Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen
THE STONE IS NOW READ, and it says more than its index line. “IN DANKBARE HULDE AAN ONS GELIEFDE VADER EN OUPA — GERT JACOBUS BOOYZEN — GEB. 19 JAN. 1870 — OORL. 2_ AUG. 1951 — SY GENADE WAS VIR MY GENOEG.” THE BIRTH DAY MATCHES THIS ARCHIVE EXACTLY, and from a source that is not the death notice it came from: 19 January 1870, cut in granite. THE DEATH IS NOW A MONTH instead of a year — AUGUST 1951 — and the day is a 2 followed by a digit this archive cannot read off the photograph, so it is not guessed. VADER EN OUPA: he was a grandfather, which no document here had said. AND THE LAST LINE IS IN THE FIRST PERSON — “His grace was enough for ME” — a widower’s sentence, cut twenty-one years after his wife died. HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED. The eGGSA gravestone library holds “BOOYZEN GERT JACOBUS 1870-1951” in the MIDDELBURG MAIN CEMETERY, Eastern Cape — born 1870 and dead in 1951, which is the year of estate TAB MHG 5155/51, the file this archive has been trying to read on blocked film. He is buried a few stones from his wife. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.
Every record naming Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen →
The marriage record
Married Isabella Frederika Coetsee · 23 March 1896 · Middelburg, Cape a record read hereIn community of property. She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943.The 1943 notice →
The record
| Name | Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen |
| Also written | Gert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone) |
| Born | 19 Jan 1870 |
| Died | Aug 1951, Middelburg — the day illegible on the stone |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
THE STONE IS NOW READ, and it says more than its index line. “IN DANKBARE HULDE AAN ONS GELIEFDE VADER EN OUPA — GERT JACOBUS BOOYZEN — GEB. 19 JAN. 1870 — OORL. 2_ AUG. 1951 — SY GENADE WAS VIR MY GENOEG.” THE BIRTH DAY MATCHES THIS ARCHIVE EXACTLY, and from a source that is not the death notice it came from: 19 January 1870, cut in granite. THE DEATH IS NOW A MONTH instead of a year — AUGUST 1951 — and the day is a 2 followed by a digit this archive cannot read off the photograph, so it is not guessed. VADER EN OUPA: he was a grandfather, which no document here had said. AND THE LAST LINE IS IN THE FIRST PERSON — “His grace was enough for ME” — a widower’s sentence, cut twenty-one years after his wife died. HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED. The eGGSA gravestone library holds “BOOYZEN GERT JACOBUS 1870-1951” in the MIDDELBURG MAIN CEMETERY, Eastern Cape — born 1870 and dead in 1951, which is the year of estate TAB MHG 5155/51, the file this archive has been trying to read on blocked film. He is buried a few stones from his wife. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.
The documents
…The form, as completed 1. Name Petrus Jacobus Booysen, Senior 2. Birth-place Graaff Reinet District 3. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known 4. Age 72 years 5. Condition in life Farmer 6. Married or unmarried Married 7. Day of decease 30 March 1884 8. At what house Zevenfontein, District Middelburg 9. Children Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 10. Property Moveables only, such as wearing apparel &c Age 72 in 1884 puts his birth at about 1812, which matches the register exactly. Zevenfontein is the farm where his first wife had died twenty-one years before. It happens a third time " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it.…
…Stamped No. 84992 · 12 April 1943 . Signed G. J. Booyzen — "Survivor, Present at death". The form, as completed 1. Name Isabella Fredrika Booyzen (born Coetzee) 2. Birthplace Middelburg · European 3. Parents Pieter Coetzee , deceased Isabella Fredrika Coetzee , deceased 4. Age 55 years 11 months — born about May 1874 7a. Husband Gert Jacobus Booyzen , in community of property 7c. Married at Middelburg, Cape 8. Died 31 March 1930 9. Where Church Street, Middelburg 10. Children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis · Pieter Jacobus Booyzen (deceased) · Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen — all majors "31st March 1930." The form is dated 1 April 1943 . A correction This archive had her dying in 1943. She died on 31 March 1930 .…
The plates
…Read it on The documents → Line 9: James · George · Johanna · Jacoba , all minors. Read it on The documents → Filed 1 August 1884 , estate 8907 . Read it on The documents → " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it. Read it on The documents → The only child entered: Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 . Read it on The documents → " Moveables only. Such as wearing apparel &c. " Read it on The documents → Graaff-Reinet marriage register, folios 60–61. "Den 9 Maart 1817 getrouwd" — married on 9 March 1817.…
