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Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen

HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED. The eGGSA gravestone library holds “BOOYZEN GERT JACOBUS 1870-1951” in the MIDDELBURG MAIN CEMETERY, Eastern Cape — born 1870 and dead in 1951, which is the year of estate TAB MHG 5155/51, the file this archive has been trying to read on blocked film. He is buried a few stones from his wife. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.

Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen19 Jan 1870 – 1951Booyzen
marriedIsabella Frederika Coetseec. May 1874 – 31 Mar 1930record
the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified7 of the 8 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 is inferred from one. The second wife, named at last →The second marriage, unnamed on his own 1884 death notice and finally named by a christening: the 1870 Doop Register enters the parents as “Petrus Jacobus Booyzen en Johanna Margaritha Pretorius”.Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896.

Every record naming Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen →

The record

NameGerrit Jacobus Booÿsen
Also writtenGert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone)
Born19 Jan 1870
Died1951, buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery
LineBooyzen
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED. The eGGSA gravestone library holds “BOOYZEN GERT JACOBUS 1870-1951” in the MIDDELBURG MAIN CEMETERY, Eastern Cape — born 1870 and dead in 1951, which is the year of estate TAB MHG 5155/51, the file this archive has been trying to read on blocked film. He is buried a few stones from his wife. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.

The DocumentsOpen QuestionsThe Name

The documents

…The form, as completed 1. Name Petrus Jacobus Booysen, Senior 2. Birth-place Graaff Reinet District 3. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known 4. Age 72 years 5. Condition in life Farmer 6. Married or unmarried Married 7. Day of decease 30 March 1884 8. At what house Zevenfontein, District Middelburg 9. Children Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 10. Property Moveables only, such as wearing apparel &c Age 72 in 1884 puts his birth at about 1812, which matches the register exactly. Zevenfontein is the farm where his first wife had died twenty-one years before. It happens a third time " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it.…

…Stamped No. 84992 · 12 April 1943 . Signed G. J. Booyzen — "Survivor, Present at death". The form, as completed 1. Name Isabella Fredrika Booyzen (born Coetzee) 2. Birthplace Middelburg · European 3. Parents Pieter Coetzee , deceased Isabella Fredrika Coetzee , deceased 4. Age 55 years 11 months — born about May 1874 7a. Husband Gert Jacobus Booyzen , in community of property 7c. Married at Middelburg, Cape 8. Died 31 March 1930 9. Where Church Street, Middelburg 10. Children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis · Pieter Jacobus Booyzen (deceased) · Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen — all majors "31st March 1930." The form is dated 1 April 1943 . A correction This archive had her dying in 1943. She died on 31 March 1930 .…

The plates

…Not Known. 1840, line 5 — Saddler 1840, line 6 — "Married to Catharina Sl[i/e]er, widow of William Pietersen" Line 7: September 1827 . Line 9: James · George · Johanna · Jacoba , all minors. " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it. The only child entered: Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 . " Moveables only. Such as wearing apparel &c. " The entry, with a pencil cross beside it: "James Montjoy — Met · Anna Catharina Slier, weduwe va 1840: "widow of William Pietersen " Entry 120 , gedoopt 24 Mei 1891 : Catharina Maria Sophia , geb. 22 April 1891 . "Name en adresse van ouers van oorledene" — Vader: oorlede · Moeder: oorlede 5.…

The households

…The Olivier line 4 children Gert Cornelis Olivier · b. 25 Jul 1820 Aletta Catharina Olivier · b. 15 May 1823 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier · 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Ockert Johannes Stephanus Olivier the younger · b. Feb 1826 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee Gerrit 19 Jan 1870 – 1951 · Isabella c. May 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 On whose word a record read here Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. 3 children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Petrus Jacobus Booyzen · 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen · b. 15 May 1910 Jacob van Staden & Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl Jacob d. bef. 1902 · Charlotta c.…

The marriages

…The namesakes → bef. 1890 Dordrecht James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm a record read here In community of property. Their two death notices were typed on the same afternoon in February 1938, hers three and a half years late — “death not reported”. Barkly East, 1938 → 23 March 1896 Middelburg, Cape Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee a record read here In community of property. She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943. The 1943 notice → 8 July 1901 Caerlaverock, Barkly Oost Petrus Jacobus Pretorius & Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry a record read here “In woonhuis D. Schoeman” — in the house of a man tried as a Cape Rebel the month before, under martial law, witnessed by him.…

