Kolbe · 19 mentions across 19 pages

George Augustus Kolbe of 1845

THE COMMANDANT'S ELDEST SON, AND HE CARRIES THE SETTLER'S NAME ENTIRE. Baptised at COLESBERG on 8 MARCH 1846, born 30 SEPTEMBER 1845, son of JOHAN GERSON ELIEZER KOLBE and ANNA JACOBA VAN DER MERWE — South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), FamilySearch 1:1:6245-2S2X. THE SAME EVENT IS IN THE INDEX TWICE, as “George Augustus Kolbee”, baptised 15 March 1846 with the identical birth date and the same two parents (1:1:6P21-C67Z) — one font, two transcriptions, a week apart, which is a warning about counting index rows and not a second child. HE WAS BORN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER HIS PARENTS MARRIED on 3 April 1843, and named for the grandfather who had died at Colesberg the year before he was born — the 1820 Settler, whose own death notice was signed in that town in January 1845. WHAT IS PROBABLY HIS AND IS NOT ADOPTED: a George Augustus Kolbe born 1846 married HESTER JACOBA JACOMINA LOUW in the Free State on 15 September 1873, and an estate was filed at Bloemfontein in 1905 for a George Augustus Kolbe born 1846 at Colesburg, died 29 April 1905. The year in both is the BAPTISM year, not the birth year, which is how a register-derived record usually differs from a font — but this archive holds five men of this name and will not join them on a coincidence of year. The estate is not ordered.

Parents

John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868record Anna Jacoba van der Merwerecord

George Augustus Kolbe of 1845b. 30 Sep 1845Kolbe

10 siblings

Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe1844 – 3 Feb 1909 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 18524 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwbergb. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864b. 3 Nov 1864 Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe of Bloemspruit22 Oct 1859 – 18 Dec 1930

Frederik Fortunatus is here on a user tree's word and nothing else. His death registration names no parents — that line of the form is completed only for a deceased under ten — and the register of his baptism has not been found. He is drawn in because two of his children were baptised to a McCabe mother in the same congregation, which is corroboration and not proof.

the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 12 of the 13 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 comes from the family tree and is unverified. What Was Searched → Married 3 April 1843; he died on the same date twenty-five years later, leaving her with twelve children — eight sons and four daughters, which is his obituary's own count. NONE OF THE TWELVE WAS NAMED IN A DOCUMENT HERE UNTIL 27 SEPTEMBER 2026, when the Free State and Cape Dutch Reformed baptism registers were searched on HER name rather than on his. ELEVEN OF THE TWELVE ARE BELOW, and ten of them are named as this couple's by a baptism register or a civil death registration — not by a tree. THE TENTH CAME LAST AND IS THE FIRST IN ORDER: CATHARINA WILHELMINA, born 1844 in the Cape Colony, whose own 1909 death registration names this father and this mother and states that she had been married to a PIENAAR before the ANDERSON she died as — which is what turned a probable sixth child into the documented eldest. They are drawn in birth order, which is also the order the fonts move: Colesberg in 1846, Fauresmith in 1848 and 1849, then Bloemfontein from 1860, so the register records this household's move to the town without anybody writing it down. ONE IS STILL MISSING and the obituary is the authority for there being twelve. BOTH OF THE LAST TWO CAME OUT OF THE FREE STATE CIVIL DEATH REGISTERS ON ONE AFTERNOON, found by searching that index for their FATHER rather than for themselves — which is how a daughter filed under a married surname this archive had never heard of, and a son whose forenames run two of his brothers' together, were both reached.

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The record

Name	George Augustus Kolbe of 1845
Also written	Georg Augustus, at the font · George Augustus Kolbee, where the same entry was indexed twice
Born	30 Sep 1845, baptised Colesberg 8 Mar 1846
Died	—
Line	Kolbe
Confidence	Documented

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Households

…He is drawn in because two of his children were baptised to a McCabe mother in the same congregation, which is corroboration and not proof. Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

The Kolbes

…His wife’s is spelled one way. One query on Anna Jacoba van der Merwe , on 27 September 2026, returned seven baptisms of their children; two more came from civil death registrations that name both parents.…

The Marriages

…22 Oct 1859, or 1857 — two documents disagree 18 Dec 1930, Bloemspruit, district Bloemfontein G.A. Kolbe of Piet Retief 23 Feb 1836 7 Jan 1913, Piet Retief Gabriel Stephanus Kolbe 11 Mar 1865, baptised 23 Apr 1865 at Colesberg — George Augustus Kolbe 7 Dec 1802, Soho — baptised 2 Feb 1803, Westminster 1 Dec 1844, “Wurtemburg”, Colesberg George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 30 Sep 1845, baptised Colesberg 8 Mar 1846 — George Augustus Kolbe of 1914 2 Jul 1914 — George Augustus Kolbe of Bethulie 1869 — George Augustus Kolbe of Burgersdorp 2 Oct 1861, Burgersdorp 8 Nov 1934, Standerton — buried WAKKERSTROOM George Augustus Kolbe of Wakkerstroom 29 Jul 1863, baptised 11 Oct 1863 at Colesberg 28 Sep 1954, Wakkerstroom — aged 91 George Frederick Enslin — — George Kolbe —…

