Henry James Booyzen
HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED: “BOOYZEN HENRY JAMES 1887-1956”, WEST PARK CEMETERY, Johannesburg — matching the burial register this archive read and the 12 August 1887 birth WikiTree gives. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. A son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry. WikiTree gives his birth as 12 AUGUST 1887 and his marriage as 17 JUNE 1912 AT ELLIOT, neither of which this archive had—bothFROM WIKITREE, NOT FROM A DOCUMENT THIS ARCHIVE HAS READ, and the “c. 1887” below is this archive’s own figure, worked back from an age on a burial register. This archive had him as a name on Transvaal estate MHG 10/57 and nothing else — not a birth, not a death. The Johannesburg cemetery register gives all of it: DIED 8 DECEMBER 1956 at the FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE NURSING HOME of CORONARY PULMONARY SCLEROSIS, aged 69, usual residence 3 15TH AVENUE, MAYFAIR — the same suburb where his mother died in 1940 and where his great-niece was married at St Joseph’s in 1949. Buried 12 December in the D.R. section, GRAVE 7110/1, a double plot. In 1912 he married Dorothea Regina Barry, a daughter of his mother's brother Hendrik Nicholaas — the third Barry–Booyzen union in three generations.
The record
| Name | Henry James Booyzen |
| Born | c. 1887 |
| Died | 8 Dec 1956, Florence Nightingale Nursing Home — buried 12 Dec, grave 7110/1 |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED: “BOOYZEN HENRY JAMES 1887-1956”, WEST PARK CEMETERY, Johannesburg — matching the burial register this archive read and the 12 August 1887 birth WikiTree gives. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. A son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry. WikiTree gives his birth as 12 AUGUST 1887 and his marriage as 17 JUNE 1912 AT ELLIOT, neither of which this archive had—bothFROM WIKITREE, NOT FROM A DOCUMENT THIS ARCHIVE HAS READ, and the “c. 1887” below is this archive’s own figure, worked back from an age on a burial register. This archive had him as a name on Transvaal estate MHG 10/57 and nothing else — not a birth, not a death. The Johannesburg cemetery register gives all of it: DIED 8 DECEMBER 1956 at the FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE NURSING HOME of CORONARY PULMONARY SCLEROSIS, aged 69, usual residence 3 15TH AVENUE, MAYFAIR — the same suburb where his mother died in 1940 and where his great-niece was married at St Joseph’s in 1949. Buried 12 December in the D.R. section, GRAVE 7110/1, a double plot. In 1912 he married Dorothea Regina Barry, a daughter of his mother's brother Hendrik Nicholaas — the third Barry–Booyzen union in three generations.
Where the archive puts Henry
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
The Barrys
…1859; Willem Frederick Thomas, d. 1890), plus 1 duplicate . Resolved They are the same woman. This archive's earlier claim of "two Barry sisters married Booysens" is withdrawn. The third Barry–Booyzen tie stands: Dorothea Regina Barry married Henry James Booyzen at Elliot in 1912. The cousin marriage → Kathleen Barry, 1859–1940 Born at Barkly East , christened at Dordrecht in September 1859. Her occupation is recorded — rarely, and valuably — as "Needle Woman" . She married Willem Hermanus Booyzen on 22 December 1879 and bore thirteen children , of whom nine are dated. She outlived her husband by thirty-five years and died on 5 September 1940 at No.…
What changed
…BOOYZEN returns 39 in the Cape and 184 across all repositories. One hundred and forty-five documents unseen, including the estate files of nearly everyone in the last three generations. The Johannesburg generation's estates, found · Found Anna Pretorius (1944), George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1947), John Barry Booyzen (1952), Henry James Booyzen (1956) — and Catharina Maria Sophia, the daughter baptised at Barkly Oost in 1891, who married a Daschner and died in 1946. Also two of the eight children on the 1863 death notice, and both sons of the second marriage. The 1820 voyage confirmed — and a second lie found under it · Found Every date the tree carried for the Nautilus is right.…
The cousin marriage
…ied When Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry (1859–1940) Willem Hermanus Booyzen (1851–1905) 22 Dec 1879 the direct line — withdrawn — — — the tree’s separate “Kathleen Mary Barry (Booysen)” is the same woman as row one; John Barry’s 1915 death notice lists only one Barry daughter married to a Boyson Dorothea Regina Barry (1892–1956) Henry James Booyzen (1887–1956) 17 Jul 1912, Elliot her father is Hendrik Nicholaas Barry; his mother is Kathleen Barry Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), via her Barry mother George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1901–1947) 30 Dec 1924, Vereeniging the cousin marriage Look at row three closely. Hendrik Nicholaas Barry's daughter Dorothea married George Booyzen's brother Henry James — in 1912, twelve years before…
The documents
…Inferred This does not identify D. W. Schoeman of Caerlaverock — but it places a named Schoeman family in exactly the right district and generation to hold him. The rebels → And a Booyzen signs it The informant is "D. Booyzen" — Dorothea Regina Barry , who married Henry James Booyzen at Elliot in 1912. She signs as a Booyzen, daughter of the deceased, present at the death. A third document, independent of the other two, confirming the third Barry–Booyzen marriage. The cousin marriage → 1803 · The London end of the line, closed A baptism register index from St Anne's, Soho — birth date at the left, day of baptism at the right.…
