Birth

7 May 1845
Worcester, Cape of Good Hope

Christening

6 Jul 1845

Death

13 Feb 1901
Klipfontein, Moorreesburg, Cape of Good Hope

Biography

Catharina Philippina Gerhardina de Vries was born on 7 May 1845 at Worcester, Cape of Good Hope.

She was the daughter of Jan Christiaan de Vries and Maria Magdelena Philippina Niehaus.

She was christened on 6 Jul 1845.

She married Jacobus Abraham Smuts. Jacobus Abraham was the son of Michiel Smuts and Adriana Martha van Aarde. He was born on 16 Apr 1845. He died on 25 Aug 1914 at Riebeek-Wes, Malmesbury, Cape Province, South Africa at the age of 69.

They had one child: Jan Christiaan Smuts.

She died on 13 Feb 1901 at Klipfontein, Moorreesburg, Cape of Good Hope at the age of 55.