Households
…The Olivier line Gert Cornelis Olivier b. 25 Jul 1820 Aletta Catharina Olivier b. 15 May 1823 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Ockert Johannes Stephanus Olivier the younger b. Feb 1826 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen and Isabella Frederika Coetsee 3 head born 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 a record read here Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Petrus Jacobus Booyzen 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b.…
The Marriages
…a record read here James Jonathan Mountjoy × Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm bef. 1890 Dordrecht In community of property. Their two death notices were typed on the same afternoon in February 1938, hers three and a half years late — “death not reported”. a record read here Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen × Isabella Frederika Coetsee 23 March 1896 Middelburg, Cape In community of property. She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943. a record read here Petrus Jacobus Pretorius × Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 8 July 1901 Caerlaverock, Barkly Oost “In woonhuis D. Schoeman” — in the house of a man tried as a Cape Rebel the month before, under martial law, witnessed by him.…
The People
…Died of an ulcer of the stomach after fourteen months — he was not shot by the British. The Line The Documents The Name The Rebels Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen Documented 15 Oct 1925 1996 Eldest of the Johannesburg family. The Line Johannesburg Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen also written Gert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone) Documented 19 Jan 1870 Aug 1951, Middelburg — the day illegible on the stone THE STONE IS NOW READ, and it says more than its index line. “IN DANKBARE HULDE AAN ONS GELIEFDE VADER EN OUPA — GERT JACOBUS BOOYZEN — GEB. 19 JAN. 1870 — OORL. 2_ AUG.…
…Three of one household in one cemetery, and the grammar of the inscriptions gives the order they went in. Baptised in the Dutch Reformed register with a Z, son of Gert Jacobus Booyzen and Isabella Frederika Coetzee — the second marriage's line, at Middelburg, spelled Booyzen a year before the Indwe sheet. The Name Open Questions Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Documented 10 Jan 1934, Johannesburg 2003 Sixth child. The Line Richard Peter Booyzen Inferred c.…
Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen
…Baptised 10 July 1910, and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus. Parents Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b.…
Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen
…“IN DANKBARE HULDE AAN ONS GELIEFDE VADER EN OUPA — GERT JACOBUS BOOYZEN — GEB. 19 JAN. 1870 — OORL. 2_ AUG. 1951 — SY GENADE WAS VIR MY GENOEG.” THE BIRTH DAY MATCHES THIS ARCHIVE EXACTLY, and from a source that is not the death notice it came from: 19 January 1870, cut in granite.…
…She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943. The 1943 notice → Every marriage this archive places → The record Name Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen Also written Gert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone) Born 19 Jan 1870 Died Aug 1951, Middelburg — the day illegible on the stone Line Booyzen Confidence Documented What the archive holds THE STONE IS NOW READ, and it says more than its index line. “IN DANKBARE HULDE AAN ONS GELIEFDE VADER EN OUPA — GERT JACOBUS BOOYZEN — GEB. 19 JAN. 1870 — OORL. 2_ AUG.…
Isabella Frederika Coetsee
…Her notice — KAB 84992, spelled BOOYZEN throughout — names her parents Pieter Coetzee and Isabella Fredrika Coetzee, and three children. Parents Pieter Coetzee d. bef. 1930 record Isabella Fredrika Coetzee d. bef. 1930 record Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 Booyzen married Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record 3 children with Gerrit Isabella Fredrika du Plessis record Petrus Jacobus Booyzen 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 record Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b. 15 May 1910 record 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.…
Isabella Fredrika du Plessis
…Parents Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Booyzen 2 siblings Petrus Jacobus Booyzen 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b.…
Johanna Margaritha Pretorius