The households
…The name 9 children John Barry Booyzen · b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe · c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 (inferred) David Kolbe Booyzen (the family tree) Henry James Booyzen · c. 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.…
The namesakes
…William Herman Daschner b. c. 1915 For his grandfather Willem Hermanus. Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 For his great-uncle Richard Peter Barry of Manorowen. Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 For his uncle Henry James Booyzen. George Downing Daschner born and buried 1925 AND GEORGE DOWNING TOO — buried at Brixton, Johannesburg, the year he was born. A second of the name died in 1998. Six of eleven children. When the Cape Rebel roll produces a Richard Peter Barry of Jerpoint, the name is evidence of a family and not of an individual — and this archive still marks that identification unproven.…
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. It asks for the death notice from each of the six ahead of anything else, on the ground that six death notices beat one complete file.…
Everyone
…Entry 4256 — not the same child as the Gertrude of 1947. The Documents Johannesburg Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Documented 66 mentions — — Daughter of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry. The Documents Hendrik Rudolph Philippus Booyzen Documented 61 mentions — — Named on the 1940 estate and nowhere else. The 1940 estate The Documents Henry James Booyzen Documented 100 mentions c. 1887 8 Dec 1956, Florence Nightingale Nursing Home — buried 12 Dec, grave 7110/1 HIS GRAVE IS PHOTOGRAPHED: “BOOYZEN HENRY JAMES 1887-1956”, WEST PARK CEMETERY, Johannesburg — matching the burial register this archive read and the 12 August 1887 birth WikiTree gives. IMAGE LOCATED, NOT YET READ. A son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry.…
Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen
…8 May 1922 record Albert Alfred Daschner b. 3 Mar 1927 record Edith Dorothy Daschner b. 20 Jan 1930 record Henry James Daschner b. 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.…
Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry
…c. 1884 record Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c. 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.…
Cornelius van Niekerk
…have… Catharina Willemina Lev… David Schalk Booysen …tiaan Jacobus van N… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …16 Jun 1889 Booyzen married Stephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Cecil Frederik Keys …Parents Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… David Schalk van der Merwe… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …c.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …Six of the twelve children were… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Dec 1902 record Christiaan Jacobus van Niekerk Mountjoy 10 siblings Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Cornelius van Niekerk Maria Francina Ce… Daniel Willem Schoeman …Lubbe record Char… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …an 1930 record Henry James Das…
Daniel Willem Schoeman
…EKFONTEI… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …20 Jan 1930 record Henry James Daschner b.… Fred J.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …Parents Jan Lowies record Elisabetha Maria Lubbe record Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… Daniel Willem Schoeman …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …c.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …Six of the twelve children were… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Dec 1902 record Christiaan Jacobus… Others on the Schoeman side Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman The Schoeman who married into the Barrys — and the reason the 1924 mar Ruben Schoeman Of Barkly Oost.… Others on the Schoeman side Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman The Scho…
David Kolbe Booyzen
…Parents Willem Hermanus “William Henry” Booyzen 4 May 1851 – 13 Sep 1905 record Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry 4 Aug 1859 – 1940 record David Kolbe Booyzen Booyzen 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b. 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.…
David Schalk Booijzen the younger
…ry of Slang River …rend Lowies …c.… Cat… Edith Dorothy Daschner …tree, unverified All 13 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.… Elesabettha Maria… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …15 Jul 1935 record 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c. 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe c.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne…
Edith Dorothy Daschner
…3 Mar 1927 record Edith Dorothy Daschner b. 20 Jan 1930 record Henry James Daschner b. 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.… Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner …8 May 1922 Albert Alfred Daschner b. 3 Mar 1927 Edith Dorothy Daschner b. 20 Jan 1930 Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.…
Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen
…25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c. 1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Catharina Booyzen b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …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.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.…
Elisabetha Maria Lubbe
