Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe
SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Catharine Kolbe” and nothing more. On 13 November 1848 she stood godmother at Graaff-Reinet to her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER. ELEVEN YEARS LATER her sister named a daughter CATHERINE MARIA SOPHIA — the Kathleen Barry who married into this family — and the name then ran through four more generations and three more surnames. This archive had called it a Barry name. It is a Kolbe name, and it belongs to a woman who never married into the Booyzens at all. She is also godmother at Burgersdorp in 1853, two entries above her sister Mary Elizabeth's son.
The record
| Name | Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe |
| Also written | Catharine Kolbe (1853) · Catharine Sophia Maria Kolber (1848) |
| Born | — |
| Died | — |
| Line | Kolbe |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Catharine Kolbe” and nothing more. On 13 November 1848 she stood godmother at Graaff-Reinet to her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER. ELEVEN YEARS LATER her sister named a daughter CATHERINE MARIA SOPHIA — the Kathleen Barry who married into this family — and the name then ran through four more generations and three more surnames. This archive had called it a Barry name. It is a Kolbe name, and it belongs to a woman who never married into the Booyzens at all. She is also godmother at Burgersdorp in 1853, two entries above her sister Mary Elizabeth's son.
What changed
…Two fonts, a year apart, and every witness a Kolbe · Found Having read one Barry baptism, the one before it was worth reading too. At the 1847 font the witnesses are John Kolbe, Margaret Kolbe and Augusta Kolbe; at the 1848 font, Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe. Two children, two years, and not a Barry witness between them. That is the same conclusion the namesake correction reached from one entry, arrived at a second time from another — the names this archive has called Barry names belong to the people who stood at the fonts, and they were all Kolbes.…
…The namesakes page called it “a Barry name that outlives the Barry surname by eighty years”; it outlives the Kolbe surname instead, and the archive already held the woman, filed as plain “Catharine Kolbe”, without noticing she carried the name first. → reading A relationship search had found one name the Barry notices never gave It found none. HENRY JAONAS BARRY is JAMES HENRY BARRY, who was already in this archive — the same baptism indexed twice, once as Henry Jaonas with the year read as 1868 and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY with it read as 1848.…
What was taken back
…The namesakes page called it “a Barry name that outlives the Barry surname by eighty years”; it outlives the Kolbe surname instead, and the archive already held the woman, filed as plain “Catharine Kolbe”, without noticing she carried the name first. → A document read past what it says 14 Sep 2026 “A relationship search had found one name the Barry notices never gave” It found none. HENRY JAONAS BARRY is JAMES HENRY BARRY, who was already in this archive — the same baptism indexed twice, once as Henry Jaonas with the year read as 1868 and once as HENNERY JAMES BERRY with it read as 1848.…
The documents
…Anna van der Merwe stands at a Barry font in 1853 — a surname this archive has been chasing on the other side of the family entirely. 2186 — two entries above Het Kind is: AUGUSTUS KOLBE Geb. 7 Sept 1853 · Ged. 23 Oct 1853 V. George Fredk ENSLIN · M. MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE Get. Petrus Joubert · Catharine Kolbe · Margaretha Maria Enslin That is the Enslin problem, settled a second time and from a completely different direction. This archive carried a contradiction marked Serious : Margaretha Kolbe appeared to marry George Frederick Enslin in 1850 while married to John Barry, and to bear Barry and Enslin children three and a half months apart in 1851.…
The households
…The Kolbes 9 children Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe · 1826 – 2 Aug 1912 (the direct line) Mary Elizabeth Kolbe · d. bef. 1867 John Kolbe (inferred) George Kolbe (inferred) Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe (inferred) Marian Kolbe Julia Kolbe Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe Peter Benjamin Kolbe Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Anna Maria van der Merwe Petrus c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 · Anna 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 On whose word a record read here Married 1805 at Graaff-Reinet.…
The namesakes
…Five generations of women, across four surnames — and it is not a Barry name Catherine Maria Sophia This archive called it “a Barry name that outlives the Barry surname by eighty years”. The 1848 font says otherwise: it is a KOLBE name, and the woman it comes from never married a Booyzen. Who When What they are to the name Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe godmother, 1848 Stood at the Graaff-Reinet font on 13 November 1848 for her sister's son Henry James Barry, entry 603, written out in full by the clerk. Eleven years before the first Catherine Maria Sophia was born. Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry 1859–1940 The last Barry of the surname in this line. She married a Booyzen in 1879.…
Everyone
…The groom is not in the index this archive read and she is the only one of the three sisters who can currently be followed out of the house. FROM THE CENSUS AND THE MARRIAGE INDEX. Conduit Street The Kolbes The Women Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe also written Catharine Kolbe (1853) · Catharine Sophia Maria Kolber (1848) Documented 91 mentions — — SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Catharine Kolbe” and nothing more. On 13 November 1848 she stood godmother at Graaff-Reinet to her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER.…