…Mother of Gert Jacobus (1870) and, with the tree's misattributions corrected, of Izak (1864) and Stephanus Francois (1874). Johanna Margaritha Pretorius Booyzen married Petrus Jacobus Booysen 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) record 2 children with Petrus Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record Stephanus Francois Booyzen c. Oct 1874 – 14 May 1940 inferred the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 2 of the 3 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 is inferred from one.…
Petrus Jacobus Booysen
…1863 record David Schalk Booysen 9 Jun 1848 – after Nov 1905 record Willem Hermanus “William Henry” Booyzen 4 May 1851 – 13 Sep 1905 direct line Magdalena Johanna Francina Booysen b. 16 Jul 1853 record Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booysen b. 4 Dec 1855 record Jacoba Catharina Booysen b. 21 Sep 1857 record 2 children with Johanna Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record Stephanus Francois Booyzen c. Oct 1874 – 14 May 1940 inferred 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b. 12 Dec 1806 Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.…
Petrus Jacobus Booyzen
…Three of one household in one cemetery, and the grammar of the inscriptions gives the order they went in. Baptised in the Dutch Reformed register with a Z, son of Gert Jacobus Booyzen and Isabella Frederika Coetzee — the second marriage's line, at Middelburg, spelled Booyzen a year before the Indwe sheet. Parents Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 record Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record Petrus Jacobus Booyzen 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 Booyzen 2 siblings Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b.…
…Three of one household in one cemetery, and the grammar of the inscriptions gives the order they went in. Baptised in the Dutch Reformed register with a Z, son of Gert Jacobus Booyzen and Isabella Frederika Coetzee — the second marriage's line, at Middelburg, spelled Booyzen a year before the Indwe sheet. The Name Open Questions One correction on this site names Petrus Jacobus Booyzen.…
Stephanus Francois Booyzen
…before 1940 record Sibling Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 16 of the 17 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 is inferred from one.…
The Register
…e Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990 Gerrit Booijsen with: Jan Lodewijk Booijsen · Anna Elisabeth Theron record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Jacobus Booijsen with: Isabella Frederika Coetsee record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen reconstructed 19 Jan 1870 · Aug 1951, Middelburg — the day illegible on the stone no public link reconstructed by this archive Gerrit Johannes Booijsen Membership 7 Sep 1876 Riebeek West, Malmesbury, Cape Colony, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Johannes Nicolaas Booijsen Membership 4 Aug 1883 Richmond, Cape Colony, South A…
…own Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Diederik Booyzen Birth 1929 · with: Benjamin Nienwoudt record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Diederik Booyzen with: Gert Diederick Booyzen · Catharina Margaretha Kruger record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Probate 1943 Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Death Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Baptism 10 Jul 1910 South Africa | Birth 15 May 1910 · with: Gert Jacobus Booyzen · Izabella Fredrika Coet…
Sources
…This row said Blocked — film access restricted online until 9 October, which is true of the FILM and false of the DOCUMENT. The ark 1:1:QGXP-3MKR is his wife’s file, separately read. TAB MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen — b. 19 Jan 1870 1951 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 769/52 John Barry Booyzen — who signed the 1905 form 1952 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 10/57 Henry James Booyzen 1956 Blocked Film access restricted online.…
The Timeline
…akes a mare from his widow at Springfield 2 Aug 1869 — Two of the Commandant's sons take church membership at Bloemfontein on the same day 3 Apr 1869 — Two brothers admitted to membership at Rustenburg on one Sunday 13 Jan 1870 — Wildebeestkooi advertised, “adjoining the farm Leeuberg, the property of the late J.G.E. Kolbe” 19 Jan 1870 — Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen born 13 Jul 1871 — His widow marries Francis McCabe, Landdrost of Bloemfontein 23 Feb 1872 — Francis McCabe dies on the Modder River road 4 Jun 1872 — Jan Hendrik Kolbe marries Rose Maria McCabe at Bloemfontein 29 May 1873 — A Petrus Jacobus baptised at Lady Grey, six years before the family married there 1 Sep 1876 — Petrus Jacobus Booysen dies at Rustenburg, aged 88 1 Sep 1876 — Petrus Jacobus…
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