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Martha Sophia Klopper

HER HALF OF THE STONE: “MOEDER — MARTHA SOPHIA (GEB. KLOPPER) — GEB. 27 MEI 1867 — OORL. 14 OKT. 1950 — Ons dank God elke maal as ons aan haar dink.” The birth is new; the death matches the civil register to the day. Married George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom AT SEVENTEEN, about 1885 — the fourth bride in this archive married before eighteen, and the third in the Kolbe line. 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 Klopper27 May 1867 – 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83Kolbe
marriedGeorge Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom29 Jul 1863 – 28 Sep 1954record

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 direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 4 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. The Wakkerstroom household, and it was written out in this archive's prose for weeks before any file would draw it. Married about 1885, she seventeen; their eldest was born at Wakkerstroom in 1886. THREE DOCUMENTS NAME THE COUPLE AND NONE OF THEM IS A TREE: Maria Johanna's 1953 estate file gives FATHER George Augustus Kolbe, MOTHER Martha Sophia Klopper; Daniel's death registration carries the words “G A KOLBE'S SON”; and from 9 October 2026 Frederik Fortunatus Downing's own death notice, TAB MHG 40293, names both parents outright. THE MOTHER'S NAME IS WHAT MAKES THIS SAFE. Two men called George Augustus Kolbe are buried in one cemetery at Wakkerstroom, born two years apart, and this archive has already had to withdraw a claim within the hour over exactly that. The other man's wife was Susanna Margaretha; only this one married a Klopper, and all three documents say Klopper. What Was Searched →

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The record

NameMartha Sophia Klopper
Born27 May 1867
Died14 Oct 1950 — aged 83
LineKolbe
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

HER HALF OF THE STONE: “MOEDER — MARTHA SOPHIA (GEB. KLOPPER) — GEB. 27 MEI 1867 — OORL. 14 OKT. 1950 — Ons dank God elke maal as ons aan haar dink.” The birth is new; the death matches the civil register to the day. Married George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom AT SEVENTEEN, about 1885 — the fourth bride in this archive married before eighteen, and the third in the Kolbe line. 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.

The KolbesThe WomenWakkerstroom

Where the archive puts Martha

Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →

Households

…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. 15 May 1910 George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom and Martha Sophia Klopper 3 head born 29 Jul 1863 – 28 Sep 1954 a record read here The Wakkerstroom household, and it was written out in this archive's prose for weeks before any file would draw it. Married about 1885, she seventeen; their eldest was born at Wakkerstroom in 1886.…

The Kolbes

…He is baptised at Colesberg on 11 October 1863 — and he dies at Wakkerstroom , in the eastern Transvaal, on 28 September 1954, aged ninety-one . The age counts exactly from the font. In between he married Martha Sophia Klopper , who was seventeen; their eldest was born at Wakkerstroom in 1886; and he was dead at ninety-one before this archive existed. A prisoner of war, and this archive nearly gave him to the wrong man. WO 108/368 , the master list of Boer prisoners numbers 1–32561, holds a George Augustus Kolbe, aged 40, nationality Transvaaler, residence Wakkerstroom, prison Natal, 1902 .…

The Marriages

…11 Jun 1794, Westminster — Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — bef. 23 Oct 1863 — intestate Mary Kolbe the elder c. 1768 2 Aug 1814, buried 5 Aug 1814, German Lutheran Church Mary Kolbe the younger c. 1788 15 Aug 1824, German Lutheran Church P.J.…

The People

…The Mountjoy forenames crossing into a third surname, exactly as the Barry names crossed into the Daschners — and BYRON twice, which appears nowhere else in this archive. The thirteen Mountjoy children The Namesakes The Register Martha Sophia Klopper Documented 27 May 1867 14 Oct 1950 — aged 83 HER HALF OF THE STONE: “MOEDER — MARTHA SOPHIA (GEB. KLOPPER) — GEB. 27 MEI 1867 — OORL. 14 OKT. 1950 — Ons dank God elke maal as ons aan haar dink.” The birth is new; the death matches the civil register to the day.…

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.…

Frederik Fortunatus Downing Kolbe

…The reading that was published on 9 October said the image was not yet read and attributed Pretoria to the index. It is a reason the hedge is written every time. 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.…

George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom

…Died at Wakkerstroom on 28 September 1954, aged 91, which counts EXACTLY from the Colesberg font: born 29 July 1863, dead 28 September 1954. 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.…

Maria Johanna Kolbe

…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.…

Martha Sophia Klopper

…KLOPPER) — GEB. 27 MEI 1867 — OORL. 14 OKT. 1950 — Ons dank God elke maal as ons aan haar dink.” The birth is new; the death matches the civil register to the day. Married George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom AT SEVENTEEN, about 1885 — the fourth bride in this archive married before eighteen, and the third in the Kolbe line.…

The Register

…d ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe Birth 1931 · with: Elizabeth Cornelia Oberholster record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe with: Anna Elizabeth Magdelena Lategan record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe Birth 1864 · with: Martha Sophia Klopper record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe Birth 1895 · with: Gladys Amy Wessels record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe Birth 1930 · with: Elizabeth Cornelia Oberholster Kolbe record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 George Augustus Kolbe Birth 1861 · with: Susanna Margaretha Swart record ↗ South Africa, C…

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