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Isabella Frederika Coetsee

THE STONE IS NOW READ: “TER GEDAGTENIS AAN — ISABELLA FREDERICKA BOOYZEN (GEB. COETSEE) — GEB. 15 APRIL 1874 — OORL. 31 MAART 1930 — HEMELSE RUS.” HER BIRTH IS NOW A DATE. This archive had “c. May 1874”, worked back from an age; the stone gives 15 APRIL 1874, and an exact date cut on a stone beats a month inferred from an age. THE DEATH MATCHES TO THE DAY — 31 March 1930 — which is a third independent source saying 1930 and not 1943. AND HER GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED: “BOOYZEN ISABELLA FREDERICKA NEE COETSEE 1874-1930”, Middelburg main cemetery, in the eGGSA library. The stone's dates match her own death notice exactly and CONFIRM THE CORRECTION below from a second, independent source — the stone says 1930, not 1943. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. Married Gerrit Jacobus at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. THIS ARCHIVE HAD HER DYING IN 1943 AND HAS TAKEN IT BACK: 1943 is when her husband finally filed, thirteen years after the death. Her notice — KAB 84992, spelled BOOYZEN throughout — names her parents Pieter Coetzee and Isabella Fredrika Coetzee, and three children.

Isabella Frederika Coetsee15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930Booyzen
marriedGerrit Jacobus Booÿsen19 Jan 1870 – Aug 1951record
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. The 1943 notice → Named together in line 3 of their daughter's 1943 death notice, both already dead.Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896.

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The marriage record

Married Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen · 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 →

Every marriage this archive places →

The record

NameIsabella Frederika Coetsee
Also writtenCoetzee · Isabella Fredrika Booyzen, born Coetzee · BOOYZEN Isabella Fredericka nee COETSEE (gravestone)
Born15 Apr 1874, Middelburg
Died31 Mar 1930, Church Street, Middelburg — buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery
LineBooyzen
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

THE STONE IS NOW READ: “TER GEDAGTENIS AAN — ISABELLA FREDERICKA BOOYZEN (GEB. COETSEE) — GEB. 15 APRIL 1874 — OORL. 31 MAART 1930 — HEMELSE RUS.” HER BIRTH IS NOW A DATE. This archive had “c. May 1874”, worked back from an age; the stone gives 15 APRIL 1874, and an exact date cut on a stone beats a month inferred from an age. THE DEATH MATCHES TO THE DAY — 31 March 1930 — which is a third independent source saying 1930 and not 1943. AND HER GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED: “BOOYZEN ISABELLA FREDERICKA NEE COETSEE 1874-1930”, Middelburg main cemetery, in the eGGSA library. The stone's dates match her own death notice exactly and CONFIRM THE CORRECTION below from a second, independent source — the stone says 1930, not 1943. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. Married Gerrit Jacobus at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. THIS ARCHIVE HAD HER DYING IN 1943 AND HAS TAKEN IT BACK: 1943 is when her husband finally filed, thirteen years after the death. Her notice — KAB 84992, spelled BOOYZEN throughout — names her parents Pieter Coetzee and Isabella Fredrika Coetzee, and three children.

The DocumentsThe NameThe NamesakesOpen Questions

One correction on this site names Isabella Frederika Coetsee. A correction here is filed against the page it changed, not against a person, so until now it could be read on the corrections register and nowhere else — least of all on the page of the person it was about.
  • 13 Sep 2026 — Isabella Frederika Coetsee died in 1943
    31 March 1930. 1943 is the year her husband finally filed — thirteen years late. The same mistake as O/2899, made in the same way, and found the same afternoon by opening the document instead of trusting the reference. Where it stands →

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

…He was named on the Bethulie page without a page of his own; this is it, and it holds only what the archive already says of him. The Kolbes Bethulie Isabella Frederika Coetsee also written Coetzee · Isabella Fredrika Booyzen, born Coetzee · BOOYZEN Isabella Fredericka nee COETSEE (gravestone) Documented 15 Apr 1874, Middelburg 31 Mar 1930, Church Street, Middelburg — buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery THE STONE IS NOW READ: “TER GEDAGTENIS AAN — ISABELLA FREDERICKA BOOYZEN (GEB. COETSEE) — GEB. 15 APRIL 1874 — OORL. 31 MAART 1930 — HEMELSE RUS.” HER BIRTH IS NOW A DATE. This archive had “c.…

…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 Open Questions The Name Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff Documented 16 Jun 1889, baptised 16 Feb 1890 at Mossel Bay — HER HALF OF THE SILVERTON STONE READS: “AAN ONS DIERBARE MOEDER — BEATRIX MAGDALENA CATHARINA (GEB.…

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. 15 May 1910 Booyzen 2 siblings Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Petrus Jacobus Booyzen 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 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.…

Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen

…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.…

Isabella Frederika Coetsee

…She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943. The 1943 notice → Every marriage this archive places → The record Name Isabella Frederika Coetsee Also written Coetzee · Isabella Fredrika Booyzen, born Coetzee · BOOYZEN Isabella Fredericka nee COETSEE (gravestone) Born 15 Apr 1874, Middelburg Died 31 Mar 1930, Church Street, Middelburg — buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery Line Booyzen Confidence Documented What the archive holds THE STONE IS NOW READ: “TER GEDAGTENIS AAN — ISABELLA FREDERICKA BOOYZEN (GEB. COETSEE) — GEB. 15 APRIL 1874 — OORL. 31 MAART 1930 — HEMELSE RUS.” HER BIRTH IS NOW A DATE. This archive had “c.…

…COETSEE) — GEB. 15 APRIL 1874 — OORL. 31 MAART 1930 — HEMELSE RUS.” HER BIRTH IS NOW A DATE. This archive had “c. May 1874”, worked back from an age; the stone gives 15 APRIL 1874, and an exact date cut on a stone beats a month inferred from an age.…

Isabella Fredrika Coetzee

…Isabella Fredrika Coetzee d. bef. 1930 Booyzen married Pieter Coetzee d. bef. 1930 record 1 child with Pieter Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 2 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Named together in line 3 of their daughter's 1943 death notice, both already dead.…

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. 15 May 1910 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.…

Petrus Jacobus Booyzen

…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. 15 May 1910 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.…

Pieter Coetzee

…Pieter Coetzee d. bef. 1930 Booyzen married Isabella Fredrika Coetzee d. bef. 1930 record 1 child with Isabella Isabella Frederika Coetsee 15 Apr 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 2 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Named together in line 3 of their daughter's 1943 death notice, both already dead.…

The Register

…s Peterus Henderik Booijsen Probate South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the 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 To…

The Timeline

…Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe of Bloemspruit Bloemfontein 31 Mar 1930 Taken back Isabella Fredrika Booyzen, born Coetzee, dies at Middelburg Her husband did not report it until 1943. This archive had been using the filing year as her death date. Isabella Frederika Coetsee Middelburg 29 Jul 1932 Document An ex-miner dies at Johannesburg Hospital, and nobody who knew him is there WILLIAM HERMAN BOOYZEN, 47, born Cape Province, married, EX MINER (TOLD) UNDERGROUND, of 62 Langford Street, Booysens — a perforated duodenal ulcer, general peritonitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, about one day in hospital. The informant was an officer of the hospital.…

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