George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen

The marriage record

Married Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius · 30 December 1924 · Vereeniging a record read hereA 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.The cousin marriage →

Every marriage this archive places →

…The women are not. Mountjoy (1838). Barry (1879). Kinnear (1940s). Behind the Barrys, Kolbe — a German tailor's family out of Soho who sailed as 1820 Settlers and named a Karoo farm Wurtemburg . Behind the Kolbes, Downing . That is why David Defranceski's great-grandfather, born on a farm in the Eastern Cape in 1901, was christened George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen . Every one of those forenames is a woman's surname. The women → And it is why the tree folds back on itself: in 1924 George married his own first cousin once removed , so his daughter Catherine descends from one Barry–Kolbe couple twice over. The cousin marriage → Corrections are the most valuable thing anyone can send.…

…Hendrik Nicholaas Barry's daughter Dorothea married George Booyzen's brother Henry James — in 1912, twelve years before George married Hendrik's granddaughter. The two families were marrying each other in both directions at once.…

…op Register and by nothing else Generation4 Willem Hermanus “William Henry” Booyzen and Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry (1859–1940) born 4 May 1851, achter Sneeuberg died 13 Sep 1905, Indwe trade farmer in 1879, mason in 1905 married 22 Dec 1879 documented 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 ei…

…Resolved RESOLVED. His 1845 death notice (estate 7698) and his gravestone both give 1 December 1844, and neither his notice nor his widow’s 1867 notice lists a Julia. Reject the child, keep the date. The same two documents also drop KEETOR PETER BENJAMIN KOLBE, whom the tree gives a 1840 birth — he is in neither list. → George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1901–1947) Death dated 21 February 1947, with burial ten months later on 14 December 1947. Resolved RESOLVED by his death notice: he died 11 December 1947 and was buried on the 14th. “21 February” is the date the notice was signed — in 1948. A transcriber merged the two and lost ten months.…

…They are the same woman, and the archive's earlier claim of "two Barry sisters marrying Booysens" is withdrawn . 1947 · George's death notice corrects his own death date Signed by G. Booyzen at Johannesburg on 21 February 1948 under the Administration of Estates Act 1913. Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannesburg. "The day of the decease: On 11th December 1947 " — died at 85 Rheeden St, Forest Hill , Johannesburg. He died on 11 December 1947 — not 21 February 1947. 21 February is the date the notice was signed , and it was signed in 1948 . A transcriber conflated the two and lost ten months.…

…B. Boo y z en Read it on The documents → Marriage of Willem Hermanus Booysen and Catharine Mary Barry, Barkly, 1879. Read it on The documents → The groom's own signature, 1879, at maximum available magnification. Read it on The documents → Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannesburg. Read it on The documents → "The day of the decease: On 11th December 1947 " — died at 85 Rheeden St, Forest Hill , Johannesburg. Read it on The documents → Age 46 years 6 months ; occupation S.A.R. & H. — the South African Railways and Harbours; residence 85 Rheeden Street, Forest Hill .…

…1886 – 29 Jul 1932 inferred David Kolbe Booyzen the family tree Henry James Booyzen 12 Aug 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 the family tree Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen the family tree 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 inferred George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line John Augustus Barry II and Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen 9 head born b. 13 Mar 1847 inferred A household this archive did not have. John Augustus Barry II was a name on his parents' two death notices and nothing else — no wife, no children.…

…But children have to be born somewhere, and the register moves. Year Birthplace Child 1884 Cape Colony John Barry Booyzen 1885 Barkly East Willem Hermanus Booyzen 1891 Barkly East Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 1896 Barkly East David Kolbe Booyzen 1901 South Africa (unspecified) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1907 Barkley Oos, Kaap Provinsie David Schalk Booyzen — the last Cape birth 1925 South Africa (unspecified) Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 1932 Johannesburg Georgina Jeanette Booyzen — the first recorded Johannesburg birth 1934 Johannesburg Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Inferred The last Cape birth is 1907 ; the first recorded Johannesburg birth is 1932 .…

…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. 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 MATCH, NOT A DOCUMENT. FROM THE INDEX; no image read. The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented — — Named for his mother's father, EVERT PHILIP BOSHOFF. The Boshoff grandparents are the only two people in this household whose names are accounted for without argument. The 1940 estate Namesakes George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · generation 3 Documented 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — West Park, D.R., grave 2171 Buried West Park three days later. Boomkweker, then Clerk, South African Railways. Married his first cousin once removed. The Line The Cousin Marriage Johannesburg Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen Documented 15 May 1910 — Youngest on his mother's 1943 notice.…

…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.…

…Parents Petrus Jacobus Pretorius record Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 1880 – 1961 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 26 Feb 1944 Pretorius married George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record 8 children with George Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 record Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 record Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 direct line Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) b. 12 Oct 1930 record Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b.…

…25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b. 15 Jul 1935 record 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 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 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.…

…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. 10 Nov 1863 Richard Peter Barry b.…

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

…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. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…Boomkweker, then Clerk, South African Railways. Married his first cousin once removed.…

…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.…

…Entry 3920, a different hospital and a different cemetery. Two children, one year apart, on the same date. 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.…

…Entry 4256 — not the same child as the Gertrude of 1947. 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.…

…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. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…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. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…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. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…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. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…Birth date corrected from 1 October on her mother’s 1944 death notice. 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.…

…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.…