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Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen

Baptised at Barkly Oost 24 May 1891, entry 120, named for her mother entire, and fourteen when her father died at Indwe. She married Joseph Heinrich Daschner AT INDWE — the same village — and his 1942 death notice names her “born Booyzen”, with a z, in a Johannesburg typist’s hands. Eleven children, five of them carrying Booyzen and Barry forenames. She died in the Transvaal in 1946 — estate TAB MHG 3734/46, found only when this archive finally searched outside the Cape, and still to be read.

Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West ParkBooyzen
marriedJoseph Heinrich Daschnerc. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942record
the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 18 of the 23 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified. The name → Married 22 December 1879 — the marriage register that carries the disputed signature.Married at Indwe — the same village where her father died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z. The 1942 Daschner notice →

Every record naming Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen →

The marriage record

Married Joseph Heinrich Daschner · bef. 1921 · Indwe a record read hereThe same village where her father had died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z, from her own dictation.The 1942 notice →

Every marriage this archive places →

The record

NameCatharina Maria Sophia Booysen
Also writtenCatherine Mary Sophia Daschner
Born22 Apr 1891
Died1946 — West Park, grave 51, beside her husband
LineBooyzen
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

Baptised at Barkly Oost 24 May 1891, entry 120, named for her mother entire, and fourteen when her father died at Indwe. She married Joseph Heinrich Daschner AT INDWE — the same village — and his 1942 death notice names her “born Booyzen”, with a z, in a Johannesburg typist’s hands. Eleven children, five of them carrying Booyzen and Barry forenames. She died in the Transvaal in 1946 — estate TAB MHG 3734/46, found only when this archive finally searched outside the Cape, and still to be read.

The DocumentsThe WomenThe NameWhat Was Searched

Where the archive puts Catharina

Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →

One correction on this site names Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen. A correction here is filed against the page it changed, not against a person, so until now it could be read on the corrections register and nowhere else — least of all on the page of the person it was about.
  • 20 Sep 2026 — The Pretoria estate files are wanted “for the parents” — and a researcher was about to be paid on that reason
    THE PARENTS ARE ALREADY DOCUMENTED, FROM CHURCH REGISTERS, AND HAVE BEEN FOR DAYS. Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen was baptised at BARKLY OOST, 24 MAY 1891, ENTRY 120; her brother Henry James at BARKLY EAST in 1887, the register naming WILLEM HERMANUS BOOÿSEN AND CATHARINA MARIA SOPHIA BARRY in terms. The brief of 15 September asked for six death notices “for the parents, the birthplace, the occupation and the list of children”, and that brief was still being repeated on 20 September in a letter about money — MHG 3734/46 described as “the one I most need, for her parents”. DAVID CAUGHT IT, from a Google result, by asking what the files were actually for. HIS SEARCH RETURNED MYHERITAGE, WHICH IS THIS FAMILY’S OWN TREE READ BACK TO IT — circular, and not evidence — BUT THE CONCLUSION WAS RIGHT ANYWAY, because the archive holds the registers behind it. THE FAULT IS THE DAY’S THIRD OF ONE KIND: a list worked without first being checked against what is already held. The files have been re-justified one by one on what is genuinely missing, WHICH IS CHILDREN AND NOT PARENTS. Where it stands →

The Booyzen Archive

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 Carries the line Brothers and sisters · 17 show ↓ hide ↑ Willem’s · 8 Jacobus Nicholas Booysen bef. 1842 – 1923 Johanna Catharina Booysen b. 15 May 1844 Petrus Jacobus Booysen b. 10 Sep 1839 Anna Catharina Booysen 21 Sep 1842 – bef.…

The Barrys

…It does not prove the rebel is Kathleen's brother. It does show that whoever named this child was standing inside the same family this archive is describing. The namesakes → How far the Barry names travel There is no Barry surname left in this family after 1859. There is a great deal of Barry name . The children of Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen — Kathleen Barry's daughter — on her husband's 1942 death notice. Kathleen Barry married a Booyzen in the 1880s, so the surname stops with her. Her daughter married a Daschner, so it is two surnames gone in two generations.…

The documents

…A daughter named for her mother The child takes her mother's name entire: Catharina Maria Sophia . And it goes on: 1859 Catherine Maria Sophia "Kathleen" Barry — the mother 1891 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen — this entry 1929 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen — the granddaughter, and the starting point of this archive Three women, seventy years, one name — and the spelling of the surname shifts underneath it while the given names hold. The women → New to this archive Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen, born 22 April 1891 , is a daughter of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen that the archive did not have.…

