Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl
His second wife, married at Zeerust on 14 April 1892 when she was fifty-one and he sixty-three, and her own Death Notice 844 gives the rest: born Graaff-Reinet about October 1841, FARMER'S WIFE, father JACOB DORMEHL and mother UNKNOWN, dead at Driefontein in Groot Marico on 6 February 1902 aged 60 years 4 months, leaving ONE WAGON AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE worth £51 8s 0d and a will. THREE HUSBANDS — Jacob van Staden, then Matthys Roos, then Booysen — and SIX CHILDREN, two van Stadens and four Rooses, NOT ONE OF THEM A BOOYSEN. That is why the four children this archive once drew under her are not hers.
NO CHILDREN BY HIM. This archive drew his four children here for a month because it could name this marriage and not the other. She was fifty-one at the wedding; and her own 1902 death notice lists SIX children — two van Stadens and four Rooses — and not one Booysen.
The record
| Name | Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl |
| Also written | Charlotta Elizabeth Roos, geboren Dormehl (1892) · Charlotta Elizabetta Booysen, born Dormehl (1902) |
| Born | c. Oct 1841, Graaff-Reinet |
| Died | 6 Feb 1902, Driefontein, Groot Marico |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
His second wife, married at Zeerust on 14 April 1892 when she was fifty-one and he sixty-three, and her own Death Notice 844 gives the rest: born Graaff-Reinet about October 1841, FARMER'S WIFE, father JACOB DORMEHL and mother UNKNOWN, dead at Driefontein in Groot Marico on 6 February 1902 aged 60 years 4 months, leaving ONE WAGON AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE worth £51 8s 0d and a will. THREE HUSBANDS — Jacob van Staden, then Matthys Roos, then Booysen — and SIX CHILDREN, two van Stadens and four Rooses, NOT ONE OF THEM A BOOYSEN. That is why the four children this archive once drew under her are not hers.
Her 1902 death noticeThe 1892 marriageThe WomenWhat Was Taken Back
Where the archive puts Charlotta
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
- 13 Sep 2026 — Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl died before 1908
She died on 6 February 1902, at Driefontein in Groot Marico, and her own Death Notice 844 says so. It also gives her father as Jacob Dormehl, her mother as unknown, her age as 60 years 4 months, her estate as one wagon and her furniture, and THREE husbands where this archive had one — Jacob van Staden, Matthys Roos, then Booysen. Where it stands →
The documents
…In April 1892 he gives his home as Brakfontein, Rustenburg . He did not leave. The family that this archive spent weeks placing in the north-eastern Cape had a branch sitting on one farm in the Transvaal for at least sixteen years. The 1876 notice → She was a widow, and her name is not what we published This archive has called her Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl . The register writes Charlotta Elizabeth Roos, geboren Dormehl , condition weduwe , and she signs C. E. Roos geb. Dormehl . Dormehl was her maiden name and Roos was her first husband's. She came to this marriage from Driefontein in Marico with a married name of her own. And he signs with an s The clerk writes him into the register as Booijzen .…
Households
…Harriet's registration, 1912 Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 1880 – 1961 Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry b. 7 Oct 1888 inferred Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River b. 11 Jan 1892 inferred Harriet Louisa Barry 1894 – 7 Sep 1912 Ellen Hendrika Barry b. 8 Dec 1899 inferred Matthys Roos and Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl 4 head born d. bef. 1892 a record read here Her second marriage, and the reason the Zeerust register of 1892 writes her in as Charlotta Elizabeth ROOS, geboren Dormehl. Four children, all of age by 1902.…
The Marriages
…1890 — Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 1946 — West Park, grave 51, beside her husband Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen 8 Feb 1909 — Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag — — Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c. Oct 1848, district Cradock 5 Jun 1905, the Lunatic Asylum, Pretoria Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841, Graaff-Reinet 6 Feb 1902, Driefontein, Groot Marico Coenrad Sybert van Staden — — Cornelis Philippus Roodt — — David Kolbe Booyzen — — David Schalk Booijsen 12 Dec 1806, baptised 4 Jan 1807 — David Schalk Booijzen the younger c.…
The People
…His own death notice, TAB estate 14380, names HIS mother as ELIZABETHA BOOYSEN, BORN VAN DER MERWE — which resolves this archive’s oldest “Serious” contradiction, because his father’s recorded wife Anna Maria van der Merwe died three years before he was born. A FARMER, “Dutch”, married twice — Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier, then Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl — and married last at ZEERUST, in the district of Marico. He died in his son-in-law’s house. The Documents Disputed The Atlas Hendrik Stefanus Nicolaas Booijsen also written Hendrick Stefanes Booijsen (1891) Documented c.…
Anna Francisa Roos
…Parents Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Anna Francisa Roos Booyzen married Gert Johannes Laubeschagne record 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 7 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl
…Booyzen Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl His second wife, married at Zeerust on 14 April 1892 when she was fifty-one and he sixty-three, and her own Death Notice 844 gives the rest: born Graaff-Reinet about October 1841, FARMER'S WIFE, father JACOB DORMEHL and mother UNKNOWN, dead at Driefontein in Groot Marico on 6 February 1902 aged 60 years 4 months, leaving ONE WAGON AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE worth £51 8s 0d and a will. THREE HUSBANDS…
