William Henry Keys

…Twice more in this stretch, and both times to other families. And the one that was not a find at all Johanna Catharina Mountjoy, born 28 January 1860, has been in this archive for days — a daughter of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha, baptised on a leap day, and the woman who married William Henry Keys. She is one of the thirteen Mountjoy children. The sweep reached her from the other direction and returned the same two dates. That is a confirmation and a citable reference, and it is not a discovery. The duplicate record this sweep created was caught by the build’s own name-collision check before it reached a page.…

…12 Oct 1930 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) b. 22 Sep 1932 Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen 10 Jan 1934 – 2003 Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11 May 1946 – 15 May 1946 Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947 – 11 May 1947 William Henry Keys and Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp 8 head born b. 1854 a record read here Eight children baptised at Dordrecht, Barkly East and Barkly West between 1878 and 1898. She is George Mountjoy's daughter, baptised at Burgersdorp on a leap day in 1860 — which is the question this archive has been asking since the Keys index was read. The thirteen Mountjoy children Robert Byron Keys b.…

…12 Mar 1809 — Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — — Willem Slier — — William Henry Keys 1854 — William Henry Keys the younger 10 Jun 1882, baptised 23 Jul 1882 at Dordrecht — Xaverius Hermanus Pieterzen — — Held on 69 a record read here · 12 inferred.…

…These come from the Dutch Reformed INDEX and not from the register images, and the person pages say so. The Mountjoy names, crossing a third surname at Dordrecht And into a family called Keys The habit again, in a family this archive did not know existed until this afternoon. Who When What they are to the name William Henry Keys b. 1854 Married a Johanna Catharina Mountjoy. Their children were baptised at Dordrecht, Burgersdorp and Barkly East between 1878 and 1897. James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 Baptised at Dordrecht — and named for James Jonathan Mountjoy, the retired builder of Barkly East. Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b. 9 Feb 1897 Named for Herklaas — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy. Maria Annie Sophia Keys b.…

…The Wakkerstroom stones The Kolbes Corrections Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp also written Keys Documented 28 Jan 1860, baptised 29 Feb 1860 at Burgersdorp — A daughter of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha, baptised on a LEAP DAY, and the woman who married William Henry Keys. This archive has carried “a Johanna Catharina Mountjoy” married to Keys since the index was read and could not say which one. This one. 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 — CONFIRMED INDEPENDENTLY AND GIVEN A REFERENCE. The sweep of images 605–818 reached her font from the other direction and returns the same two dates: FamilySearch 1:1:6FHW-89ND, image 637.…

…A Cecil Frederick Keys turns up later in the Transvaal probate index, unread. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…17 Sep 2026 — The Burgersdorp sweep of images 605–818 found five new people Three. Johanna Catharina Mountjoy, born 28 January 1860, was already held in full — a daughter of George Mountjoy who married William Henry Keys — and the sweep only confirmed her and gave her a reference. Frederick Fortunatus Werdmuller was already held from a 1907 petition and a 1953 estate; what the sweep added was his birth and his mother, which is a real gain and not a new person.…

…Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…Found because the estate asked this archive to look for a fault the Mazza archive had just had. Where it stands → 17 Sep 2026 — The Burgersdorp sweep of images 605–818 found five new people Three. Johanna Catharina Mountjoy, born 28 January 1860, was already held in full — a daughter of George Mountjoy who married William Henry Keys — and the sweep only confirmed her and gave her a reference. Frederick Fortunatus Werdmuller was already held from a 1907 petition and a 1953 estate; what the sweep added was his birth and his mother, which is a real gain and not a new person.…

…FROM THE INDEX. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b. 9 Feb 1897 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b.…

…FROM THE INDEX. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…This archive has carried “a Johanna Catharina Mountjoy” married to Keys since the index was read and could not say which one. This one. 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 — CONFIRMED INDEPENDENTLY AND GIVEN A REFERENCE. The sweep of images 605–818 reached her font from the other direction and returns the same two dates: FamilySearch 1:1:6FHW-89ND, image 637.…

…Found because the estate asked this archive to look for a fault the Mazza archive had just had. Where it stands → 17 Sep 2026 — The Burgersdorp sweep of images 605–818 found five new people Three. Johanna Catharina Mountjoy, born 28 January 1860, was already held in full — a daughter of George Mountjoy who married William Henry Keys — and the sweep only confirmed her and gave her a reference. Frederick Fortunatus Werdmuller was already held from a 1907 petition and a 1953 estate; what the sweep added was his birth and his mother, which is a real gain and not a new person.…

…LANCELOTT and BYRON in one name, in a Dordrecht font, in 1888. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…RACHEL is rare here — the archive has met it once before, in Rachel Margaretha Williamse, born Booijzen, on a 1900 death notice at Pretoria. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…BYRON is a name that appears nowhere else in this archive, and it appears twice among these children — it comes in from the Keys side, not the Mountjoy. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 Mountjoy 7 siblings William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…Second of the eight. Parents William Henry Keys b. 1854 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 record William Henry Keys the younger b. 10 Jun 1882 Mountjoy 7 siblings Robert Byron Keys b. 3 Jan 1878 James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 George Keys b. 5 Jan 1884 Lancelott Byron Keys b. 29 Jan 1888 Cecil Frederik Keys b. 15 Sep 1891 Rachel Anna Maria Keys b. 5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…

…Mountjoy William Henry Keys Married JOHANNA CATHARINA MOUNTJOY, baptised at Burgersdorp on 29 February 1860 — a daughter of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha, which this archive had been asking about and can now answer. Eight children baptised across Dordrecht, Barkly East and Barkly West between 1878 and 1898: Robert Byron, William Henry, JAMES JONATHAN, George, Lancelott Byron, Cecil Frederik, Rachel Anna Maria and H…

…ith: Arnoldus Fredeman Nepgen record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Anna Louisa Mountjoy with: Maria Sophia Roets · Petrus Nicolaas Johannes Roets record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Annie Catharina Mountjoy with: Maria Annie Sophia Keys · William Henry Keys record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Annie Catharina Mountjoy with: Maria Annie Sophia Keys · William Henry Keys record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Annie Jane Montjoy Membership 11 Jun 1916 South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Annie L…