Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen

The marriage record

Married Nuno Fernando Lerena · 15 January 1949 · St Joseph's, Mayfair a record read hereWhere this archive stops and the Lerena one begins.The line →

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…There is no photograph of their farm, and this archive does not invent one. This archive was built for David Defranceski , born in Johannesburg, living in Brisbane. It runs backwards from his grandmother Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen (1929–2013) — who married Nuno Fernando Lerena at St Joseph's, Mayfair, in 1949 — into the north-eastern Cape: to Barkly East and Dordrecht , to Cradock and Graaff-Reinet , and out again to Württemberg , to Soho , and to a County Cork that may or may not be real.…

…The 1915 death notice shows she is the same woman as Kathleen above. Withdrawn. Read rows five and seven together. Catherina Maria Sophia Barry died on 30 July 1859. Catherine Maria Sophia Barry was born on 4 August 1859 — five days later , and was given the dead child's name. That name then travelled: to Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen (1891–1946) , and to Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen (1929–2013) , David Defranceski's grandmother. A four-year-old's death in Burgersdorp is still being commemorated, unknowingly, four generations later.…

…George was Kathleen's son. Anna was Hendrik's granddaughter. They were first cousins once removed , and their common ancestors are John Augustus Barry I and Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe . What follows from it Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen descends from John Augustus Barry I and Margaretha Kolbe twice — once through her father, once through her mother. This is pedigree collapse : she has fewer distinct ancestors than the arithmetic of generations predicts. Where a person five generations back should have thirty-two separate ancestors, she has thirty — because one couple occupies two of the slots.…

…nted parentage DOCUMENTED by two registers; died of a stomach ulcer Generation3 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen and Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944) born 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province died 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill trade South African Railways & Harbours married 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging married his first cousin once removed Generation2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen and Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971) born 25 Mar 1929 died 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg married 15 Jan 1949, St Joseph’s, Mayfair orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive All from the MyHeritage tree Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) , read 9 September 2026. Most dates there carry a FamilySearch citation to Dutch Reformed Church registers or to Cape and Transvaal probate records; those…

…It appears to be the only photograph of her parents together, eight years after they married in D. W. Schoeman's house. 1940 · Kathleen Barry's death certificate, and one unexpected word Form of Information of a Death / Aangifte van 'n Sterfgeval , Act No. 17 of 1923. Entry 5970 , district Johannesburg. Name Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen — "(Born Barry.)" Age · birthplace · condition 82 · Cape Province · Widow Occupation Home Duties Pensioner MILITARY PENSIONER Place of death No. 1, Fifteenth Avenue, Mayfair, Johannesburg Intended place of burial Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg Causes of death Carcinoma of the Uterus ; Senility — one year one month Informant M. v.…

…The cousin marriage Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 the direct line Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b. 22 Sep 1932 Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen 10 Jan 1934 – 2003 Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11 May 1946 – 15 May 1946 Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947 – 11 May 1947 William Henry Keys and Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp 8 head born b.…

…The move, as the birthplaces record it Nobody wrote down the date the family left the Cape. But children have to be born somewhere, and the register moves.…

…a record read here George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen × Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 30 December 1924 Vereeniging A tree nurseryman and a girl of eighteen who were first cousins once removed — the Barry line closing on itself sixty-five years after it left. a record read here Nuno Fernando Lerena × Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 15 January 1949 St Joseph's, Mayfair Where this archive stops and the Lerena one begins. a record read here The name this archive carries 1 family 137 people across six generations. This is the only line in the archive that is numbered: every person on it carries a generation, 2 to 7. Booyzen 137 people generation 2–7 The name this archive carries.…

…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. A fifth carries it too: Catharina Mary Sophia Däschner, born at Indwe on 11 March 1909, baptised there that May. The spine name — five men over a hundred and fifty years Petrus Jacobus 1788, 1812, 1839, 1904, 1934. Two of them are on the direct line and three are not, and an index cannot tell them apart.…

…The 1940 estate Namesakes Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen Documented 8 Feb 1909 — Baptised at Indwe 22 September 1910, entry 12, entered ONECHT and GRATIS — the fee waived. Named for her godmother Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag, who stood at both of her father’s children’s fonts. The Documents The Women Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen · generation 2 Documented 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Orphaned at eighteen. The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one. The Line Johannesburg Method David Kolbe Booyzen Documented — — Carries the Kolbe name three generations after the 1820 Settler — AND HE HYPHENATED IT.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…12 Oct 1930 record Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one.…

…Parents Nuno Fernando Lerena Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Cheryl Anne Lerena 1 child David Defranceski Where Johannesburg, South Africa Nothing else about a living person is published here: no dates, no records, no photograph.…

…12 Oct 1930 record Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b. 22 Sep 1932 record Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen 10 Jan 1934 – 2003 record Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11 May 1946 – 15 May 1946 record Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947 – 11 May 1947 record 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b. 22 Sep 1932 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947 – 11 May 1947 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11 May 1946 – 15 May 1946 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…Nuno Fernando Lerena 1924 – 1971 Lerena married Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 record 1 child with Catherine Cheryl Anne Lerena family tree the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 1 of the 2 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 comes from the family tree and is unverified.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen 10 Jan 1934 – 2003 Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 record Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Booyzen 7 siblings Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…94 Catherina Maria Booyzen Membership 2 Apr 1923 Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Catherine M.s. Booyzen Burial 6 Sep 1940 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Birth 1858 record ↗ South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Birth 1917 · with: Johannes Jacobus Fouche record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Birth 1930 · with: Nuno Fernando Lerena record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Birth 1930 · with: Wilhelmus Johannes Kockemoer record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen reconst…

…uoted in full → An unattributed earlier researcher , recorded on the profiles of John Augustus Barry I and Margaretha Kolbe — the account of the three conflicting birth records, the "Neagle" maiden name, and the anti-English reputation. The Barrys → David Defranceski , September 2026 — the brief for this archive and the identification of Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen as its starting point.…

…s estate reported, twelve years late 25 Oct 1918 — Black October: Richard Peter Booyzen, twenty-four, dies at Turffontein 1 May 1920 — Magdalena Susanna Maria van den Berg, born Booyzen, dies at Vaalbank 16 Jan 1921 — Ockert Johannes Stephanus Booysen dies at Klerksdorp 30 Dec 1924 — A tree nurseryman marries at Vereeniging 25 Mar 1929 — Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen born 18 Dec 1930 — Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe dies at Bloemspruit, and his stone disagrees with his death form 31 Mar 1930 — Isabella Fredrika Booyzen, born Coetzee, dies at Middelburg 29 Jul 1932 — An ex-miner dies at Johannesburg Hospital, and nobody who knew him is there 1 Mar 1935 — A transport rider dies at Voorbedacht, and names his parents 22 Dec 1937 — James Jonathan Mountjoy dies at Barkl…

…Every box is a person a document names. A WALL is a place where the archive knows a person existed and cannot name their parents — and the reasons differ.…