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Smith, Machteld (1749 - 1821)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Aug. 22, 2025, 3:02 p.m.
Short name Smith, Machteld
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First name Machteld
Birth name Combrinck
Married name Grabe, Schmidt
Alternative name Machtilt Schmidt — Magtildt Schmidt — Matilda Smith — Machteld Schmidt — Machtelt Smit — Juffrouw M.E.S
Date of birth 1749
Date of death 1821
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Sex Female
Place of birth Cape Town
Place of death Cape Town
Lived in Cape Town , Roodezand
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Religion / ideology Protestant
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Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title Deaconess
Smith, Machteld was ...
acquaintance Ritsema van Lier, Helperus
correspondent and friend Lier, Catharina Allegonda van
Profession(s) Teacher/governess
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Place(s) of Residence Cape Town , Roodezand
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*Dutch version of: Memoir of Mrs. Matilda Smith, late of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope (1824) 1 0

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Receptions of Smith, Machteld, the person

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Hoofstuk V. 'n Satiriese digter oor die eerste oorgawe van die Kaap, sy teenstanders en mistieke tydgenote. 3. Dagboek-houer, mistieke digteres, Catharina Allegonda van Lier 1934 references person

Included in Beek & Van Niekerk 2019. Her father was of slave descent (FT 2025).

Biography by Karel Schoeman (1997): Dogter van Sion: Machtelt Smit en die 18de-eeuse samelewing aan die Kaap, 1749-1799. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.

Fragments of her diary were published in Dutch in the journal Kaapsche Cyclopedie (1833).