Maria Johanna Kolbe
HER STONE IS READ AND IT NAMES HER CHILDREN THE WAY THIS FAMILY ALWAYS DOES. “IN LIEFDEVOLLE HERINNERING AAN ONS MAMMIE — MARIA JOHANNA VAN DER MERWE (GEB. KOLBE) — 26 OKT. 1886 – 1 OKT. 1953 — Wat hy doen is wel gedaan.” And underneath, six household names: MARTZI · P.S. · JUDIE · PIETMAN · CHARL EN SUZAN. THE BIRTH IS NOW A DATE — 26 October 1886, where this archive had only the year — and THE SIX CHILDREN ARE NEW. This is the THIRD stone in this archive to list children by what they were called rather than what they were registered as: the Booyzens at Silverton, the Kolbes at Wakkerstroom, and now this. BORN AT WAKKERSTROOM AND DEAD AT WAKKERSTROOM, sixty-seven years apart, in a town her grandfather had never seen. Her 1953 estate file is the document that names the whole household: FATHER George Augustus Kolbe, MOTHER Martha Sophia Klopper, HUSBAND Charl Daniel van der Merwe. Her birthplace is entered as “Wakkerstroomn, Transvaal, Blanke Unie-burger” — the clerk's spelling, and the Union's category.
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 record
| Name | Maria Johanna Kolbe |
| Also written | Maria Johanna Kolbe van der Merwe |
| Born | 26 Oct 1886, Wakkerstroom |
| Died | 1 Oct 1953, Wakkerstroom — aged 66 |
| Line | Kolbe |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
HER STONE IS READ AND IT NAMES HER CHILDREN THE WAY THIS FAMILY ALWAYS DOES. “IN LIEFDEVOLLE HERINNERING AAN ONS MAMMIE — MARIA JOHANNA VAN DER MERWE (GEB. KOLBE) — 26 OKT. 1886 – 1 OKT. 1953 — Wat hy doen is wel gedaan.” And underneath, six household names: MARTZI · P.S. · JUDIE · PIETMAN · CHARL EN SUZAN. THE BIRTH IS NOW A DATE — 26 October 1886, where this archive had only the year — and THE SIX CHILDREN ARE NEW. This is the THIRD stone in this archive to list children by what they were called rather than what they were registered as: the Booyzens at Silverton, the Kolbes at Wakkerstroom, and now this. BORN AT WAKKERSTROOM AND DEAD AT WAKKERSTROOM, sixty-seven years apart, in a town her grandfather had never seen. Her 1953 estate file is the document that names the whole household: FATHER George Augustus Kolbe, MOTHER Martha Sophia Klopper, HUSBAND Charl Daniel van der Merwe. Her birthplace is entered as “Wakkerstroomn, Transvaal, Blanke Unie-burger” — the clerk's spelling, and the Union's category.
Where the archive puts Maria
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Households
…What Was Searched 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 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.…
The Marriages
…9 Jan 1792, Westminster — Louisa Maria Kolbe 13 May 1810, bapt. 4 Jul 1810, St Anne’s Soho — Margaret Harriet Kolbe 31 Aug 1870, baptised 16 Oct 1870 at Hopetown — Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 16 Feb 1854, baptised 2 Apr 1854 — Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe 1826 2 Aug 1912, Manorowen, Barkly East — estate 1291 Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886, Wakkerstroom 1 Oct 1953, Wakkerstroom — aged 66 Marian Kolbe — — Marianne Kolbe 1806 — Martha Angelina Kolbe 21 Jan 1868, baptised 22 Mar 1868 at Colesberg — Martha Angeline Kolbe 9 Oct 1901 8 Dec 1901 — aged sixty days Martha Sophia Klopper 27 May 1867 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83 Mary Ann Kolbe bapt. 11 Jun 1794, Westminster — Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — bef.…
The People
…She died in R. P. Barry’s house at Manorowen and left NOTHING — no movable property, no immovable, estate Nil, no will. And she names NINE children where her husband’s notice names eight. The ninth is WILLIAM. Estate 1291 The Kolbes The Barrys The Women Maria Johanna Kolbe also written Maria Johanna Kolbe van der Merwe Documented 26 Oct 1886, Wakkerstroom 1 Oct 1953, Wakkerstroom — aged 66 HER STONE IS READ AND IT NAMES HER CHILDREN THE WAY THIS FAMILY ALWAYS DOES. “IN LIEFDEVOLLE HERINNERING AAN ONS MAMMIE — MARIA JOHANNA VAN DER MERWE (GEB. KOLBE) — 26 OKT. 1886 – 1 OKT. 1953 — Wat hy doen is wel gedaan.” And underneath, six household names: MARTZI · P.S.…
Daniel Jakobus Kolbe
…Dead at twenty-five, four months before his brother Freddie. The stone at Wakkerstroom reads DAAN 1893–1918. 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 Daniel Jakobus Kolbe 3 May 1893 – 19 Jun 1918 Kolbe 2 siblings Maria Johanna Kolbe 26 Oct 1886 – 1 Oct 1953 Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 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.…
Frederik Fortunatus Downing 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 Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe 1891 – 2 Nov 1918 Kolbe married Hester Gertina Susanna Joubert record 1 child with Hester George Augustus Kolbe of 1914 b. 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
…“IN LIEFDEVOLLE HERINNERING AAN ONS MAMMIE — MARIA JOHANNA VAN DER MERWE (GEB. KOLBE) — 26 OKT. 1886 – 1 OKT. 1953 — Wat hy doen is wel gedaan.” And underneath, six household names: MARTZI · P.S. · JUDIE · PIETMAN · CHARL EN SUZAN.…
Martha Sophia Klopper
…Named as the mother on her daughter Maria Johanna's 1953 estate file, which is how this archive learnt she existed. 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
…cord ↗ South Africa, Cape, Cemetery Records, 1872-2011 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 reconstructed 16 Feb 1854, baptised 2 Apr 1854 no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe reconstructed 1826 · 2 Aug 1912, Manorowen, Barkly East — estate 1291 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Johanna Kolbe reconstructed 26 Oct 1886, Wakkerstroom · 1 Oct 1953, Wakkerstroom — aged 66 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Kolbe Death 6 Apr 1942 | Burial 8 Apr 1942 Cape Province, South Africa | Birth 1872 record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Cemetery Records, 1872-2011 Maria Kolbe Death Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1…
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