Johanna Booyzen
NOT THIS FAMILY, and recorded here on purpose. Death notice 6167 — the oldest Booyzen estate paper in the Cape Master's series, and a generation older in form than anything else this archive has read. Widow of Charles du Plessis; one daughter, married to Benjamin Solomon; “no property whatever except a Bond amounting per balance to £15”. Line 3 answers “both dead”. She is here because she was born in 1754 and died in 1843 — the only two dates this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, both off the family tree with no source stated — and because somebody will one day find her and decide she is the same woman. She is not. Her name is not Magdelena, not Elisabeth, and not de Beer.
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The record
| Name | Johanna Booyzen |
| Born | c. 20 Mar 1754, “this Colony” |
| Died | 16 Jun 1843, 28 Roze Street, Cape Town |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
NOT THIS FAMILY, and recorded here on purpose. Death notice 6167 — the oldest Booyzen estate paper in the Cape Master's series, and a generation older in form than anything else this archive has read. Widow of Charles du Plessis; one daughter, married to Benjamin Solomon; “no property whatever except a Bond amounting per balance to £15”. Line 3 answers “both dead”. She is here because she was born in 1754 and died in 1843 — the only two dates this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, both off the family tree with no source stated — and because somebody will one day find her and decide she is the same woman. She is not. Her name is not Magdelena, not Elisabeth, and not de Beer.
- 14 Sep 2026 — The Wonderboom deeds register showed a transfer from M. J. Booyzen, widow, to David Schalk Booyzen on 9 April 1907
The transferor is right and the date is not. Her gravestone at Rebecca Street, Pretoria, reads “MAGDALENA JOHANNA BOOYZEN (GEB. BEZUIDENHOUT), GEB. 8 MEI 1870, OORL. 29 JAN 1955” — so the ledger's “8/5/1870” beside her name is HER BIRTH DATE, which identifies her beyond doubt. But her husband PETRUS JACOBUS BOOYZEN died on 25 MARCH 1947, so she was not a widow in 1907 and cannot have transferred anything as one that year. The 9 April 1907 read off that row belongs to a different row: the ledger's columns were mis-aligned in the reading. What survives is the identification; what is withdrawn is the date, and with it the suggestion that David Schalk Booysen could be carried to 1907. Where it stands →
The documents
…The name → 1843 · The oldest Booyzen death notice in the Cape — and a warning Death notice 6167 , filed at Cape Town on 21 June 1843. It is not this family. It is put here because of what it nearly is. Under Section 9, Ordinance 104 — a generation older than every other form in this archive. The form 1. Name Johanna Booyzen 2. Birth-place This Colony 3. Parents "both dead" 4. Age 89 years, 2 months & 26 days — born about 20 March 1754 6. Condition Widow of Charles du Plessis, D ls son 7. Died 16 June 1843 8. Where No. 28 Roze Street , Cape Town 9. Children Johanna Petronella du Plessis, married to Benjamin Solomon 10.…
The Marriages
…1842 1923 Jan Booijsen bapt. 29 Jan 1741 bef. c. 1836 Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booysen 4 Dec 1855 — Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818, district Graaff-Reinet 25 May 1885, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg Jan Jacobus Lowies — — Jan Jonathan Booijsen bapt. 11 Jul 1779 — Jan Lowies — — Johan Abraham Frederik Booyzen — — Johanna Booyzen c. 20 Mar 1754, “this Colony” 16 Jun 1843, 28 Roze Street, Cape Town Johanna Catharina Booysen 15 May 1844, Brak Rivier — Johanna Catharina Booyzen 20 Jun 1889 — Johanna Catharina Booyzen of 1940 1913 1982, REBECCA STREET, Pretoria Johanna Elena Lowies the younger — — Johanna Elena Stols c.…
The People
…In 1912 he married Dorothea Regina Barry, a daughter of his mother's brother Hendrik Nicholaas — the third Barry–Booyzen union in three generations. The cemeteries, swept The cousin marriage Johan Abraham Frederik Booyzen Documented — — Named on the 1940 estate and nowhere else. The 1940 estate The Documents Johanna Booyzen Documented c. 20 Mar 1754, “this Colony” 16 Jun 1843, 28 Roze Street, Cape Town NOT THIS FAMILY, and recorded here on purpose. Death notice 6167 — the oldest Booyzen estate paper in the Cape Master's series, and a generation older in form than anything else this archive has read.…
Johanna Booyzen
…Death notice 6167 — the oldest Booyzen estate paper in the Cape Master's series, and a generation older in form than anything else this archive has read. Widow of Charles du Plessis; one daughter, married to Benjamin Solomon; “no property whatever except a Bond amounting per balance to £15”. Line 3 answers “both dead”.…
The Register
…4 Aletta Booyzen Probate 1850 Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 Aletta Booyzen with: Petrus Johannis Faurie · Petrus Johannis Faurie record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Aletta Catharina Johanna Booyzen with: Stephanus Albertus Venter record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Aletta Cornellia Booyzen Probate Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Aletta Cornellia Booyzen Probate Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961…
The Timeline
…Where a document was written long after the event it records, both dates are given — that gap is one of the things this archive is about. Two hundred and thirty-four years 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 c. 20 Mar 1754 — Johanna Booyzen born “in this Colony” 1779 — The spelling BOOYZEN is already in use at the Cape c. 1782 — James Montjoy born, in “Europe” c.…
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