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van Niekerk

Elizabeth van Niekerk,
Sarah Elizabeth van Niekerk, Lizzie,
born 4 Sept 1849.
She was of Afrikaner background.
NOT Niekeck or Nickark.
At mar she was living Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She mar 17 Oct 1883 [mar cert] to William Henry Gibbon [born 14 Jan 1832] and had issue.
They married at (illegible, poss. "Mr. Porclis Hotel"), Sandflats (now called Paterson), NW of Alexandria (see map).

   
Elizabeth van Niekerk.
Image courtesy of Mike Hilligan.

Elizabeth van Niekerk (born 1849).
Photo at Christmas 1910 (age 61).
Image courtesy of Mike Hilligan.

Supposed to be Elizabeth van Niekerk.
But does not match pictures above. Must be an older woman.
Image courtesy of Mike Hilligan.

Unknown picture found among the possessions of Robina Gibbon, with "Your Great Aunt Jessie" written on it.
Was thought to be Jessie Gibbon (born 1869) but she died as a child in 1877.
Maybe she is in the van Niekerk line.
Image courtesy of Mike Hilligan.