Andries Petrus Jacobus van Pletzen (1851-1920)

Andries Petrus Jacobus van Pletzen — death register, 1920

Andries Petrus Jacobus van Pletzen, son of Jan Carel and Maria Cecilia van Pletzen (née Pieterse), was born about April, 1850, in district Albert in Cape Province. He was married twice and had six children in the two marriages.

His first wife was Carolina Catharina Möller who died in 1884. They had four children together:

1. Johanna Catharina van Pletzen — married Jan Johannes Greyvenstein
2. Maria Cecilia van Pletzen — married Jan Coetzee; listed as deceased on her father’s death register (before Nov. 1920)
3. Jan Carel van Pletzen
4. Carolina Catharina van Pletzen — married S.J. Strydom

He married his second wife, Hester Anna Cornelia Coetzee, in Burghersdorp, Cape Province. They had two children:

1. Andries Petrus Jacobus van Pletzen
2. Susanna Maria Magdalena van Pletzen — born 2 Aug 1899; married van Graan, then du Plessis; died 30 Jul 1996; buried in Burghersdorp Old Cemetery (all information from gravestone; first husband’s name from gravestone and father’s death register)

Andries died 30 Nov 1920 in Burghersdorp. Hester died 5 Jul 1931. They are buried together in the Burghersdorp Old Cemetery. Curiously, the gravestone lists his birthdate as 7 Apr 1851, but also lists his death as 1 Dec 1921–almost exactly one year off from the dates listed on the death register (which was filed on 13 Dec 1920).

Gravestone of Andries Petrus Jacobus and Hester van Pletzen (née Coetzee) in the Burghersdorp Old Cemetery

 

The van Pletzen Saga according to “The Family Register of the South African Nation” (pub. 1966)

GENERATION 1

Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (or van Pletsen or von Pletschen or v. Plessen), (born 1795, died 1888); fought with Napolean, teacher in Burgersdorp, two farms. Arrived in South Africa in 1820 from Wurtberg in Berlin or Brabant, East Prussia. Married Anna Susanna SAUER (born 27 June 1805) in Graaf Reinet. She was the granddaughter of Eberhard  SAUER and Anna Susanna NEL. They had nine sons.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (born 10 Jan 1932)
2. Komdt. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (born 17 Aug 1835, died 8 Aug 1891)
3. Diederick Johannes VAN PLETZEN, of Burgersdorp, married Sophia OLIVIER. They had no children.
4. Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN, of Burgersdorp.
5. Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN, of Burgersdorp.
6. Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN, of Jamestown, married Susanna CRAUKAMP.
7. Everhardus Georg VAN PLETZEN
8. Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN, of Rouxville, married Anna FOUCHÉ
9. Jacobus Francois VAN PLETZEN (born 2 May 18??)

GENERATION 2

Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (1832), of Pretoriuskraal, Jamestown, married Martha Christina SMITH. They had ten children.

1. Susanna Lucya VAN PLETZEN (born 16 Apr 1857)
2. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (born 4 Oct 1859)
3. Petrus Nikolaas VAN PLETZEN (born 1861)
4. Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (born 13 Nov 1863)
5. Anna Susanna VAN PLETZEN (born 1 Dec 1865)
6. Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN (born 5 Sep 1969)
7. Erasmus Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (born 7 Feb 1874)
8. Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (born 4 Jun 1872)
9. Diederik Johannes VAN PLETZEN (born 7 Aug 1874)
10. Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN (born 9 Nov 1876)

Komdt. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (1835-1891) of Knoffelspruit, Rouxville, married Susanna Lucya SMITH; nine children.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN
3. Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
4. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN
5. Anna Susanna VAN PLETZEN
6. Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN
7. Susanna Lusya VAN PLETZEN
8. Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN
9. Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN

Komdt. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (1835-1891) Knoffelspruit, Rouxville, next married Frederika Petronella KOTZE. They had four more children.

1. Susanna Jacoba VAN PLETZEN
2. Jan Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN (born 22 May 1886)
3. Everhardus Georg VAN PLETZEN (born 22 Aug 1888). SEE GENERATION 3.5
4. Fredrieka Petronella Magdalena VAN PLETZEN (14 Jul 1890)

Everhardus Georg Frederik VAN PLETZEN (seventh son in Generation 1) of Wonderwater, Rouxville, married Susara J. BRITZ. They had two children.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Elsie Johanna Susanna VAN PLETZEN

Jacobus Francois VAN PLETZEN (18??–ninth son in Generation 1), of Willemsfontein, Rouxville, married Jacoba SMITH. They had four children.

1. Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN
2. Jacobus Francois VAN PLETZEN
3. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
4. Jacoba VAN PLETZEN

GENERATION 3

Susanna Lucya VAN PLETZEN (1857) married Petrus ROSSOUW. They had 10 children.

Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (1859), of Wintershoek, Jamestown, married Maria VAN HEERDEN. They had five children.

1. Friederika VAN HEERDEN
2. Susanna VAN HEERDEN
3. Carl Jacobus VAN HEERDEN
4. Petrus Nikolaas VAN HEERDEN
5. Willem VAN HEERDEN

Petrus Nikolaas VAN PLETZEN (1861), of Zwempoort, Dordrecht, first married ROODT. They had three children.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN
3. Christiaan VAN PLETZEN

He then married Anna WAGENAAR and had four children with her.

1. Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Eliz. VAN PLETZEN
3. Alida VAN PLETZEN
4. Jan VAN PLETZEN

Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (1863), of Kranskop, Jamestown, first married Hester Catharina NEL. They had nine children.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Maria Magdalena VAN PLETZEN
3. Jeremias Andries Nel VAN PLETZEN
4. Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
5. Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN
6. Andries Stephanus VAN PLETZEN
7. Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN
8. Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (born 29 Sep 1900). SEE GENERATION 3.5
9. Hester Catharina VAN PLETZEN (born 1 Jan 1902)

Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (1863) then married Judith ROODT. They had five children:

1. Judith VAN PLETZEN
2. Susanna VAN PLETZEN
3. Margaretha VAN PLETZEN
4. Erasmus Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
5. Diederik Johannes VAN PLETZEN

Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (1872) married Hendrik Stephanus PALM.

Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN (1876) married Nellie BRINK. They had five children.

1. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Petrus VAN PLETZEN
3. Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN
4. Jac. VAN PLETZEN
5. Francois VAN PLETZEN

Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (son of Komdt. Johannes Francois), of Klawervlei, Barkly East, married Friedrieka HENNING, of Lusthof, Rouxville. They had nine children.

1. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN
2. Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN  (married Lena KRAUSE)
3. Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN (married Lena PIETERSEN)
4. Jan Sauer VAN PLETZEN (author)
5. Adv. Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN, of Cape Town
6. Jacobus Francois VAN PLETZEN
7. Van Zyl Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN, of Pretoria
8. Fredrieka “Frikkie” VAN PLETZEN (married Nicolaas VAN ZYL, of Mahulehule, Cedarville)
9. Susanna Lucya VAN PLETZEN (married Jan VAN ZYL who was born in Cedarville)

Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN (son of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married Alida HENNING. They had four children.

1. Johannes Francois Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN (married Lily SMITH)
2. Erasmus Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (married N. DE WET)
3. Susanna Lucya VAN PLETZEN (married Chris. KLEYHAND)
4. Alida VAN PLETZEN (married Jan DURANDT)

Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (son of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married Elizabeth BRUMMER (sister of Prof. N. J. BRUMMER). They had five children.

1. Miem VAN PLETZEN (married MOORE)
2. Daisy VAN PLETZEN (married MALAN)
3. Elizabeth VAN PLETZEN (married VAN DEN BERG)
4. J. F. Brummer VAN PLETZEN (married NAUDE)
5. J. J. VAN PLETZEN

Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (son of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married HENNING. They had one child.

1. Friedrieka VAN PLETZEN (married Alwyn VORSTER)

Anna Susanna VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married Phil LE ROUX. They had five children.

Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married O. VORSTER. They had four children.

Susanna Lucya VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married Thomas THERON. They had four children.

Stephanus Albertus VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married N. SWART. They had two children.

1. J. F. VAN PLETZEN (married Fredrieka VAN PLETSEN)
2. ??

Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) first married Jacobus SMITH and had three children with him. Later she married Fred. Petro. KOTZE and had four more children with him.

Susanna Jacoba VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Komdt. Johannes Francois) married Gert VENTER. They had three children.

Jan Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN (1886) married Johanna VON BILJON (born 20 Apr 1893). They had three children.

1. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (born 24 May 1914; married Lena BOTHA)
2. Maria Johanna VAN PLETZEN (born 24 May 1914; married Cornelius SWANEPOEL)
3. Petrus Francois VAN PLETZEN (17 Jun 1923; married Kassie LOMBARD)

Fredrieka Petronella Magdalena VAN PLETZEN (1890) married Gert. VON BILJON. They had two children.

1. Fred. P. M. VON BILJON (born 11 Aug 1917; married Dick DU PLESSIS)
2. Maria Catharina Jon. VON BILJON (born 20 Feb 1923)

GENERATION 3.5 

Everhardus Georg VAN PLETZEN (1888, Generation 2), of Excelsior, Rouxville, married Alida Hendrina Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (1900, Generation 3). They had three children.

1. Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (born 31 Jan 1925)
2. Hendrik Stephanus VAN PLETZEN (born 18 Jun 1928)
3. Everhardus Hitler VAN PLETZEN (born 15 Feb 1936)

GENERATION 4

Carl Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (first son of Jan Jacobus (1863)), of Goedehoop, Dordrecht, married Susanna ROODT. They had four children.

1. Alfrieda VAN PLETZEN
2. Dr. Rocco VAN PLETZEN
3. Roodt VAN PLETZEN
4. Smartryk VAN PLETZEN

Maria Magdalena VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Frans VENTER. They had five children.

1. Daniel Francois VENTER
2. Hester Catharina VENTER
3. Martha Jan Jacoba VENTER
4. Maria Magdalena VENTER
5. Francois VENTER

Jeremias Andries Nel VAN PLETZEN (son of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Susanna VAN HEERDEN. They had two children.

1. Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN
2. Joh. VAN PLETZEN

Jan Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (son of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Susanna HUMAN. They had two children.

1. Jan Jacoubs VAN PLETZEN
2. Pieter VAN PLETZEN

Martha Christina VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Gert OLIVIER. They had one child.

1. Gert OLIVIER

Petrus Nicolaas VAN PLETZEN, of 6 plase, Jamestown, married Johanna BEKKER. They had two children.

1. Magdalina J. J. VAN PLETZEN
2. Hester VAN PLETZEN

Hester Catharina VAN PLETZEN (1902) married Carl VAN HEERDEN. They had four children.

1. Petrus VAN HEERDEN
2. Hester Catharina VAN HEERDEN
3. Janet VAN HEERDEN
4. Carolina VAN HEERDEN

Judith VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married George ARNOLD. They had three children.

Susanna VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Gideon VAN ZYL. They had four children.

Margaretha VAN PLETZEN (daughter of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Norrie NEPGEN. They had one child.

1. Judith NEPGEN

Erasmus Jacobus VAN PLETZEN (son of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married BEKKER. They had three children.

Diederik Johannes VAN PLETZEN (son of Jan Jacobus (1863)) married Babs WAGENAAR. They had three children.

Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (son of Carl Jacobus (son of Komdt. Johannes Francois)) married Dina Johanna KRAUSE (born 1877). They had five children.

1. Helena Susara VAN PLETZEN (born 8 Jun 1904)
2. Friederika VAN PLETZEN (married Johannes Francois VAN PLETSEN)
3. Carl Johannes VAN PLETZEN (married Joan KUMM)
4. Dina Johanna VAN PLETZEN (married Gerrit KROON)
5. Rene Seneschal VAN PLETZEN (married Malcolm VINCENT)

Maria Catharina Jon. VON BILJON (1923) married Phil. VAN ROOYEN. They had three children.

1. David VAN ROOYEN
2. Charlotte VAN ROOYEN
3. Petr. VAN ROOYEN (born 28 Aug 1954)

GENERATION 4.5

Johannes Francois VAN PLETZEN (1925) married Anna Maria Jacoba TERBLANCHE. They had three children.

1. Annemarie VAN PLETZEN (born 17 Aug 1952)
2. Everhardus George VAN PLETZEN (born 23 Jul 1954)
3. Jac. Louis VAN PLETZEN (born 7 Jul 1960)

Hendrik Stephanus VAN PLETZEN (1828) married Petro Sophia VAN DER MERWE. They had two children.

1. Everhardus Georg VAN PLETZEN (born 1 Sep 1955)
2. Schalk Merwe VAN PLETZEN (born 16 Dec 1957)

GENERATION 5

Helena Susara VAN PLETZEN (1904) married Otto A. LEWALD on 12 Dec 1938 in Martizburg.