Christiaan Godlieb Lessing

Born: 29 Mar 1724, Kamenz, Saxony, Germany
Marriage (1): Johanna Weyers on 25 Nov 1758 in Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage (2): Isabella Potgieter on 25 Sep 1769
Died: 3 Mar 1788, Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa aged 63
Buried: Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Johanna Weyers

Martha Ethresia Lessing

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

Genealogies of Old South African Families Vol 2 page 213.

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.hanekom.org.uk/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I353&ged=lamprecht.ged

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.hanekom.org.uk/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I353&ged=lamprecht.ged

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.hanekom.org.uk/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I353&ged=lamprecht.ged

• Occupation. Labourer, Burgher in 1759 and Farmer.
http://www.hanekom.org.uk/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I353&ged=lamprecht.ged

Christiaan married Johanna Weyers, daughter of Heinrich Weyers and Anna Elisabeth Gerrits, on 25 Nov 1758 in Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa. (Johanna Weyers was born on 12 Jan 1724 in , Cape Colony, South Africa, christened on 27 Aug 1724 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa and died on 2 Nov 1767 in , Cape Colony, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• General Comment. Genealogies of Old South African Families Vol 2 page 213.

• Web Based Info. http://www.hanekom.org.uk/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I305&ged=lamprecht.ged

Christiaan next married Isabella Potgieter, daughter of Hans Jurgen Potgieter and Cornelia Botha, on 25 Nov 1758 in Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa. (Isabella Potgieter was born about 14 Sep 1727 in Drakenstein, Cape Province, South Africa and died on 4 Oct 1784 in , Cape Colony, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• General Comment. Genealogies of Old South African Families Vol 2 page 213.

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years