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Daniel Jakobus Kolbe

His death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”, mangled by the index into “G A Kolbelsson” — and that is the line that ties the 1918 graves to the old man who outlived them by thirty-six years. Dead at twenty-five, four months before his brother Freddie. The stone at Wakkerstroom reads DAAN 1893–1918.

Daniel Jakobus Kolbe3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918Kolbe

Three children, not the whole family. These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size.

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. What Was Searched → The Wakkerstroom household, and it was written out in this archive's prose for weeks before any file would draw it. Married about 1885, she seventeen; their eldest was born at Wakkerstroom in 1886. THREE DOCUMENTS NAME THE COUPLE AND NONE OF THEM IS A TREE: Maria Johanna's 1953 estate file gives FATHER George Augustus Kolbe, MOTHER Martha Sophia Klopper; Daniel's death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”; and from 9 October 2026 Frederik Fortunatus Downing's own death notice, TAB MHG 40293, names both parents outright. THE MOTHER'S NAME IS WHAT MAKES THIS SAFE. Two men called George Augustus Kolbe are buried in one cemetery at Wakkerstroom, born two years apart, and this archive has already had to withdraw a claim within the hour over exactly that. The other man's wife was Susanna Margaretha; only this one married a Klopper, and all three documents say Klopper.

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The record

NameDaniel Jakobus Kolbe
Also writtenDaniel Jacobus · “Daan”, on the stone
Born3 May 1893
Died19 Jun 1918, Wakkerstroom — aged 25
LineKolbe
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

His death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”, mangled by the index into “G A Kolbelsson” — and that is the line that ties the 1918 graves to the old man who outlived them by thirty-six years. Dead at twenty-five, four months before his brother Freddie. The stone at Wakkerstroom reads DAAN 1893–1918.

The KolbesWakkerstroom

Where the archive puts Daniel

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

Households

…These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size. Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 1918 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 Jacob van Staden and Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl 2 head born d. bef. 1902 a record read here Her first marriage, named on her 1902 death notice with the date of his death entered unknown. Two sons, both of age by 1902, braced apart on the form from the four Roos children below them.…

The Kolbes

…That was decisive but it was a single word on a single record. This is a household — a father, a mother, eight fonts in three towns, and three of the children turning up together at the far end. Names can be coincidence. A family moving is not. 1918, four months apart Daniel Jakobus Kolbe , born 3 May 1893, died 19 June 1918 at Wakkerstroom, aged 25. Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe , born 1891, died 2 November 1918 at Wakkerstroom, aged 27. Two brothers, four months apart, in the year of the influenza. Their father outlived them both by thirty-six years.…

The Marriages

…26 Nov 1806, bapt. 3 Feb 1807, ST ANNE’S SOHO 6 Dec 1807, buried 11 Dec 1807, German Lutheran Church Charlotte Anne Callaghan c. 1859 17 Feb 1891, Hoopstad, Orange Free State — aged 32 Charlotte Kolbe 1811 1867, Lambeth — probably Coenraad Johannes Otto Werdmuller — 1882 — death notice KAB MOOC 6/9/187, 4160; will MOOC 7/1/431, 102 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 19 Jun 1918, Wakkerstroom — aged 25 Elizabeth Johanna du Toit 1845, Bredasdorp, Cape Province 12 Jul 1923, the farm “Saxony”, Utrecht, Natal Elizabeth Johanna Kolbe 1 Mar 1876, baptised 11 Jun 1876 at Colesberg — Elizabeth Kolbe of Westminster bapt.…

The People

…MSB 751, her father’s letter of 23 August 1830: “CHARLOTTE SENDS YOU AN EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, with the account of the death of the Rev. W. Orme, late Secretary to the L.M.S.” HER FATHER NAMES HER SENDING A MAGAZINE TO HER BROTHER. She is a daughter of this house on the evidence of the house. Conduit Street The Kolbes The Women Daniel Jakobus Kolbe also written Daniel Jacobus · “Daan”, on the stone Documented 3 May 1893 19 Jun 1918, Wakkerstroom — aged 25 His death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”, mangled by the index into “G A Kolbelsson” — and that is the line that ties the 1918 graves to the old man who outlived them by thirty-six years. Dead at twenty-five, four months before his brother Freddie.…

Daniel Jakobus Kolbe

…Dead at twenty-five, four months before his brother Freddie. The stone at Wakkerstroom reads DAAN 1893–1918.…

…The other man's wife was Susanna Margaretha; only this one married a Klopper, and all three documents say Klopper. Every record naming Daniel Jakobus Kolbe → The record Name Daniel Jakobus Kolbe Also written Daniel Jacobus · “Daan”, on the stone Born 3 May 1893 Died 19 Jun 1918, Wakkerstroom — aged 25 Line Kolbe Confidence Documented What the archive holds His death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”, mangled by the index into “G A Kolbelsson” — and that is the line that ties the 1918 graves to the old man who outlived them by thirty-six years.…

Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe

…2 Jul 1914 record 2 siblings Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 Three children, not the whole family. These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size.…

George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom

…He outlived two of his sons by thirty-six years. George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom 29 Jul 1863 – 28 Sep 1954 Kolbe married Martha Sophia Klopper 27 May 1867 – 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83 record 3 children with Martha Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 record Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 1918 record Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 record Three children, not the whole family. These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size.…

Maria Johanna Kolbe

…Parents George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom 29 Jul 1863 – 28 Sep 1954 record Martha Sophia Klopper 27 May 1867 – 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83 record Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 Kolbe 2 siblings Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 1918 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 Three children, not the whole family. These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size.…

Martha Sophia Klopper

…She died four years before her husband. Martha Sophia Klopper 27 May 1867 – 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83 Kolbe married George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom 29 Jul 1863 – 28 Sep 1954 record 3 children with George Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 record Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 1918 record Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 record Three children, not the whole family. These are the three the archive holds documents for. The old man died in 1954 aged 91 having outlived at least two of his sons by thirty-six years, and nothing here claims the household was this size.…

The Register

…2004 Daniel Jacobus Kolbe Death 19 Jun 1918 Wakkerstroom, Soutpansberg, Transvaal, South Africa | Birth 1893 · with: G A Kolbelsson record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 Daniel Jacobus Kolbe Probate Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe Probate 1918 Transvaal, South Africa | Death 19 Jun 1918 Wakkerstroom | Birth 1893 Transvaal record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe Birth 1893 Transvaal | Probate 1918 Transvaal, South Africa | Death 19 Jun 1918 Wakkerstroom record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1…

…rend Cornelis Booijsen record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Hendrina Johanna Booijsen Membership 01 May 1886 Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 Hendrina Susanna Aletta Booijsen with: Daniel Francois Marais · Daniel Jacobus Charl Marais record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Hendrina Wilhelmina Booijsen with: Hendrika Sophia Catharina Vos · Johannes Nicolaas Vos record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Hendrina Willemina Booijsen with: Nicolaas Johannis Hendrik Vos · Johannis Nicolaas Kolyn Vos record ↗ South Africa, Dutch…

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