Open questions

…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. 19 Jan 1870 MHG 10/57 Henry James Booyzen MHG 52653 Jacobus Nichols Booyzen, 1923 — the one that cannot even be found on film Sent 13 September 2026 to enquiries2@dsac.gov.za , the research address on the National Archives' own contact page, copied to the Head of Client Services.…

Everyone

…Died of an ulcer of the stomach after fourteen months — he was not shot by the British. The Line The Documents The Name The Rebels Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen Documented 34 mentions 15 Oct 1925 1996 Eldest of the Johannesburg family. The Line Johannesburg Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen also written Gert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone) Documented 104 mentions 19 Jan 1870 1951, buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED.…

…Birth date corrected from 1 October on her mother’s 1944 death notice. The Line Petrus Jacobus Booyzen also written Pieter Jacobus (1943 notice) Documented 29 Dec 1904 7 Jun 1937, Middelburg Baptised in the Dutch Reformed register with a Z, son of Gert Jacobus Booyzen and Isabella Frederika Coetzee — the second marriage's line, at Middelburg, spelled Booyzen a year before the Indwe sheet. The Name Open Questions Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Documented 33 mentions 10 Jan 1934, Johannesburg 2003 Sixth child. The Line Richard Peter Booyzen Inferred 57 mentions c.…

Aletta Catharina Olivier

…The Olivier line 4 children Gert Cornelis Olivier · b. 25 Jul 1820 Aletta Catharina Olivier · b. 15 May 1823 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier · 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Ockert Johannes Stephanus Olivier the younger · b. Feb 1826 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee Gerrit 19 Jan 1870 – 1951 · Isabella c. May 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 On whose word a record read here Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896.… The namesakes …An aunt in 1823, a niece two generations later Aletta Catharina The names in the Olivier household run back up the female line, and this archive could not see it until both baptisms were read on the same afternoon.…

Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner

…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. 1863 Baptised Graaff-Reinet, and absent from her mother's 1863 death notice — she died first.…

Ferdinand Kumm

…Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …5 Aug 1852 Mountjoy 6 s… George Keys …om a record this archive has read inferred, n… George Kolbe …Catharine Sophia Maria Kolbe Marian Kolbe Ju… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …Mountjoy James John Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth D… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …e Boshoff grandparents are the only two people in this household whose names are accounted for without argument.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …norowen, Barkly East — estate 1291 John Kolbe Godfather at the Burgersdorp font on 23 October 1853, sta… George Keys …thilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.… Ferdinand Kumm …rgarietha Booijzen …Barry …25 Feb 1932 rec…

George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen

…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 …The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented 75 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.…

George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy

…eorge Augustus Barry …29 Jan 1888 Rac… George Keys …5 May 1895 Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b.…… Geo… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …George Mountjoy of Barkly East — The Booyzen Archive Skip to the content The Booyzen… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus.… Hercules Johannes van Nie… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.… Everyone …The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented 69 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.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …1827 Johanna Catharina M…

George Keys

…1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …10 Jun 1864 record Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941 record Jacoba Regina Mountjoy b.… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …8 Nov 1901 Herklaus Johannes Mountjoy b. 16 Feb 1904 Willem Hermanus Mountjoy b.… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …zen Documented 78 mentions — — Named for his mother's father, EVERT PHILIP BOSHOFF.…

George Mountjoy of Barkly East

…the content The Booyzen… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus.… Hercules Johannes van Niekerk …etta van Niekerk …Eleven ch… Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys …Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …FROM THE INDEX, which mangles the place to “Bar… George Kolbe …21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 · Anna 1785 – be… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …wert Philippus Booyzen Documented 78 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.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …– 1827 Johanna Catharina… George Keys …derika Mountjoy …k For… George Augustus Barry… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …lbe George Kolbe Catharine…

Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff)

…Booyzen …uida Alexandra Booyzen …c.… George Mountjoy of Barkly… Gideon Daniel Rudolph Lowies …s the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from t… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …) …Eric Bernard Frachet £21.… Harriet Louisa Barry …12.… Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) …12.… Hendrik Stephan… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …nted 69 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.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …1827 Johanna Catharina Mountjoy 30 Apr 1819 – 19 May 1863 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 James Mountjoy b.… Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) …1884 Willem Hermanus…

