Birth

9 Oct 1830
Worcester, Cape, South Africa

Death

18 Mar 1875
Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape, South Africa

Biography

Helena Maria Geertruyda le Sueur was born on 9 Oct 1830 at Worcester, Cape, South Africa.

She was the daughter of Jacobus Johannes Petrus le Sueur and Rykje Catharina Arnoldina Fischer.

She married Philip Daniel Johannes van der Byl on 1 Nov 1850. Philip Daniel Johannes was the son of Philippus Johannes van der Bijl and Susanna Francina De Wit. He was born on 22 May 1823 at Welmoed, Stellenbosch, Cape South Africa. He died on 5 Jan 1881 at the age of 57.

They had 12 children: Philip John van der Bijl, Rijkie Le Sueur van der Bijl, Jacobus Johannes Le Sueur van der Bijl, Pieter Gerhatd van der Bijl, Susan Frances van der Bijl, Helena Maria Gertruida van der Bijl, William Hunt van der Bijl, Maria Catharina Elizabeth van der Bijl, Elizabeth Adelaide van der Bijl, Susan Frances van der Bijl, Pieter Gerhard van der Bijl and Angelique Maria Adelaide van der Bijl.

She died on 18 Mar 1875 at Sea Point, Cape Town, Cape, South Africa at the age of 44.

She was buried in 1875 at De Wet Cemetery, Worcester, Cape Colony.