George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen

…The women are not. Mountjoy (1838). Barry (1879). Kinnear (1940s). Behind the Barrys, Kolbe — a German tailor's family out of Soho who sailed as 1820 Settlers and named a Karoo farm Wurtemburg . Behind the Kolbes, Downing . That is why David Defranceski's great-grandfather, born on a farm in the Eastern Cape in 1901, was christened George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen . Every one of those forenames is a woman's surname. The women → And it is why the tree folds back on itself: in 1924 George married his own first cousin once removed , so his daughter Catherine descends from one Barry–Kolbe couple twice over. The cousin marriage → Corrections are the most valuable thing anyone can send.…

…Three graves read off the register, and one of them is the direct line · Found GRAVE 2171, Dutch Reformed section, WEST PARK — George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen, 46, buried 14 December 1947. This archive has had “buried West Park 14 Dec” since it was built and never the number. And a DOUBLE PLOT: Joseph Heinrich Daschner, 58, buried 21 April 1942 in GRAVE 50 of a pair 50/51 he bought himself, with a memorial by L. Canata & Son — and the consecutive grave-number register braces 50 and 51 together, DASCHNER JOSEPH H. and DASCHNER CATHERINE M.S.…

…Hendrik Nicholaas Barry's daughter Dorothea married George Booyzen's brother Henry James — in 1912, twelve years before George married Hendrik's granddaughter. The two families were marrying each other in both directions at once.…

…22 Dec 1879 3 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen S.A.R. & H.; married his first cousin once removed 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — buried West Park 14 Dec Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), m. 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging 2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971), m.…

…Resolved RESOLVED. His 1845 death notice (estate 7698) and his gravestone both give 1 December 1844, and neither his notice nor his widow’s 1867 notice lists a Julia. Reject the child, keep the date. The same two documents also drop KEETOR PETER BENJAMIN KOLBE, whom the tree gives a 1840 birth — he is in neither list. → George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1901–1947) Death dated 21 February 1947, with burial ten months later on 14 December 1947. Resolved RESOLVED by his death notice: he died 11 December 1947 and was buried on the 14th. “21 February” is the date the notice was signed — in 1948. A transcriber merged the two and lost ten months.…

…They are the same woman, and the archive's earlier claim of "two Barry sisters marrying Booysens" is withdrawn . 1947 · George's death notice corrects his own death date Signed by G. Booyzen at Johannesburg on 21 February 1948 under the Administration of Estates Act 1913. Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannesburg. "The day of the decease: On 11th December 1947 " — died at 85 Rheeden St, Forest Hill , Johannesburg. He died on 11 December 1947 — not 21 February 1947. 21 February is the date the notice was signed , and it was signed in 1948 . A transcriber conflated the two and lost ten months.…

…No John August 234 — M to W, then Barsby. Two Richards, 1836 and 1858. No Richard Peter, and no Margaretha at a Death registration of Willem Hermanus Booysen , Indwe, 1905. MyHeritage tree Defranceski Family Marriage of Willem Hermanus Booysen and Catharine Mary Barry, Barkly, 1879. Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannes "George Booyzen and Isaak Pretorius In Transkei" — the tree's own caption. Left: George Downing An elderly woman seated in full black between two young people, outside a plastered house. Hypot A young man in a dark uniform tunic and peaked cap .…

…1887 – 8 Dec 1956 (the family tree) Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen (the family tree) Johanna Catharina Booyzen · b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen · 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen · c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 (inferred) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 (the direct line) John Augustus Barry II & Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen John b. 13 Mar 1847 On whose word inferred A household this archive did not have. John Augustus Barry II was a name on his parents' two death notices and nothing else — no wife, no children.…

…But children have to be born somewhere, and the register moves. Year Birthplace Child 1884 Cape Colony John Barry Booyzen 1885 Barkly East Willem Hermanus Booyzen 1891 Barkly East Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 1896 Barkly East David Kolbe Booyzen 1901 South Africa (unspecified) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1907 Barkley Oos, Kaap Provinsie David Schalk Booyzen — the last Cape birth 1925 South Africa (unspecified) Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 1932 Johannesburg Georgina Jeanette Booyzen — the first recorded Johannesburg birth 1934 Johannesburg Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Inferred The last Cape birth is 1907 ; the first recorded Johannesburg birth is 1932 .…

…Their son had been born four months earlier. Indwe, 1907–1910 → bef. 1921 Indwe Joseph Heinrich Daschner & Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen a record read here The same village where her father had died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z, from her own dictation. The 1942 notice → 30 December 1924 Vereeniging George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen & Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius a record read here A tree nurseryman and a girl of eighteen who were first cousins once removed — the Barry line closing on itself sixty-five years after it left. The cousin marriage → 15 January 1949 St Joseph's, Mayfair Nuno Fernando Lerena & Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen a record read here Where this archive stops and the Lerena one begins.…

…Awaiting a reply. National Archives, Pretoria — sent 13 Sep 2026 Six Transvaal estate files, and a queue that has stopped being a screen problem. The films that carry them refuse to serve images: film 007830063 and every film after it in the collection returns 403, and those are exactly the ones running to 1946 and later. MHG 1095/48 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen, d. 1947 MHG 3734/46 Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner, born Booyzen — should name her parents MHG 769/52 John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.…

…The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented 70 mentions — — Named for his mother's father, EVERT PHILIP BOSHOFF. The Boshoff grandparents are the only two people in this household whose names are accounted for without argument. The 1940 estate Namesakes George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · generation 3 Documented 103 mentions 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — West Park, D.R., grave 2171 Buried West Park three days later. Boomkweker, then Clerk, South African Railways. Married his first cousin once removed. The Line The Cousin Marriage Johannesburg Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen Documented 67 mentions 15 May 1910 — Youngest on his mother's 1943 notice.…

