aug 1859 in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Pieter Loret Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jul 1818 in Voorburg, Hottentots Holland, Western cape, South Africa; died on 17 May 1878 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Pieter Loret Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (1.Willem1) was born on 10 Jul 1818 in Voorburg, Hottentots Holland, Western cape, South Africa; died on 17 May 1878 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Pieter married Susanna Petronella Wessels on Yes, date unknown. Susanna (daughter of Petrus Johannes Wessels and Maria Elizabeth Groenewald) was born on 15 Apr 1821 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jul 1905 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Willem Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Nov 1839 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Aug 1899 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. 4. Jacoba Alida Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1841; died on 22 Mar 1871 in Ratelrivier, Bredasdorp. Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. 5. Petrus Johannes Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1844; died in 1905 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.
    4. 6. Maria Elizabeth Anna Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1846; died in 1931 in Broadstairs, Kent, England.
    5. 7. Esther Leonora Wilhelmina Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1849; died on 17 Nov 1883 in Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    6. 8. Pieter Loreth Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1851; died on 19 Nov 1851.
    7. 9. Susanna Petronella Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Mar 1853; died on 16 Jun 1933 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    8. 10. Peter Loreth Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1857; died on 3 Jan 1952 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    9. 11. Daniel Hendrik Willem Wessels Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1861; died on 4 Apr 1914 in Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    10. 12. Helena Wessels Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Feb 1862; died in 1923 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    11. 13. Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1863; died in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Willem Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 27 Nov 1839 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Aug 1899 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Willem married Emily Susan Bovey on 18 Jun 1867 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Emily (daughter of Robert Michelmore Bovey, 1820 Settler and Mary Anne Parrott) was born on 18 Sep 1848 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Jun 1909 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Charles Louret Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1869.
    2. 15. William Warren Bovey Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1869 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1933 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. 16. Bertha Emily Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1872 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Apr 1872 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Mar 1873.
    4. 17. Gertrude Mary Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jun 1874 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 18. Herbert John Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1876 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    6. 19. Edward Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1878 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jan 1908 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. 20. Evelyn Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1881 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa.

  2. 4.  Jacoba Alida Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 28 Sep 1841; died on 22 Mar 1871 in Ratelrivier, Bredasdorp. Western Cape, South Africa.

    Jacoba married Dirk Gysbert van Breda on 19 Feb 1857 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 5.  Petrus Johannes Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 5 Jan 1844; died in 1905 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.

    Petrus married Sarah Margaret Rubidge about 1870. Sarah (daughter of Herbert Jones Rubidge and Sophia Bennison Earle) was born on 22 Jul 1849 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Feb 1909 in Avondale, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Hilda Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Minnie Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 23. May Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 24. Olive Maud Rubidge Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point died on 6 Oct 1944 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); was buried in 1944 in Avondale cemetery, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    5. 25. Arthur Loret Rubidge Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1871 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jul 1937 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    6. 26. Ivy Crause Rubidge Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1890 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1976 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    7. 27. Ernest Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 6.  Maria Elizabeth Anna Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 27 Aug 1846; died in 1931 in Broadstairs, Kent, England.

    Maria married Charles Duncan Coxwell in May 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Esther Leonora Wilhelmina Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 11 Jan 1849; died on 17 Nov 1883 in Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Esther married Johannes Joachim Lodewyk Smuts on 27 Jan 1870 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Johannes (son of Dr. Johannes Joachim Lodewijk Smuts and Susan Margaret Ferris) was born on 27 Jul 1838; died on 11 Jul 1912 in Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Susan Margaret Serrurier Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Nov 1870 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Feb 1949 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 29. Charles Duncan Coxwell Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 30. Peter Linck Morkel Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 31. Claude John Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 32. Sidney Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 33. Esther Blanche Smuts  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 8.  Pieter Loreth Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 16 Feb 1851; died on 19 Nov 1851.

  7. 9.  Susanna Petronella Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 2 Mar 1853; died on 16 Jun 1933 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Ernest Henry Vaughan. Ernest died on 4 Feb 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 10.  Peter Loreth Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 7 Nov 1857; died on 3 Jan 1952 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Peter married Elizabeth Henriette Wahl on 30 Jun 1913. Elizabeth was born on 29 Nov 1862 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Nov 1945 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 11.  Daniel Hendrik Willem Wessels Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 4 Jan 1861; died on 4 Apr 1914 in Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

  10. 12.  Helena Wessels Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 1 Feb 1862; died in 1923 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Percy George Short. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 13.  Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 6 Jan 1863; died in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Charles Louret Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born before 1869.

