Marguerite Therese de Savoye

 

b: before 4 Sep 1672, Ghent, Flanders

bapt: 4 Sep 1672, St Jacob, Ghent Flanders

m1: Jul 1689, Drakenstein

m2: abt 1707, Drakenstein

d: before 20 Mar 1742, Cape of Good Hope

Family

Father: Jacques de Savoye (1636 - abt 1717)

Mother: Christine du Pont (1635 - bef 1686)

 

First Husband: Christoffel Snijman (1668 - 1706)

Children:

Jacobus Christoffel (abt 1690 - bef 1713)

Catharina (1692 - 1713)

Maria Magdalena (1693 - 1723)

Christina (abt 1695 - )

Elsje (1697 - abt 1748)

Johanna ( - 1755)

Fillipus

Susanna

Elisabeth

 

Second Husband: Henning Viljon (1682 - 1713)

Children:

Cornelia (1708 - abt 1713)

Frans (1709 - abt 1713)

Henning (1712 - abt 1713)

Henning (1713 - 1772)

Life

 

abt 1707: Married to Henning Viljon likely at Drakenstein.

5 Mar 1708: Baptism of daughter Cornelia at Stellenbosch.

26 Dec 1709: Baptism of son Frans at Stellenbosch.

12 Mar 1712: Baptism of son Henning at Stellenbosch.

31 Dec 1712: Recorded on the yearly list of free burgers, with husband (Henning) in the Drakenstein district.

16 Aug 1713: Baptism of son Henning at Stellenbosch.

19 Sep 1713: Inventory drawn up of for  Margaretha Theresia after death of husband Henning.  It mentions their only surviving child Henning Viljon as well as the surviving children from her first marriage, Maria Magdalena, Christina, Elsje, Johanna, Fillipus, Susanna. and Elisabeth.

31 Dec 1713: Recorded on the yearly list of free burgers, as the widow of Henning Viljon, in the Drakenstein district.

abt 1714: Recorded on a census roll as a widow with two sons (Fillipus Snijman and Henning Viljon) and four daughters (Christina, Johanna, Susanna, and Elisabeth Snijman) in the district of Drakenstein.

1-3 May 1719: Recorded on a census roll with two sons (Fillipus Snijman and Henning Viljon) and three daughters (Christina, Susanna, and Elisabeth Snijman) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1720: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon with one son (Henning Viljon) and three daughters (Christina, Susanna, and Elisabeth Snijman) in the district of Drakenstein.

1722: Recorded on a census roll with one son (Henning Viljon) and three daughters (Christina, Susanna, and Elisabeth Snijman) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1723: Recorded on a census roll as a widow with one son (Henning Viljon) and one daughter (Elisabeth Snijman) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1724: Recorded on a census roll as a widow with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1725: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1726: Recorded on a census roll as a widow with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-3 May 1728: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

9-11 May 1729: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

1-3 May 1730: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon with one son (Henning Viljon) in the district of Drakenstein.

30 Apr-2 May 1731: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon.

30 Apr-2 May 1733: Recorded on a census roll as the widow of Henning Viljon in the district of Drakenstein.

20 Mar 1742: An Inventory drawn up after Margaretha Theresa's death mentions:
her daughter Elsje Snijman married to Jacobus Botha,
her daughter Johanna Snijman married to Anthonij Lombaart,
her daughter Susanna Snijman married to Jacob Coetser,
her daughter Elisabeth Snijman married to Jan Hendrik van Helsdingen,
her son Henning Viljon,
her grandson Jan (Johannes) Viljon, representing his deceased mother Catharina Snijman,
her grandchildren Christoffel, Margaretha, Jacobus, Maria Elisabeth and Philip Rudolf Botha, representing their deceased mother Maria Magdalena Snijman,
her grandchildren Jeremias, and Claudina Roux, representing their deceased mother Christina Snijman,
her grandchildren Christoffel, Philip, Gerrit, and Jacobus Snijman, representing their deceased father Philip Snijman.

Additional Resources

Marguerite Therese de Savoye's page on the Fifty First Years website.

Last updated: 2017-07-21