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Anna Catharina Sleer

Lived to ninety-eight. Married James Montjoy 9 Mar 1817 at Graaff-Reinet, having first been the widow of a Pietersen. 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 — SHE HAS PARENTS, A BAPTISM AND THREE SIBLINGS. De Villiers's volume 3, entry 876: “WILLEM SLIER, VAN HAMBURG, gehuwd 19 November 1780 met ANNA CATHARINA FORTMAN — (b) 1 ANNA CATHARINA, GEDOOPT 14 OCTOBER 1787, GEHUWD MET HERMANUS PIETERSE; 2 Wilhelmina Christina, gedoopt 27 December 1789, gehuwd 5 Januari 1811 met Jan Abraham van Wijk, van Amsterdam; 3 Geertruida Johanna, gedoopt 2 Juli 1791; 4 Wilhelmus Josephus, gedoopt 5 Maart 1797.” AND THE FIVE SPELLINGS STOP BEING A MYSTERY: a Hamburg name — Schlier, Schleer — written down by Cape clerks who had never seen it. She married Hermanus Pietersen on 5 APRIL 1807 at nineteen, was a widow by March 1817, a widow again by September 1827, and lived until 1885. FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS A WIDOW.

the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 9 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Her first husband, married 5 April 1807. De Villiers gives his own parents as unknown. This household used to carry the father and the son under one name; the book separates them. Slier and Pietersen →Married at Graaff-Reinet, 9 March 1817 — on a page where the clerk recorded everyone else's origin and left his blank. The 1817 marriage register →

Every record naming Anna Catharina Sleer →

The marriage record

Married James Montjoy · 9 March 1817 · Graaff-Reinet a record read hereShe was a widow; his origin is left blank on a page where the clerk filled everyone else's in. The blank predates the 1840 death notice by twenty-three years.The 1817 register →

Every marriage this archive places →

The record

NameAnna Catharina Sleer
Also writtenSlier · Schleher · Sher · Hier — five renderings, five sources
Bornbapt. 14 Oct 1787
Died1885
LineMountjoy
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

Lived to ninety-eight. Married James Montjoy 9 Mar 1817 at Graaff-Reinet, having first been the widow of a Pietersen. 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 — SHE HAS PARENTS, A BAPTISM AND THREE SIBLINGS. De Villiers's volume 3, entry 876: “WILLEM SLIER, VAN HAMBURG, gehuwd 19 November 1780 met ANNA CATHARINA FORTMAN — (b) 1 ANNA CATHARINA, GEDOOPT 14 OCTOBER 1787, GEHUWD MET HERMANUS PIETERSE; 2 Wilhelmina Christina, gedoopt 27 December 1789, gehuwd 5 Januari 1811 met Jan Abraham van Wijk, van Amsterdam; 3 Geertruida Johanna, gedoopt 2 Juli 1791; 4 Wilhelmus Josephus, gedoopt 5 Maart 1797.” AND THE FIVE SPELLINGS STOP BEING A MYSTERY: a Hamburg name — Schlier, Schleer — written down by Cape clerks who had never seen it. She married Hermanus Pietersen on 5 APRIL 1807 at nineteen, was a widow by March 1817, a widow again by September 1827, and lived until 1885. FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS A WIDOW.

The WomenThe Documents

Where the archive puts Anna

Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →

The Spine

…The line through Johanna Catharina Mountjoy runs a generation deeper, and every step of it is now on paper. Name Born Died Carried by James Montjoy saddler at Cradock; his parents recorded as Not Known c. 1782, "Europe" Sep 1827, Cradock His 1840 death notice, KAB MOOC 6/9/21: 4393 Anna Catharina Sleer his wife, m. 9 Mar 1817 Graaff-Reinet; previously widow of William Pietersen 1787 1885 — aged 98 The 1840 death notice; the 1817 marriage index Johanna Catharina Mountjoy m.…

The documents

…(The archive scan corrects this archive's earlier reading of the surname as Pietersen — see below; the first given name, earlier read as Iwerus , is still not certain.) Johanna Catharina Mountjoy's half-brothers were Pieterzens — the sons of Anna Catharina Sleer by her first marriage. The archive had them only as names in a list. Here one of them is standing at the font, and the child takes his name. The women → The register's place column reads achter Sneeuwberg — the family was farming behind the Sneeuberg , not living in Cradock town.…