  2. 15.  William Warren Bovey Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 20 Jul 1869 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1933 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Dinah Lumley. Dinah was born in 1865 in Gateshead, Co Durham, England; died on 14 Mar 1907 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 16.  Bertha Emily Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 28 Mar 1872 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Apr 1872 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Mar 1873.

  4. 17.  Gertrude Mary Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 30 Jun 1874 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Gertrude married Hyman L Simons on 16 Apr 1900 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Nic Simons  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 35. Arthur Simons  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 36. Jack Simons  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 37. D1 Simons  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 38. D2 Simons  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 39. S4 Simons  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 18.  Herbert John Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 30 Jul 1876 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

    Family/Spouse: Hettie Griffith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Cecil Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Constance Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 19.  Edward Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 30 Aug 1878 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jan 1908 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Edward married Zita Antoinette Deschamps in 1903. Zita was born on 16 Oct 1883 in Humansdorp district, Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Edward Percival Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1903 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Nov 1989.

  7. 20.  Evelyn Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (3.Willem3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 25 Dec 1881 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Charles Preahn Vidler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 21.  Hilda Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

    Family/Spouse: J. Eley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 22.  Minnie Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

    Family/Spouse: Fred Alexander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 23.  May Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

    Family/Spouse: Mr. Corser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 24.  Olive Maud Rubidge Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) died on 6 Oct 1944 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); was buried in 1944 in Avondale cemetery, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

    Family/Spouse: James Robert Townsend. James was born about 1875; died on 21 May 1914 in Avondale, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); was buried in Avondale cemetery, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Clare Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 44. Vernon Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 45. Guy Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point

  12. 25.  Arthur Loret Rubidge Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 14 May 1871 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jul 1937 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    Arthur married Alice Hendrina Helena Southey on 10 Dec 1895 in English Church Schoolroom, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Alice (daughter of Richard Gilmour Rubidge Southey and Hendrina Magdelina van Niekerk) was born on 22 Sep 1878 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Sep 1931 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Rhoda Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1897 in Southern Rhodesia.
    2. 47. Coralie Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1903.
    3. 48. Arthur Reginald Southey Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1901 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); died in Dec 1967 in Ceres, Zimbabwe.
    4. 49. Vincent Graham Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1903 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); died about 1940 in at Sea.
    5. 50. Cecil Frank Southey Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1908 in Southern Rhodesia.
    6. 51. Clifford Earle Southey Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 52. Ernest Hector Morkel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1913; died in 1931.

  13. 26.  Ivy Crause Rubidge Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born in 1890 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1976 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    Ivy married Hon. Theophilus Cecil Fynn, O.B.E., M.L.A. on 24 Jun 1913 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Theophilus (son of West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny Dick) was born on 16 Apr 1887 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 53. Jean Cecil Fynn  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1914.
    2. 54. Margaret Cecil Fynn  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 55. Mildred Cecil Fynn  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 56. Vivienne Cecil Fynn  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1920 in Harare, Zimbabwe; died on 26 May 1992 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
    5. 57. Farewell Francis Cecil Fynn  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Apr 1921 in Harare, Zimbabwe; died on 15 Apr 1987 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

  14. 27.  Ernest Morkel Descendancy chart to this point (5.Petrus3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

  15. 28.  Susan Margaret Serrurier SmutsSusan Margaret Serrurier Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1) was born on 9 Nov 1870 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Feb 1949 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Susan married Oliver Osbaldiston Bowker on 26 Sep 1889 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Oliver (son of Robert Mitford Bowker, 1820 Settler and Sarah Elizabeth Hart) was born on 29 Sep 1857 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Aug 1951 in Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 58. Vera Ferris Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1890 in Glen Craig farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Jul 1890 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1965 in Margate, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. 59. Cyril Roland Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1891 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Apr 1892 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died about 1956.
    3. 60. Ella Josephine Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1893 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 Dec 1893 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Oct 1981; was buried on 13 Oct 1981 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. 61. Oliver George Duncan Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1898 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Jun 1974 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  16. 29.  Charles Duncan Coxwell Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

  17. 30.  Peter Linck Morkel Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

  18. 31.  Claude John Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

  19. 32.  Sidney Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

  20. 33.  Esther Blanche Smuts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Esther3, 2.Pieter2, 1.Willem1)

    Family/Spouse: Cecil Vaughn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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