…oorlede.… The namesakes …These two arrive with an in-law and stop.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …His widow signed the notice on 27 October and married David Schalk on 27 November. Parents Jan Lowies record Elisabetha Maria Lubbe record Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… Daniel Willem Schoeman …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …c.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …Six of the twelve children were… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Dec 1902 record Christiaan Jacobus… Others on the Schoeman side Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman The Schoeman who married into the Barrys — a… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …k Booyzen of 1940 …Name Elizabetha Margaretha Booijzen (born Marais) 2.… The households …Filte…
Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh
…Daniel Willem Schoeman …1905 Booyzen married Johanna Elena Stols b.… Daniel Willem Schoeman …His widow signed the notice on 27 October and married David Schalk on 27 November.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …15 Jul 1935 record 8 siblings John Barry Booyzen b.… David Schalk Booijzen the younger …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …c.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …Six of the twelve children were still minors. His widow signed the notice on 27 October and married David Schalk on 27 November.… Daniel Willem Schoeman …His widow signed the notice on 27 October and married David Schalk on 27 November.… David Kolbe Booyzen …1887 – 8 Dec 1956 Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Johanna Cathar…
Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst
…c.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …20 Jan 1930 record Henry James Daschner b.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …He outlived that uncle by sixty-eight years.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …Parents Jan Lowies record Elisabetha Maria Lubbe record Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… Daniel Willem Schoeman …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 David Kolbe Booyzen Henry James Booyzen c.… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …c.… Cornelia Herculena Petronella Barry …Six of the twelve children were… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst …Dec 1902 record Christiaan Jacobus… Others on the Schoeman side Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman The Schoeman who married into the Barrys — and the reason the 1924 mar Ruben Schoeman Of Barkly Oost. Father of Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman.… Elizabeth Anna Bronkhorst…
Fred J. Barry
…s Booyzen the direct line, argued on the line from a record this ar… Ferdinand Kumm …25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… Fred J.… George Augustus Barry …… Fred J.… George Downing Daschner …s Mountjoy b.… Ellen Sophia Schmi… George Frederick Enslin …Kolbe …Kolbe …Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathle… Ferdinand Kumm …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 Henry James Booyzen c.… Fred J.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …16 Jan 1862 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941 Jacoba Regina Mountjoy b.… Fred J. Barry …er b.… Fred J.… George Augustus Barry …n …Barry …25 Feb 1932 record Y… George Augustus Barry …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 record Johanna Elena Stols b.… George Augustus Barry …direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive h… Fred J.… Geo…
Gabriel Jacobus Lowies
…obus 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.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …achet £21.… Harriet Louisa Barry …12.… Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) …12.… Hendrik Stephanus Nicolaas Booyen …12.… Hendrik Rudolph Ph… Henry James Booyzen …ed 10 July 1910, and named for his father — Gert i… Gert Johannes Roos …nes Mountjoy …Eric Bernard Frachet £21.… George Keys …12.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …o.c.p.… Gert Johannes… Gert Cornelis Olivier …… Gideon Daniel Rudolph Lowies …vid… Gert Johannes Laubeschagne …sa Roos Booyzen married Gert Johannes Laubeschagne record 3 siblings Gert Johannes Roos Matthys Johannes Roos Johannes Sybert Roos t…
George Augustus Barry
…13 Mar 1847 William Barry b. 23 Aug 1853 James Henry Barry 13 Jul 1848 – 23 Jun 1939 George Augustus Barry b.… George Frederick Enslin …Kolbe …Kolbe …Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathle… Ferdinand Kumm …1886 – 29 Jul 1932 Henry James Booyzen c.… Fred J.… George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy …16 Jan 1862 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941 Jacoba Regina Mountjoy b.… Fred J.…
George Downing Daschner
…c. 1915 For his grandfather Willem Hermanus. Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 For his great-uncle Richard Peter Barry of Manorowen. Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 For his uncle Henry James Booyzen. George Downing Daschner born and buried 1925 AND GEORGE DOWNING TOO — buried at Brixton, Johannesburg, the year he was born. A second of the name died in 1998. Six of eleven children.…
George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen
…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 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 — West Park Richard Peter Booyzen c.…
George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy
…14 Jun 1868 record 4 siblings Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 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 Booyzen of Indwe c. 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.…
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.…
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