I started this journey in January 2017 when trying to find out more info about my Dad’s father. It soon extended into a full-blown search for the entire Strauss family history in South Africa. There’s quite a few references around the internet to the first Strauss to have arrived in SA, Georg Fredriech Straus. I’ve written a short summary in another post.
The purpose of this page is to present my consolidated findings of the Strauss family tree in SA so far. I’m sure there will be a few inaccuracies so any feedback is welcome. If you have any info in the form of scans of family bibles, diaries, photos, book references, entries in church marriage and baptism records or anything you would like to contribute, please contact me.
The familysearch.org website has been invaluable, as well as information available at eGGSA.org,
Georg Frederik Strauss, from Strasburg, citizen of Drakenstein, came to South Africa in the year 1723, and married 10 April 1729 with Johanna Mouton.
b1 Johanna Felisida, baptised 4 March 1731, married 17 August 1749 with Jacob van der Horst, from Gravenhage
b2 David Frederik, baptised 3 July 1733, citizen of Stellenbosch, married 1 April 1770 with Sara van Dijk, 2nd marriage 11 February 1776 with Martha Margaretha Lubbe
b2c1 Johanna Francina, baptised 19 January 1772, married with Daniel Theron
b2c2 Maria Magdalena, baptised 23 February 1777, married with Christiaan Gabriel Theron
b2c3 Martha Margaretha, baptised 1 November 1778, married with Johannes Willem Liebenberg
b2c4 David Jacobus, baptised 18 February 1781, citizen of Stellenbosch, married 17 October 1802 with Elisabeth Louisa Liebenberg
b2c4d1 David Christiaan Dirk, baptised 4 November 1804
b2c4d2 Maria Johanna, baptised 6 November 1806
b2c5 Andries Frederik, baptised 12 January 1783
b2c6 Jacob Johannes, baptised 14 November 1784, married with Hester Maria van Heerden
b2c6d1 Hendrik Frederik Johannes, born 7 September 1817 (Cape Colony), died 16 May 1879 (Heidelberg); married Martha Margaritha
b2c6d1e1 Hester Margaritha
b2c6d1e2 Jacob Johannes
b2c6d1e3 Andries Jacobus
b2c6d1e4 Jacobus
b2c6d1e5 Hendrik Johannes
b2c6d1e6 Martha Margaritha
b2c6d1e7 Abraham Jacobus
b2c6d2 David Frederick
b2c6d3 Martha Margaretha
b2c6d4 Rachel Petronella
b2c6d5 Jacob Albertus
b2c6d6 Abraham Jacobus
b2c6d7 Hester Maria
b2c6d8 Elizabeth
b2c6d9 Anjte
b2c6d10 Johannes
b2c6d11 Maurice
b2c7 Abraham Frederik, baptised 21 December 1788, married with Elisabeth Cecilia van Heerden
b2c8 Johannes Matthias, baptised 25 December 1790
b2c9 Andries Jacobus, birth 15 October 1792 (Swartland/Malmesbury), baptised 26 February 1793, married with Johanna Cornelia Viljoen (death 16 February 1872)
b2c9d1 Andries Jacobus, birth 29 January 1828
b2c9d2 Abraham Johannes, birth 22 July 1829
b2c9d3 Johanna Elizabeth
b2c9d4 Martha Margaretha
b2c9d5 David Frederik
b2c9d6 Anna Maria Jacoba
b2c9d7 Suzanna Magdalena
married with Carolina Margaretha Lubbe
b2c9d8 Willem Petrus, birth 3 March 1833
b2c9d9 Andries Jacobus, birth 10 May 1835
b2c9d10 Jacob Johannes, birth 21 October 1838
b2c9d11 Carolina Margaritha, birth 21 September 1840
b2c9d12 Elisabeth Louisa, birth 5 January 1843
b3 Johannes Matthias, baptised 25 November 1736
b4 Johannes Matthias, baptised 29 December 1743, citizen of Stellenbosch, married 21 February 1773 with Anna van Dijk
b4c1 Frederik Johannes, baptised 13 March 1774, citizen of Stellenbosch, married 5 October 1800 with Christina Alida Ras
b4c1d1 Christina Alida, baptised 30 January 1803
b4c1d2 Johannes Matthias, baptised 4 November 1805
b4c1d3 Marthinus David, baptised 7 February 1808
b4c1d4 Maria Magdalena, baptised 23 October 1811
b4c1d5 Frederik Johannes, baptised 24 October 1813
b4c1d6 Susanna Elisabeth, baptised I9 October 1817
b4c1d7 Johanna Margaretha, baptised 8 October 1819
b4c1d8 Hendrik Willem, baptised 15 November 1821
b4c2 Sara Adriana, baptised 30 September 1775
b4c3 Jacobus Coenradus, baptised 23 February 1777, ctizen of Stellenbosch, married 8 October 1797 with Johanna Nieuwoudt
b4c3d1 Maria Margaretha, baptised 20 October 1799
b4c3d2 Anna Catharina, baptised 25 October 1801, married with Philip Frederik Lock
b4c3d3 Johanna Regina, baptised 29 January 1804
b4c3d4 Johannes Jacobus, baptised 10 November 1805
b4c3d5 Frederik Johannes, baptised 23 October 1811
b4c3d6 Alida Helena Arnolda, baptised 21 October 1814
b4c3d7 Johanna Aletta, baptised 20 October 1816
b4c3d8 Christina Jacoba, baptised 24 November 1818
b4c3d9 Jeremias Cornelis, baptised 14 October 1821
b4c4 Sijbrand, baptised 3 April 1770, citizen of Stellenbosch, married 4 December 1803 with Johanna van Zijl
b4c4d1 Willem, baptised 25 November 1804
b4c5 Johannes Matthias, baptised 4 March 1781
b4c6 Johanna Catharina, baptised 30 March 1783
b4c7 Maria Magdalena, baptised 12 March 1786, married with Johannes Hendrik Casparus Lucas Steenkamp
b4c8 Johannes Matthias, baptised 18 January 1789, married with Anna Maria Christina Botma
b4c8d1 Anna Catharina, born 18 December 1824
b4c8d2 Johanna Elisabeth, born 13 October 1826
b4c9 David Joseph, baptised 16 January 1793, citizen of Tulbagh, married 3 October 1816 with Alida Nieuwoudt
b4c9d1 Johannes Harmse, baptised 11 October 1818
b5 Maria Martha, baptised 26 February 1747