Ds. Hendrik Adriaan DE WET^{[1, 2]}

1890 - 1977  (87 years)

• Name	Hendrik Adriaan DE WET
  Prefix	Ds.
  Born	25 Feb 1890	Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa   [3, 4]
  Christened	30 Mar 1890	Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	H443
  Died	5 Jul 1977	Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa   [7]
  Person ID	I222	Lichtenburgstam
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET,   b. 15 May 1859,   d. 17 Sep 1932, Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF,   b. 12 Nov 1868, Zemanangombe, Damaraland ,   d. 5 Jul 1938, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1883
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Johanna (Lizzie) OCHSE,   b. 11 Oct 1884,   d. 25 Feb 1972  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1919	Cape Town, Cape, South Africa
  Children	1. Pieter Francois DE WET,   b. 11 Jan 1920, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa   2. Martha Elizabeth Ann (Martie) DE WET   3. DE WET
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Hendrik Adriaan DE WET, *25 Feb 1890. The celebration of his 50th birthday at the miracle tree near Lichtenburg.
  		Hendrik Adriaan DE WET, *25 February 1890. Can you identify any more of the people on this photo? Why are most of the people looking at the two men who are removing their hats? What was the joke?

  
  

• Notes

  A1b1c1d2e1f2g4h4 He was the first Lichtenburg son to be ordained as a minister of religion in the DRChurch. Their second son died at an early age. They adopted a daughter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] HAG Ged 120708.ged, Jan Greeff. [S165] Lichtenburgstam.ged. [S115] Doopregister van die Ned Geref Gemeente Lichtenburg, 658 / 25 (Reliability: 3). [S51] Doopregister van die Ned Geref Gemeente Lichtenburg Getuies: Petronella de Wet , Margaretha Greeff en een ander., 658 / 25 (Reliability: 3). [S115] Doopregister van die Ned Geref Gemeente Lichtenburg, 658 / 25 (Reliability: 3). Witnesses Hendrik Jacobus Badenhorst, Elizabetta Catarina Jac. de Wet, Gabriël Johannes Greeff, Hendrik Gabriël Greeff, Hester Strauss. [S51] Doopregister van die Ned Geref Gemeente Lichtenburg Getuies: Petronella de Wet , Margaretha Greeff en een ander., 658 / 25 (Reliability: 3). Witnesses Hendrik Jacobus Badenhorst, Elizabetta Catarina Jac. de Wet, Gabriël Johannes Greeff, Hendrik Gabriël Greeff, Hester Strauss. [S108] de Wet, P F (Francois) *11 Jan 1920. P F de Wet gave his date of death as 1947. Subsequently on 4 July 2007 his sister's daughter, E M Kotze, *10 Nov 1929 gave the date of his death as 5 July 1977.