The plates

…Every plate 207 images · 106 detail · 101 whole document Show All 207 detail 106 whole document 101 Death Notice of John Barry, prepared at Barkly East and signed by his second son James H. Barry , 29 March 1915. Full transcription → Read it on The Barrys → The children of Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen — Kathleen Barry's daughter — on her husband's 1942 death notice. Read it on The Barrys → 232 — A to H. Two Fredericks, Johannes and William . No Fortunatus. Read it on The Barrys → 233 — the Johns. Five plain, then Charles, Daniel, Henry, Henry, Joseph, William. No John Augustus. Read it on The Barrys → 234 — M to W, then Barsby. Two Richards, 1836 and 1858.…

Households

…Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 a record read here Married at Indwe — the same village where her father died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z.…

The Marriages

…a record read here Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe × Susanna Adriana Roodt 21 September 1908 Indwe Certificate 13. He is 22 and a MIJNWERKER of Dugmore Mijn; she is 16 and her parents had to consent. Their son had been born four months earlier. a record read here Joseph Heinrich Daschner × Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen bef. 1921 Indwe The same village where her father had died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z, from her own dictation.…

The forenames

…Eleven years before the first Catherine Maria Sophia was born. Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry 1859–1940 The last Barry of the surname in this line. She married a Booyzen in 1879. Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 1891–1946 Baptised at Barkly Oost, “named for her mother entire”. She married a Daschner at Indwe. Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner a major by 1942 Her eldest daughter — the third of the name, and the second surname it has crossed. Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 1929–2013 And back into the Booyzens, on the direct line, the hinge to the Lerena archive.…

The People

…He outlived that uncle by sixty-eight years. The Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna Catharina Booysen Documented 21 Sep 1842 bef. 1863 Baptised Graaff-Reinet, and absent from her mother's 1863 death notice — she died first. The Documents Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen also written Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Documented 22 Apr 1891 1946 — West Park, grave 51, beside her husband Baptised at Barkly Oost 24 May 1891, entry 120, named for her mother entire, and fourteen when her father died at Indwe. She married Joseph Heinrich Daschner AT INDWE — the same village — and his 1942 death notice names her “born Booyzen”, with a z, in a Johannesburg typist’s hands.…

Albert Alfred Daschner

…Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Albert Alfred Daschner b. 3 Mar 1927 Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b.…

Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen

…She married Joseph Heinrich Daschner AT INDWE — the same village — and his 1942 death notice names her “born Booyzen”, with a z, in a Johannesburg typist’s hands. Eleven children, five of them carrying Booyzen and Barry forenames.…

Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry

…c. 1884 record Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 inferred David Kolbe Booyzen family tree Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 family tree Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen family tree Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 inferred George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 direct line 9 siblings John Augustus Barry II b. 13 Mar 1847 William Barry b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry b. 26 Apr 1850 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry b. 1857 — from Pama Frederick Fortunatus Barry b.…

Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner

…A major by 1942. Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Daschner 10 siblings Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b.…

David Kolbe Booyzen

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one.…

Edith Dorothy Daschner

…Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Edith Dorothy Daschner b. 20 Jan 1930 Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b.…

George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 15 of the 20 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one.…

Henry James Booyzen

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one.…

Henry James Daschner

…Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b.…

Johanna Catharina Booyzen

…20 Jun 1889 Booyzen 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one.…

John Barry Booyzen

…c. 1884 Booyzen 8 siblings Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one.…

John Frederick Daschner

…Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record John Frederick Daschner Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b.…

Joseph Charles Daschner

…1911–1992 & ELIZABETH H. 1915–1992”, Rynsoord cemetery, Benoni. He and his wife died the same year. A MATCH ON A NAME AND AN INITIAL, not a document. FROM THE INDEX; no image read. Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b.…

Joseph Heinrich Daschner

…He had not been married before. She signed the notice: “Surviving Spouse — Saw body after death.” Parents Joseph Daschner d. bef. 1942 record Sophia Daschner d. bef. 1942 record Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 Daschner married Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record 11 children with Catharina Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner record Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 record Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 record William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 record Martha Magdeline van Deventer record John Frederick Daschner record Richard Peter Daschner b.…

Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld

…She outlived him by fifty-two years and died at ninety-six. FROM THE INDEX; no image read. Married a van Jaarsveld and was a major by 1942. Her first three names are the Barry name, carried into a third surname. Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 Martha Magdeline van Deventer John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b.…

Martha Magdeline van Deventer

…Parents Joseph Heinrich Daschner c. Nov 1883 – 19 Apr 1942 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Martha Magdeline van Deventer Daschner 10 siblings Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner Joseph Charles Daschner 1911 – 1992 Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld 1913 – 2009 William Herman Daschner 1915 – 1963 — estate TAB MHG 2703/63 John Frederick Daschner Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b.…

Richard Peter Booyzen

…1894 – 25 Oct 1918 Booyzen 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

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