Anna Sophia CAMPHER

Anna Sophia was of French, Norwegian and German descent, and could also count a slave among her fore-mothers.

Her parents were Frans Hendrik CAMPHER and Johanna LEKKERWYN. Johanna's birth name was Jeanne LECREVENT: she was the daughter of the French Huguenot Ary LECREVENT.The name soon became LEKKERWYN among the Dutch at the Cape, "lekker wyn" meaning "delicious wine".  More of the LEKKERWYN / LECREVENT family history later.

Frans Hendrik CAMPHER was the son of Cornelis CAMPHER and Dorothea OELOFSE.

Dorothea was born  in 1695, the daughter of Andries OELOFSE of Norway, and his wife Sara VENGEYSELEN.

Cornelis CAMPHER's parents were Lorenz CAMPHER, born 1650 in Germany, and his wife Ansela van die Kaap. Ansela was a former slave who was freed by Lorenz CAMPHER - they lived on the farm Murasie near Koelenhof, and they had 4 children: the only son, Cornelis CAMPHER, was the eldest, followed by his sisters Agnetie, Anthonietta and Jacoba. 

Cornelis DU PLOOY had 19 children, eight by his first wife, Margaretha, and eleven by Anna Sophia CAMPHER.

Cornelis's ninth child and Anna Sophia's eldest, was our ancestor:

6. Dirk Wouter DU PLOOY: bapt. 6 Desember 1789 at Swellendam. He lived at Uitkyk, in the Gamka district of Beaufort. He was a Voortrekker and probably left the Colony in July 1837 with the party of Jacob de Klerk. He was present at the Battle of Blood River, and later settled in the Hopetown District, where he died 27 October 1868 on the farm Maartenspan.                                                 

(Source: J.C. Visagie: Voortrekker Stamouers, page 62)