Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden 1925–1997 – My Father's Father

Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden, 1925–1997 (aged 71 years)

Name

Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden — birth name

Name: Willem Pieter Jacobus /van Heerden/
Type of name: birth name
Given names: Willem Pieter Jacobus
Surname: van Heerden

Gender Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	January 13, 1925 33 26 Dordrecht
Birth of a sister	Maria Elizabeth van Heerden December 15, 1927
Death of a mother	Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius August 21, 1939 Dordrecht Address: Strydpoort Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden Death Certificate 1939 Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius Death Certificate 1939
Marriage of a parent	Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden — Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler — View this family September 20, 1947 Indwe
Death of a maternal grandfather	Willem Pieter Jacobus Pretorius December 9, 1957 Indwe
Birth of a daughter	Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden March 24, 1959
Death of a father	Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden 1961 Address: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/about/LT2W-JCW
Death	January 3, 1997 (aged 71 years) Mars Hill, Dordrecht Address: Marshill

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1892 Religious marriage: March 10, 1918 — Dordrecht Religious marriage: September 20, 1947 — Indwe Death: 1961 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden Maria Elizabeth van Heerden Family with spouse Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden 1892–1961 Birth: 1892 Death: 1961
mother	Links Birth: July 30, 1898 Religious marriage: March 10, 1918 — Dordrecht Death: August 21, 1939 — Dordrecht Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden Maria Elizabeth van Heerden Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius 1898–1939 Birth: July 30, 1898 Death: August 21, 1939 — Dordrecht
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — March 10, 1918 — Dordrecht
7 years himself	Links Birth: January 13, 1925 33 26 — Dordrecht Death: January 3, 1997 — Mars Hill, Dordrecht Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rachel Mercia Smith Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden 1925–1997 Birth: January 13, 1925 33 26 — Dordrecht Death: January 3, 1997 — Mars Hill, Dordrecht
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: December 15, 1927 35 29 Religious marriage: Death: August 18, 2007 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jan Hendrik Jacobus Greyvenstein Pretorius Sarel Jacobus Johannes Pretorius Stephanus Cornelius Pretorius Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius Frederica Cornelia Pretorius Maria Elizabeth Pretorius Maria Elizabeth van Heerden 1927–2007 Birth: December 15, 1927 35 29 Death: August 18, 2007

Father’s family with Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler
father	Links Birth: 1892 Religious marriage: March 10, 1918 — Dordrecht Religious marriage: September 20, 1947 — Indwe Death: 1961 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden Maria Elizabeth van Heerden Family with spouse Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden 1892–1961 Birth: 1892 Death: 1961
stepmother	Links Birth: April 14, 1917 — Dordrecht Religious marriage: September 20, 1947 — Indwe Religious marriage: September 19, 1963 Death: January 9, 1973 — Dordrecht Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden Family with spouse Jan Hendrik Johannes Oelofse Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler 1917–1973 Birth: April 14, 1917 — Dordrecht Death: January 9, 1973 — Dordrecht
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — September 20, 1947 — Indwe

Family with Rachel Mercia Smith
himself	Links Birth: January 13, 1925 33 26 — Dordrecht Death: January 3, 1997 — Mars Hill, Dordrecht Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rachel Mercia Smith Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden 1925–1997 Birth: January 13, 1925 33 26 — Dordrecht Death: January 3, 1997 — Mars Hill, Dordrecht
wife	Links Birth: August 16, 1926 33 26 — Dordrecht Baptism: February 27, 1927 34 27 — Dordrecht Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden Rachel Mercia Smith 1926–… Birth: August 16, 1926 33 26 — Dordrecht Death:
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daughter	Links Birth: March 24, 1959 34 32 Religious marriage: Death: April 12, 2009 — Stellenbosch Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Chris Malan … Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden 1959–2009 Birth: March 24, 1959 34 32 Death: April 12, 2009 — Stellenbosch
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Extra information

Last change

September 2, 2025 – 10:58:35

Author of last change: myfathersfathertree

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Family with parents
father Parents Isak Johannes van Heerden Sophia Wilhelmina Fredrika Buys	Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden 1892–1961
mother Parents Parents Willem Pieter Jacobus Pretorius Maria Elizabeth van Zyl	Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius 1898–1939
himself	Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden 1925–1997
younger sister Family Jan Hendrik Jacobus Greyvenstein Pretorius Sarel Jacobus Johannes Pretorius Stephanus Cornelius Pretorius Elizabeth Jacoba Pretorius Frederica Cornelia Pretorius Maria Elizabeth Pretorius	Maria Elizabeth van Heerden 1927–2007

Father’s family with Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler
father Parents Isak Johannes van Heerden Sophia Wilhelmina Fredrika Buys	Stephanus Cornelius van Heerden 1892–1961
stepmother	Maria Dorothea Sophia Elizabeth Grobler 1917–1973

Family with Rachel Mercia Smith
himself	Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden 1925–1997
wife Parents Hugh Smith Maria Andrina Sophia Venter	Rachel Mercia Smith 1926–…
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daughter Family Chris Malan …	Elizabeth Jacoba van Heerden 1959–2009
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Descendants

Willem Pieter Jacobus van Heerden(1925–1997)
- Rachel Mercia Smith