The People

…The children Corrections Anna Maria Booijsen of 1835 Documented 7 Aug 1835, baptised 13 Sep 1835 — Daughter of David Schalk Booijsen and Adriana Christina Viljoen, and named for her grandmother ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE — the second document in this archive to carry that name forward. The 1806 baptism Namesakes George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 also written Georg Augustus, at the font · George Augustus Kolbee, where the same entry was indexed twice Documented 30 Sep 1845, baptised Colesberg 8 Mar 1846 — THE COMMANDANT'S ELDEST SON, AND HE CARRIES THE SETTLER'S NAME ENTIRE.…

Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg

…Identified, unread, in Bloemfontein. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864

…The marriage itself is not found and the children are index rows. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b. 3 Nov 1864 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b.…

Anna Jacoba van der Merwe

…Anna Jacoba van der Merwe Kolbe married John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record 11 children with John Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 record George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 record Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 record Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 record Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 record Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 record Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 record Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b.…

Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860

…NOTHING ELSE IS KNOWN OF HER : no marriage, no death, no estate. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe

…And her year of birth here is 1844 where the 1860 marriage record implies 1843 — an age at death is not a birth certificate, and neither is a marriage clerk’s arithmetic. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 Kolbe 10 siblings George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe of Bloemspruit

…It is written down because it is suggestive, and it is not adopted. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe of Bloemspruit 22 Oct 1859 – 18 Dec 1930 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

George Augustus Kolbe of 1845

…Baptised at COLESBERG on 8 MARCH 1846 , born 30 SEPTEMBER 1845 , son of JOHAN GERSON ELIEZER KOLBE and ANNA JACOBA VAN DER MERWE — South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives) , FamilySearch 1:1:6245-2S2X.…

Jan Hendrik Kolbe

…A man names his eldest son after his own father, and this one did. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe

…Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe

…THE REPORT ITSELF IS NOW A THING TO LOOK FOR , with a date, a place and an addressee to look for it by. John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 Kolbe married Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record 11 children with Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 record George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 record Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 record Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 record Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 record Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 record Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 record Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b.…

Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854

…Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852

…His elder brother married a Louw too. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein

…W J Kolbe at the Free State Archives. Parents John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe 7 Jul 1822 – 3 Apr 1868 record Anna Jacoba van der Merwe record Williem Johannes Kolbe of Panfontein 2 Aug 1847 – 23 Apr 1941 Kolbe 10 siblings Catharina Wilhelmina Kolbe 1844 – 3 Feb 1909 George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 b. 30 Sep 1845 Jan Hendrik Kolbe 5 Jul 1849 – 1924 Petrus Jacobus Kolbe of 1852 4 May 1852 – 7 Nov 1919 Margaretha Elizabeth Kolbe of 1854 b. 16 Feb 1854 Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg b. 1856 Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860 b. 15 Aug 1860 Johan Hendrik Cassimir Kolbe 1863 – 14 Sep 1923 Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864 b.…

The Register

…Court, 1869-1961 George Augustus Kolbe Probate Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 George Augustus Kolbe reconstructed 7 Dec 1802, Soho — baptised 2 Feb 1803, Westminster · 1 Dec 1844, “Wurtemburg”, Colesberg no public link reconstructed by this archive George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 reconstructed 30 Sep 1845, baptised Colesberg 8 Mar 1846 no public link reconstructed by this archive George Augustus Kolbe of 1914 reconstructed 2 Jul 1914 no public link reconstructed by this archive George Augustus Kolbe of Bethulie reconstructed 1869 no public link reconstructed by this archive George Augustus Kolbe of Burgersdorp reconstructed 2 Oct 1861, Burgersdorp · 8 Nov 1934, Standerton…

The Timeline

…The same font is in the index twice , a week apart with the identical birth date, which is one event and two transcribers rather than a second child. George Augustus Kolbe of 1845 Colesberg 12 Mar 1848 Document Willem Johannes Kolbe baptised at Fauresmith, entry 18 Born 2 August 1847 , son of John Kolbe and Anna Jacoba van der Merwe — the first document this archive holds that names a child of the Commandant's household.…

Others on the Kolbe side

A.M. Kolbe of Piet Retief

4 May 1843 – 21 Sep 1907, Piet Retief

A Werdmuller child of 1857

14 Feb 1857, baptised 10 Apr 1857 at Burgersdorp – —

Adriana Henrietta Johanna Kolbe

12 Aug 1881, baptised 23 Oct 1881 at Bethulie – —

Amelia A. Kolbe

1816 – —

Amy Werdmuller

“MARTINEAU — WERDMULLER — On July 31 [1909], at EAST LONDON, HORACE RO

Andries Frederick Kolbe of Leeuwberg

1856 – —

Angeline Kolbe

c. 1872 – 15 Nov 1900, Wakkerstroom — aged 28

Anna Jacoba Kolbe of 1864

3 Nov 1864, baptised Bloemfontein 1 Jan 1865 – —

Anna Jacoba van der Merwe

SHE REMARRIED, AND HER SECOND HUSBAND IS WHY SHE WAS HARD TO FIND. The

Anna Johanna Kolbe of Burgersdorp

29 Dec 1863, baptised 28 Feb 1864 at Burgersdorp – —

Anna Maria Viljoen

A WOMAN THIS ARCHIVE DID NOT HOLD UNTIL THE LAST 214 IMAGES OF THE BUR

Anna Susanna Kolbe of 1860

15 Aug 1860, baptised Bloemfontein 7 Oct 1860 – —

Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp

The third godparent at the 1853 Barry font, and the only one who is no

Augusta Louisa Kolbe

1829, Graaff-Reinet – 1873 — death notice KAB MOOC 6/9/145, 9981

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