…joy 1820 – 1842 James Mountjoy b.… Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) …1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c.… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …Johannesburg Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen Documented 73 mentions 15 May 1910 — Youngest on his mother's 1943 notice.… A… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.… Everyone …The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented 78 mentions — — Named for his mot… Gert Cornelis Olivier …anna Olivier 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 record Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen Booyzen 6 siblings Petrus Jacobus Booysen of Rustenburg 20 Apr 1851 – bef.… Ellen Hendrika Barry …Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 1880 – 1961 Dorothea Regina Barry Named on the 1915 dea…

Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen

…Baptised 10 July 1910, and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus. Parents Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen 19 Jan 1870 – 1951 record Isabella Frederika Coetsee c. May 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 record Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen b.…

…Baptised 10 July 1910, and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus. The Documents The Namesakes Every mention, page by page The documents …Age 55 years 11 months — born about May 1874 7a. Husband Gert Jacobus Booyzen , in community of property 7c. Married at Middelburg, Cape 8. Died 31 March 1930 9. Where Church Street, Middelburg 10. Children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis · Pieter Jacobus Booyzen (deceased) · Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen — all majors "31st March 1930." The form is dated 1 April 1943 . A correction This archive had her dying in 1943. She died on 31 March 1930 .…

Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen

…Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen — The Booyzen Archive Skip to the content The Booyzen Archive Menu Start Home The trees Our line, drawn The Atlas The Timeline Our line The Spine The Rebels Johannesburg The families The Barrys The Kolbes The Women The Cousin Marriage The work The Documents The Plates The Name The Namesakes People & places The People Households Marriages The Register Places Evidence Method What Changed Disputed C…

…Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. Every record naming Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen → The record Name Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen Also written Gert Jacobus Booyzen (gravestone) Born 19 Jan 1870 Died 1951, buried MIDDELBURG main cemetery Line Booyzen Confidence Documented What the archive holds HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED.…

Gert Cornelis Olivier

…The Olivier line 4 children Gert Cornelis Olivier · b. 25 Jul 1820 Aletta Catharina Olivier · b. 15 May 1823 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier · 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Ockert Johannes Stephanus Olivier the younger · b. Feb 1826 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee Gerrit 19 Jan 1870 – 1951 · Isabella c.…

…cord Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen Booyzen 6 siblings Petrus Jacobus Booysen of Rustenburg 20 Apr 1851 – bef.… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the fami… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …The Barrys What Was Searched Ev… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.… Everyone …The 1940 estate The Women Ewert Philippus Booyzen Documented 68 mentions — — Named for his mothe… Gert Cornelis Olivier …Maria Booijsen Booyzen 6 siblin… Gert Cornelis Olivier …Jacobus Booysen of Rustenburg 20 Apr 1851 – bef.… Ellen Hendrika Barry …Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry 1880 – 1961 Dorothea Regina Barry Named on the 1915 death notice.… George Herkules Johannes Moun…

Gert Johannes Laubeschagne

…ppus Booyzen …onsenting.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …Barry …u… Ewert Philippus Booyzen… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy ….… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …d Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c.… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …m a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the fami… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …The Barrys What Was Searched Ev… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …John Barry Booyzen, who signed the… Gert Cornelis Olivier …15 May 1823 Ockert Johannes Stephan… Gert Johannes Laubeschagne …sa Roos Booyzen married Gert Johannes Laubeschagne record 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 7 relationshi…

Gert Johannes Roos

…1887 – 8 Dec 195… Hendr… Others on the Barry side Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry 4 Aug 1859 – 1940, Johannesburg — buried 6 Sep, New Cemetery,… Frederick Fortunatus Barry …nferred from one.…… George Frederick Enslin …Frederick… George Keys …Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c.… Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen …est on his mother's 1943 notice… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …t Jacobus Booyzen, b.… Everyone …T… Gert Cornelis Olivier …… Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen …Parents Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c.… Gert Johannes Laubeschagne …sa Roos Booyzen married Gert Johannes Laubeschagne record 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family t……

Gertrude Booyzen

…acobus Lowies …rst …39 George Augustus Barry b.… Catha… George Downing Moun… George Keys …e Downing Daschner …… George Keys …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… George Mountjoy of Barkly East …Was Searched Every mention,… Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen …zen Documented 63 mentions — — Named for h… George Frederick Enslin …Mountjoy …8 Nov 1901 (inferre… George Downing Daschner …… Gert Cornelis Olivier …nna Maria Booijsen Booyzen 6 siblin… Gert Johannes Laubeschagne …3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos… Gert Johannes Roos …3 siblings Gert Jo… Gertrude Booyzen …Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert R… Gertrude Booyzen …This archive drew his four chi…

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