Coenrad Sybert van Staden
…SYBERT recurs in the next marriage — a Johannes Sybert Roos — which is unusual enough to be worth noticing across two husbands. Parents Jacob van Staden d. bef. 1902 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Coenrad Sybert van Staden Booyzen Sibling Jacob Alewyn van Staden the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 4 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Gert Johannes Roos
…His sister married a GERT JOHANNES Laubeschagne, so the name stands twice on one page. Parents Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Gert Johannes Roos Booyzen 3 siblings Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos Anna Francisa Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 6 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen
…His own death notice, TAB estate 14380, names HIS mother as ELIZABETHA BOOYSEN, BORN VAN DER MERWE — which resolves this archive’s oldest “Serious” contradiction, because his father’s recorded wife Anna Maria van der Merwe died three years before he was born. A FARMER, “Dutch”, married twice — Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier, then Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl — and married last at ZEERUST, in the district of Marico. He died in his son-in-law’s house. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Booyzen married Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c.…
Jacob Alewyn van Staden
…Named on her death notice under a brace of his own, separated from the four Roos children below — question nine asks for the children “stating separately those born of different marriages”, and her husband did as he was told. Parents Jacob van Staden d. bef. 1902 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Jacob Alewyn van Staden Booyzen Sibling Coenrad Sybert van Staden the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 4 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Jacob Dormehl
…Her mother is entered UNKNOWN — the seventh parent this archive's documents fail to name. Jacob Dormehl Booyzen 1 child Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 1 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Named as her father on her 1902 death notice. Her mother is entered UNKNOWN by a husband of ten years.…
Jacob van Staden
…Two sons, Jacob Alewyn and Coenrad Sybert. Jacob van Staden d. bef. 1902 Booyzen married Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record 2 children with Charlotta Jacob Alewyn van Staden record Coenrad Sybert van Staden record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 3 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Johannes Sybert Roos
…A name crossing between two marriages of one woman. Parents Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Johannes Sybert Roos Booyzen 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Anna Francisa Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 6 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Matthys Johannes Roos
…Second of the four Roos children on the 1902 notice. Parents Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record Matthys Johannes Roos Booyzen 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos Anna Francisa Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 6 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
Matthys Roos
…Four children. The date of his death is entered unknown. Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 Booyzen married Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c. Oct 1841 – 6 Feb 1902 record 4 children with Charlotta Gert Johannes Roos record Matthys Johannes Roos record Johannes Sybert Roos record Anna Francisa Roos record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 5 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…
The Register
…Oct 1848, district Cradock · 5 Jun 1905, the Lunatic Asylum, Pretoria no public link reconstructed by this archive Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl reconstructed c. Oct 1841, Graaff-Reinet · 6 Feb 1902, Driefontein, Groot Marico no public link reconstructed by this archive Charlotte Anne Callaghan reconstructed c.…
Sources
…(Anna Maria ?) van der Merwe" Resolved. His 1908 death notice, TAB estate 14380, names his mother ELIZABETHA BOOYSEN, BORN VAN DER MERWE . Another researcher reached the same ambiguity and left it standing in a question mark; the notice settles it. The notice → Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl, 1841–1902 Born about October 1841 at Graaff-Reinet ; died 6 February 1902 at Driefontein, Groot Marico , with two recorded married surnames. Hendrik Stiphanis Booyzen, 1830–1905, of Graaff-Reinet Not this family. Son of Jan Hendrik Booysen and Cornelia Margaretha Voetzé — and the profile has him married at the age of twelve , which is the kind of thing a shared tree carries in public for years.…
The Timeline
…Both born at Graaff-Reinet. The clerk writes him Booijzen and he signs himself Booysen. Because she was fifty-one, his four children are his FIRST wife's — which this archive had wrong. Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl Zeerust Graaff-Reinet Rustenburg 1896 Document Anna Jacoba van der Merwe dies under her second husband's name VAB MHG M777 — “MCCABE, ANNA JACOBA, nooiensvan VAN DER MERWE, eggenote JOHN GHERSON ELEASAR KOLBE EN FRANCIS MCCABE”. Twenty-eight years a widow of the first, twenty-four of the second.…
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