The plates

…21 Juli 1889; Ouders Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk; among the witnesses Jakobus Jonathan Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Mountjoy . Read it on The documents → Filed 25 July 1863 , reference 499 . Read it on The documents → Line 3 — the generation the archive did not have from any document: James Montjoy and Anna Catharina Sleer . Read it on The documents → One Major , seven Minors . Read it on The documents → The widower signs. Read it on The documents → Filed 9 July 1840 , reference 4393 . Read it on The documents → Names of the Parents of the Deceased. Not Known.…

Households

…5 Aug 1852 Maria Elizabeth Mountjoy b. 12 Jun 1858 Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy b. 16 Jan 1862 Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy b. 10 Jun 1864 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941 Jacoba Regina Mountjoy b. 14 Jun 1868 James Montjoy and Anna Catharina Sleer 5 head born c. 1782 – Sep 1827 a record read here Married at Graaff-Reinet, 9 March 1817 — on a page where the clerk recorded everyone else's origin and left his blank. The 1817 marriage register Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Johanna Catharina Mountjoy 30 Apr 1819 – 19 May 1863 the direct line Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy b. 11 Jun 1823 James Mountjoy b.…

The Marriages

…arriage Orange Free State 13 Jul 1871 one marriage Bloemfontein 4 Jun 1872 one marriage Lady Grey 22 December 1879 Cape Colony Union of South Africa 1820The 1820 Settlers 1834Emancipation at the Cape 1899The South African War begins 1902Peace of Vereeniging Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Anna Maria van der Merwe · Graaff-Reinet James Montjoy & Anna Catharina Sleer · Graaff-Reinet George Augustus Kolbe & Margaret Downing · London Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Elizabetha van der Merwe · bef. 1828 David Schalk van der Merwe & Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy · Cradock Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Johanna Catharina Mountjoy · Cradock John Augustus Barry I & Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe · Colesberg George Mountjoy & Maria Sophia Botha · Cradock Petrus Jacobus Boo…

The People

…She married Hendrik Stefanus Palm, and a granddaughter born in 1920 carries the name again. FROM THE INDEX. The Namesakes The Women The Register Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter also written born Mountjoy Documented — — Daughter; married out of community of property to Douglas Gilmore Shooter. The Documents The Women Anna Catharina Sleer also written Slier · Schleher · Sher · Hier — five renderings, five sources Documented bapt. 14 Oct 1787 1885 Lived to ninety-eight. Married James Montjoy 9 Mar 1817 at Graaff-Reinet, having first been the widow of a Pietersen. 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 — SHE HAS PARENTS, A BAPTISM AND THREE SIBLINGS.…

Aletta Johanna Hattingh

…The Women What Has Been Read Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Anna Catharina Fortman

…The Documents The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Anna Catharina Mountjoy

…The thirteen Mountjoy children The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Anna Catharina Sleer

…Married James Montjoy 9 Mar 1817 at Graaff-Reinet, having first been the widow of a Pietersen. 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 — SHE HAS PARENTS, A BAPTISM AND THREE SIBLINGS.…

Annie Louisa Nepgen

…Where it stands → Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c. Jul 1844, district Cradock – 18 Dec 1902, Dordrecht Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mother entire.…

Aubrey Diesel

…12. 2. The Documents Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c. Jul 1844, district Cradock – 18 Dec 1902, Dordrecht Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mother entire.…

Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk

…The Documents Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c. Jul 1844, district Cradock – 18 Dec 1902, Dordrecht Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mother entire.…

Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha

…The atlas → Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mother entire.…

Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk

…The Documents The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Carolina Isabella Margaretha Aletta Mountjoy the second

…FROM THE INDEX. The Namesakes The Women The Register Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Carolina Isabella Margaretha Aletta Mountjoy

…FROM THE INDEX. The Namesakes The Women The Register Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Catherine Louisa Johanna de Kock

…The Women Open questions What Has Been Read Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Cecil Frederik Keys

…The thirteen Mountjoy children What Is Still To Ask Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Charles Mountjoy

…The Documents Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Christiaan Jacobus van Niekerk

…The Documents Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross

…The Documents The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Cornelius van Niekerk

…The Documents Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

David Schalk van der Merwe

…The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Elizabeth Maria Mountjoy

…The Women What Has Been Read Open questions Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

Ellen Sophia Schmidt

…The Documents The Women Every mention, page by page Others on the Mountjoy side Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898, Cala, Cape Province – 10 Oct 1939, Bizana Anna Catharina Fortman Her mother. Married Willem Slier of Hamburg on 19 November 1780 and ga Anna Catharina Mountjoy 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 – — Anna Catharina Sleer bapt. 14 Oct 1787 – 1885 Annie Louisa Nepgen Daughter; married in community of property to Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen Aubrey Diesel Grandson, a minor in 1938; the other half, £10. 12. 2. Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Ninth, and a minor in 1902. Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

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