Wittstock Family Tree

01/04/2024

Melissa Proxenos nee Wittstock, wins international woman in tech award. 🏆

31/03/2024

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to Martin Wittstock and Martie Wittstock. What a wonderful milestone. May you have many more years to come. Lots of love from the Wittstocks.

16/08/2023

Shout out to Greg Wittstock the Pond Guy and his amazing aquascapes. Love your videos.

Join me on my many journeys around the world to showcase how my tribe connects people to water the way nature intended. Discover gorgeous water features and ...

07/08/2023

The beautiful weddings of two generations.

Left to right
Hercules (Harry) Johannes Petrus Barnes (Father of the bride),
Martha (Martie) Francina Frederika Barnes (nee de Beer) (Mother of the bride),
Martin Herman Wittstock (Groom)
Martha Cathrina Wittstock (nee Barnes)(Bride)
Cecil Percy Wittstock (Father of the groom)
Martha Elizabeth Visser Wittstock (nee Laubscher) (Mother of groom)

06/08/2023

Funeral letter of Cecil Percy Wittstock. Funeral held at PPK church Northmead Benoni, on 15 Aug 1988.
Born 20 September 1919, died 11 August 1988 at the age of 68 years old.

His wife Martha Elizabeth Visser Wittstock (nee Laubscher),
They had 3 children,
Raymond Cecil Friedrich Wittstock (son),
Martin Herman Wittstock (son) and Maureen Elizabeth Wittstock (daughter).

Also see
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=693878426115514&id=100064800877758&mibextid=ZbWKwL

04/08/2023

Postcards of Cecil Percy Wittstock during WW2

31/07/2023

Family getting ready for the funeral of Cecil Percy Wittstock on 15 August 1988. Photos were taken at Cecil and Martie's house 22 6de Laan, Northmead, Benoni.

3 Generations of Wittstock and Laubscher, family of Cecil Percy Wittstock.

Willem Laubscher (brother in law),
Martha Elizabeth Visser Wittstock (nee Laubscher)(wife),
Stella Sylvia Wittstock (sister),
Raymond Cecil Friedrich Wittstock (son),
Martin Herman Wittstock (son),
Martha Cathrina Wittstock (nee Barnes) (daughter in law),
Maureen Elizabeth Wittstock (daughter),
Reinhard Martin Wittstock (grandson),
Melissa Wittstock (granddaughter)



Also see
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=697512279085462&id=100064800877758&mibextid=ZbWKwL

30/07/2023

Heinrich Ludwig Wittstock 8th child of Christian Friedrich Wilhelm and Maria Christine Wittstock (nee Bluhm).

Heinrich Ludwig was born 30 July 1844 in Zerrenthin. He died 4 June 1913 of cancer in Frankfurt. He was a cattle farmer.

Heinrich married in 1868, to Louise Wilhelmina Dorothea BURMEISTER. She was born 5 July 1852 Ahrenschute, Ahrenschulter, Germany and died 4 July 1912 in King William's Town.

Heinrich immigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, on The Sanfrancisco Ship from Hamberg, Germany on 15 May 1861, at the age of 16. The ship was run by the shipping company Johann Cesar Godeffroy. He move to Frankfurt (close to King William’s Town), a town established by the British German Legion.

He is listed as Ludwig on the ship log:
Wittstock, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm, Farmer(Landarbeiter) (54), Zerrenthin (Meckl.), with wife Maria Christine (nee Bluhm) (51) and Wilhelmine (29), Friedrich (26), Friederike (24), August (23), Gottlieb (21), Louise (19), Ludwig (16), Carl (6), Caroline (1).

Wittstock, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm(junior), Worker(Arbeitsmann) (29), Bergholtz (Pr.), with wife Caroline Wilhelmine Wittstock (nee Gralow) (29) and Friederike (1).

https://www.geni.com/projects/Hamburg-to-Cape-Town-The-voyages-of-the-San-Francisco-1861-and-1862/39249

29/07/2023

Martha (Martie) Francina Frederika Barnes (nee de Beer) and Hercules (Harry) Johannes Petrus Barnes, parents of Martha Cathrina Wittstock (nee Barnes)

28/07/2023

Wedding of Martin Herman Wittstock and Martha Cathrina Wittstock (nee Barnes). March 30, 1974

Left to right
Hercules (Harry) Johannes Petrus Barnes (Father of the bride),
Martha (Martie) Francina Frederika Barnes (nee de Beer) (Mother of the bride),
Martin Herman Wittstock (Groom)
Martha Cathrina Wittstock (nee Barnes)(Bride)
Cecil Percy Wittstock (Father of the groom)
Martha Elizabeth Visser Wittstock (nee Laubscher) (Mother of the groom)

Martin Wittstock Martie Wittstock