…FROM THE CENSUS AND THE MARRIAGE INDEX. Conduit Street The Kolbes The Women Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe also written Catharine Kolbe (1853) · Catharine Sophia Maria Kolber (1848) Documented 91 mentions — — SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Catharine Kolbe” and nothing more. On 13 November 1848 she stood godmother at Graaff-Reinet to her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER.…
Amelia A. Kolbe
…He carries his own father's Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.…
Anna Maria van der Merwe
…Every one of them has been read from the image unless the entry says otherwise.… The households …The Kolbes 9 children Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe · 1826 – 2 Aug 1912 (the direct line) Mary Elizabeth Kolbe · d. bef. 1867 John Kolbe (inferred) George Kolbe (inferred) Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe (inferred) Marian Kolbe Julia Kolbe Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe Peter Benjamin Kolbe Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Anna Maria van der Merwe Petrus c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 · Anna 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 On whose word a record read here Married 1805 at Graaff-Reinet.…
Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp
…A VAN DER MERWE standing at a Barry christening at Burgersdorp — a surname this archive has been chasing on the entirely other side of the family, among the Booysens of Graaff-Reinet. Not connected, and set down so the coincidence is on the record.… Amelia A. Kolbe …He carries his own father's Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.…
Annie Louisa Nepgen
…e Barry …Kolbe …e Inferred 1 mention 1816 — Aged 25 in the Conduit Street household at the 1841 census, and the youngest of the three women there.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …10 Dec 1886 i… Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871 …30 Mar 1875 Jacobus Ellinckhuizen Barry b.… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …f Graaff-Reinet.… Ann… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER.… Amelia A.… Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry …phia “Kathleen” Barry …t household at the 1841 census, and the youngest of the three women there. AND SHE MARRIED: Amelia Ann Kolbe, at ST PANCRAS in 1854, ind… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Kolbe Inferred 1 mention 1816 — Aged…
Anton Rector Kolbe Barry
…treet household at the 1841 census, and the youngest of the three women there.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …10 Dec 1886 i… Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871 …30 Mar 1875 Jacobus Ellinckhuizen Barry b.… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …f Graaff-Reinet.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Anton Rector Kolbe Barry …Booyzen …The 1940 estate… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …her… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …wn as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff …erhardus Lowies …Oct… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …3 Mar 1881 inferred Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Anton Rector Kolbe Barry …Kol…
Aubrey Diesel
……3 Nov 1882 inferred Alida Eduarda Barry b.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …e Inferred 1 mention 1816 — Aged 25 in the Conduit Street household at the 1841 census, and the youngest of the three women there.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …10 Dec 1886 i… Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871 …30 Mar 1875 Jacobus Ellinckhuizen Barry b.… Catharina… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …her down as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff …erhardus Lowies …Oct… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …3 Mar 1881 inferred Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Aubrey Diesel ……Botha …Jul 1… Carolina Deybella Margrietta…
Augustus Kolbe Enslin
…Entered in the register as AUGUSTUS KOLBE, with the Enslin left off the child's own line entirely.… Amelia A. Kolbe …He carries his own father's Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.…
Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen
…— Daughter; married in community of property to Arno… Augustus Kolbe Enslin …40 estate Namesakes Catharina Wille… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …The 1940 estate Namesakes Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen Documented 72 mentions 8 Feb 1909 — Baptised at Indwe 22 September 1910, entry 12, entered ONECHT and GRATIS — the fee waived.… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …. AND SHE MARRIED: Amelia Ann Kolbe, at ST PANCRAS in 1854, ind… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Kolbe Inferred 1 mention 1816 — Aged 25 in the C… Anna Susanna Booijzen …Named for her… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …wn as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A…
Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff
…harina Willemina Levina Booyzen …The cemeteries, swept Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen Documented 79 mentions — — Married a Vermeulen, and named for her mother.… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …The Barry fonts Disputed The Women Every mention, page by page Everyone …She signed the 1935 Sterfkennis herself, as nagelate weduwee.… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …ind… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Kolbe Inferred 1 mention 1816 — Aged 25 in the C… Anna Susanna Booijzen …Named for her… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …wn as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff …erhardus Lowies …Oct……
Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk
……Botha …Jul 1… Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk …The Documents The Women Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Documented 81 mentions — — Ninth, an… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Documented 87 mentions — — Ninth, and a minor in 1902.… Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen …th, £10.… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …ted 64 mentions — — G… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …ged 25 in the C… Anna Susanna Booijzen …Named for her… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …wn as “Ca George Frederick Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff …erhardus Lowies …Oct… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …3 Mar 1881 inferred Anton Re…
Carl Petrus Barend Lowies
…or in 1902.… Anton Re… Augustus Kolbe Enslin …estate Namesakes Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen Documented 57 mentions 8 Feb 1909 — Baptised at Indwe 22 September 1910, entry 12, entered ONECHT and GRATIS — the fee waived.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …Marian Kolbe Of t… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …onsenting; he was th… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …e women there.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …10 Dec 1886 inferred Miny Barry b.… Aubrey Diesel …12.… Catherine Mary Sop… Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871 …1877 Clarence Barry b.… Catherine Mary Sophia Barry of 1871 …30 Mar 1875 Jacobus Ellinck… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …s… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …On 13 November 1848 s… Carl Petrus Barend Lowies …n der Merwe of Burgersdorp …lia…
Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk
…ted 81 mentions — — Ninth, an… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Documented 87 mentions — — Ninth, and a minor in 1902.… Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen …th, £10.… Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag …ted 64 mentions — — Godmother at Indwe in 1908 and again in 1910, to two children of the same father by two different mothers — and the second chi… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …ck Enslin Married MARY ELIZABETH KOLBE, not Margaretha — and this archive took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Booyzen …3 Nov 1882 inferred A… Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff …erhardus Lowies …Oct… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …3 Mar 1881 inferred Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Aubrey Diesel ……Botha …Jul 1… Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk …The Docu…
Carolina Isabella Margaretha Aletta Mountjoy the second
…second …arina Johanna Olivier Hendrik c.… Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt …Mother of the girl born 8… Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen …harina Maria Sophia Booyse… Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen …Kolbe …George Augustus Kolbe 1802 – 1 Dec 1844, “Wurtemburg”, Colesberg John Gottlob Kolbe Of the London Kolbes.… Catharina Willemina Levin… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …ia Sophia “Kathleen” Barry …3 Mar 1881 Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Augustus Kolbe Enslin …25 Mar 1877 Clarence Barry b. 14 Mar 1879 George Alphonso Barry b.… Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk …14 Mar 1879 George Alphonso B… Carl Petrus Barend Lowies …Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt… Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk …etta Bot… Carolina Isabella Margaretha Aletta Mountjoy the second …a…
Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt
…Entry 12 Kind Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen Geboren 8 February 1909 Gedoopt 22 September 1910 Vader Willem Hermanus Booyzen Moeder Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt Getuigen Cornelis Philippus Roodt Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag Aanmerkingen onecht · gratis Moeder: Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt. A different woman.… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …i… Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe …Kolbe …3 Mar 1881 Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry …3 Mar 1881 Anton Rector Kolbe Barry b.… Augustus Kolbe Enslin …25 Mar 1877 Clarence Barry b.…
Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen
…Entry 12 Kind Catharina Willemina Levina Booyzen Geboren 8 February 1909 Gedoopt 22 September 1910 Vader Willem Hermanus Booyzen Moeder Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt Getuigen Cornelis Philippus Roodt Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag Aanmerkingen onecht · gratis Moeder: Catharina Maria Elizabeth Roodt.…
Catharina Willemina Levina Buitendag
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Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe
…3 are inferred from one. The Kolbes → Married 1819 — both were sixteen, and the Nautilus passenger roll of 1820 overstates both their ages by four years. Every record naming Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe → The record Name Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe Also written Catharine Kolbe (1853) · Catharine Sophia Maria Kolber (1848) Born — Died — Line Kolbe Confidence Documented What the archive holds SHE IS WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM, and this archive had her down as “Catharine Kolbe” and nothing more. On 13 November 1848 she stood godmother at Graaff-Reinet to her sister Margaretha's son HENRY JAMES BARRY, entry 603, and the clerk wrote her out in full: CATHARINE SOPHIA MARIA KOLBER.…
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