…FROM THE INDEX. The Barrys What Was Searched Every mention, page by page The households …20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen · 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen · c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 (inferred) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 (the direct line) John Augustus Barry II & Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen John b. 13 Mar 1847 On whose word inferred A household this archive did not have. John Augustus Barry II was a name on his parents' two death notices and nothing else — no wife, no children.…

…akes People & places The People Households Marriages The Register Places Evidence Method What Changed Disputed Corrections Open Questions What Has Been Read Research Log Errands Sources Find Search the archive Everyone The register The places Booyzen · 74 mentions across 74 pages Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) Fourth child. Parents George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 record Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 3 Oct 1906 – 1944 record Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) 12 Oct 1930 – deceased Booyzen 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) 22 Sep 1932 – deceased…

…Three documents put her birth in 1906, not 1905.…

…25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b. 15 Jul 1935 record 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c. 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 18 of the 23 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…1886 – 29 Jul 1932 inferred David Kolbe Booyzen family tree Henry James Booyzen c. 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 family tree Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen family tree Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 record Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park record Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 inferred George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 direct line 9 siblings John Augustus Barry II b. 13 Mar 1847 William Barry b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry b. 26 Apr 1850 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Frederick Fortunatus Barry b.…

…The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one.…

…A fifth carries it too: Catharina Mary Sophia Däschner, born at Indwe on 11 March 1909, baptised there that May.… Open questions …The films that carry them refuse to serve images: film 007830063 and every film after it in the collection returns 403, and those are exactly the ones running to 1946 and later. MHG 1095/48 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen, d. 1947 MHG 3734/46 Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner, born Booyzen — should name her parents MHG 769/52 John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.… Everyone …He outlived that uncle by sixty-eight years. The Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna Catharina Booysen Documented 119 mentions 21 Sep 1842 bef.…

…c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 Henry James Booyzen c. 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c. 1894 – 25 Oct 1918 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified 6 of the 11 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.…

…imeline Search… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh ……Barry …Barry …Fred J.…… Elizabeth Anna… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …tephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Cha… Ferdinand Kumm …· Kum · Keem — five spellings across seven baptisms Documented 67 mentions c.… Amelia A.… Charlotte Kolbe …ages The Register The Places Evidence Method What Changed Dispu… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …2 are inferred from one.… George Frederick Enslin …tlieb Kolbe 1765 – 1845 M… Others on the Booyzen side Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen The top of the male line — and, since the 1876 Sterfkennis was read, n Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet – 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg David Schalk Booijsen 12 Dec 1806, baptised 4 Jan 1807 – — Adriana…

…Sophia Schmidt …Parents Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …n Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.… Ferdinand Kumm …1804 record… Marian Kolbe …bef.… George Downing Daschner …15 Mar 1925 buried 20 Jun 1925, Brixton — D.R.… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …elationships… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …oy Booyzen …2 are inferred from one.… Geo… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …1947 MHG 3734/46 Cath… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …betha… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Jan Lowies & Elisabetha Maria Lubbe On whose word a record read here Named as his parents on estate 7081, and that is the whole of… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …e …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petru…

…joy …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 record Johanna Elena Stols b… George Augustus Kolbe …The Kolbes → bef.… George Downing Daschner …les Petrus Barend Lowies …H… Emma Jane Mountjoy …Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mo… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petrus Barend Lowies · c.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies …Elesabettha Maria Corne… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …2 are inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified.… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Schm… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …je appears nowhere el… Emma Jane Mountjoy …th Diesel d.… George Frederick Enslin …ve took w Mary Elizabeth Kolbe — – bef.… Cornelius v… Christiaan Jacobus van Niekerk …e Barry b.… Anna van der Merwe of Burgersdorp …10 Dec 1886 inferred Miny Barry b.… Car…

…arry …Indwe c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …20 Jan 1930 record Hen… Ferdinand Kumm …he fa… Evert Philip Boshoff …rees The Timeline Search… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Mybur… Ferdinand Kumm …rik Fortunatus Kolbe …elder …Parents Jan Lowies… Ellen… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …The Documents The Women Fritz Joh… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …Oct… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …Sophia Myburgh …n Lowies record Elisabet… David S… Elizabeth Magrie… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c.… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …imeline Search… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh ……Barry …Barry …Fred J.…… Elizabeth Anna… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …tephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Cha… Ferdinand Kumm …· Kum · Keem — five spellings across seven…

…The Kolbes The Women George Alphonso Barry Inferred 64 mentions 3 Mar 1881, baptised 3 Apr 1881 at Burgersdorp — Named for his uncle George Augustus Barry, who is himself named for George Augustus Kolbe. FROM THE INDEX.… Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry …1894 – 25 Oct 1918 inferred George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 direct line 9 siblings John Augustus Barry II b. 13 Mar 1847 William Barry b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry b. 26 Apr 1850 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry Frederick Fortunatus Barry b.…

…48 –… George Downing Daschner …1806 – — Charlotte Kolbe 1811 – — Amelia A.… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …Mountjoy …8 Nov 1901 Herklaus Johannes Mountjoy b.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …Oct 1… George Downing Daschner …c.… Elizabetha Margaretha Marais the eld… George Frederick Enslin …sdorp The third godparent at the 1853 Barry font, and the only… George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen …2 are inferred from one.… Fred J. Barry …ppus Booyzen …… George Augustus Barry …Barr… Frederick Fortunatus Barry …Barry b.… George Kolbe …eensland, Australia” — it is Barkly East.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowi… George Kolbe …3 are inferred from one.… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …mangles the place to “Barkly, Queensland, Australia” — it is Barkly East.… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …inferred, not st… Georg…