Johanna Martina VAN REENEN

1808 -

• Name	Johanna Martina VAN REENEN
  Born	19 Jul 1808
  Gender	Female
  Notes	Joseph Barry called her "The secret of my success" [1]
  Person ID	I5101	LC Joubert
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Jacob Jan Willem VAN REENEN
  Mother	Maria Adriana SMALBERGER
  Family ID	F2246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph BARRY,   b. 1 Apr 1796, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 26 Mar 1865, Mill Hope Estate, Government Avenue, Cape Town, South Africa  (Age 68 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1825	Swellendam
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026
  Family ID	F2245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S637] WEBSITE, https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/malagasmalgas-and-joseph-barry. After a short visit to the Cape in 1817 as an export agent for a London wine house Barry & Wilkinson, he returned two years later, just 23 years old, to settle. He became a partner in the company Norse, Christiaan & Co, but a year later it was bankrupt. That year he also met the granddaughter of Dirk Grysbert van Reenan, but had to wait five years until she was ready for marriage. He considered her ‘the secret of my success’.