George Mountjoy of Kokstad
THE HEAD OF THE OTHER MOUNTJOY FAMILY, THE ONE THIS ARCHIVE HAS TWICE SAID IS NOT ITS OWN. His death notice, signed at Bizana on 25 May 1943 by a son who was not present at the death, gives him as RETIRED, of KOKSTAD, EAST GRIQUALAND, born in the ORANGE FREE STATE, a Union national, eighty-one years old, married IN COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY to MARY MOUNTJOY, BORN FISCHER, the marriage in the KING WILLIAMSTOWN DISTRICT. He left movables, immovables, an estate over £300 and a will. NINE CHILDREN, NAMED: Minnie Burger born Mountjoy; Maria Kirsten born Mountjoy; George Mountjoy; Christian Mountjoy; Emily Lloyd born Mountjoy; Joseph Mountjoy; Alfred Mountjoy; Nellie Bouwer born Mountjoy; Lettie van der Sandt born Mountjoy. THEY ARE NAMED HERE AND NOT MADE INTO PEOPLE, because nothing yet joins this house to this archive’s and a family chart is not a place to park a maybe. AND QUESTION THREE FAILS AGAIN: Father — “Names unknown”. Mother — “Names unknown: deceased”. So the one line that could have connected or disconnected him from the Cradock saddler’s descendants is blank, exactly as it is blank on the saddler’s own notice a century earlier. THIS ARCHIVE'S EARLIER JUDGEMENT STANDS AND IS NOW BETTER EVIDENCED. The Transkei Mountjoys — Lusikisiki, Bizana, Mnyameni, Kokstad, Flagstaff, traders and labour agents — were recorded as “not this family so far as anything shows”. They are still that, but they are now a documented household rather than a scatter of index hits, and three of the ten estates this archive wanted belong to it.
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The record
| Name | George Mountjoy of Kokstad |
| Also written | George Mountjoy, senior |
| Born | c. 1862, Orange Free State |
| Died | 12 May 1943, Nyaninga, Tongaat, Natal — aged 81 |
| Line | Mountjoy |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
THE HEAD OF THE OTHER MOUNTJOY FAMILY, THE ONE THIS ARCHIVE HAS TWICE SAID IS NOT ITS OWN. His death notice, signed at Bizana on 25 May 1943 by a son who was not present at the death, gives him as RETIRED, of KOKSTAD, EAST GRIQUALAND, born in the ORANGE FREE STATE, a Union national, eighty-one years old, married IN COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY to MARY MOUNTJOY, BORN FISCHER, the marriage in the KING WILLIAMSTOWN DISTRICT. He left movables, immovables, an estate over £300 and a will. NINE CHILDREN, NAMED: Minnie Burger born Mountjoy; Maria Kirsten born Mountjoy; George Mountjoy; Christian Mountjoy; Emily Lloyd born Mountjoy; Joseph Mountjoy; Alfred Mountjoy; Nellie Bouwer born Mountjoy; Lettie van der Sandt born Mountjoy. THEY ARE NAMED HERE AND NOT MADE INTO PEOPLE, because nothing yet joins this house to this archive’s and a family chart is not a place to park a maybe. AND QUESTION THREE FAILS AGAIN: Father — “Names unknown”. Mother — “Names unknown: deceased”. So the one line that could have connected or disconnected him from the Cradock saddler’s descendants is blank, exactly as it is blank on the saddler’s own notice a century earlier. THIS ARCHIVE'S EARLIER JUDGEMENT STANDS AND IS NOW BETTER EVIDENCED. The Transkei Mountjoys — Lusikisiki, Bizana, Mnyameni, Kokstad, Flagstaff, traders and labour agents — were recorded as “not this family so far as anything shows”. They are still that, but they are now a documented household rather than a scatter of index hits, and three of the ten estates this archive wanted belong to it.
The Marriages
…1862, Orange Free State 12 May 1943, Nyaninga, Tongaat, Natal — aged 81 Gwendoline Diesel — — Hendrik Johannes Jacobus Brummer — — a minor in August 1898 — Hendrik Stefanus Palm — — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Hercules Johannes van Niekerk — — Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys 9 Feb 1897 — Herklaus Johannes Mountjoy 16 Feb 1904 — Hermanus Pietersen — bef.…
The People
…Hattingh) · surviving spouse ALFRED. That is the whole of it, and it matches the NAAIRS reference MOOC 6/9/5599 no. 66509 exactly. ALFRED IS A MOUNTJOY OF KOKSTAD. He is the seventh of the nine children named on George Mountjoy of Kokstad’s 1943 death notice, so she married into the Transkei household and not into this archive’s. HER OWN PARENTS ARE NOT RECORDED ANYWHERE THIS SESSION REACHED — a register row has no question three.…
Aletta Johanna Hattingh
…Hattingh) · surviving spouse ALFRED. That is the whole of it, and it matches the NAAIRS reference MOOC 6/9/5599 no. 66509 exactly. ALFRED IS A MOUNTJOY OF KOKSTAD. He is the seventh of the nine children named on George Mountjoy of Kokstad’s 1943 death notice, so she married into the Transkei household and not into this archive’s. HER OWN PARENTS ARE NOT RECORDED ANYWHERE THIS SESSION REACHED — a register row has no question three. Aletta Johanna Hattingh 1898 – 10 Oct 1939 Mountjoy No household in this archive names this person, as a child or as a parent. They are here because a record names them, and that record stands alone.…
George Mountjoy of Kokstad
…Mountjoy George Mountjoy of Kokstad THE HEAD OF THE OTHER MOUNTJOY FAMILY, THE ONE THIS ARCHIVE HAS TWICE SAID IS NOT ITS OWN. His death notice, signed at Bizana on 25 May 1943 by a son who was not present at the death, gives him as RETIRED, of KOKSTAD, EAST GRIQUALAND, born in the ORANGE FREE STATE, a Union national, eighty-one years old, married IN COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY to MARY MOUNTJOY, BORN FISCHER, the marriage in the KING WIL…
The Register
…Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 George Mountjoy reconstructed 11 Jun 1823, Cradock no public link reconstructed by this archive George Mountjoy reconstructed 1889 · 1963 no public link reconstructed by this archive George Mountjoy of Barkly East reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive George Mountjoy of Kokstad reconstructed c. 1862, Orange Free State · 12 May 1943, Nyaninga, Tongaat, Natal — aged 81 no public link reconstructed by this archive Gerje Hercules Mountjoy with: Emelia Charlotto Mountjoy · Maria Matilda Fischer record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gladys Florence Mountjoy Birth 1924 · with: Dennis Dunbar Maytham record ↗ South Africa, Civil M…
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