James Jonathan Mountjoy
Witness at the 1889 font. A RETIRED BUILDER, married at Dordrecht, of a dwelling house at Barkly East. His estate — KAB MOOC 6/9/5047 ref 58379 — has now been read to the last shilling: £664 in the Post Office Savings Bank, a house on Lot 380 let at £2 10s a month, £400 out on note at six per cent. His death notice says he left a joint will; his executors’ account says he died intestate. Ten children and two grandchildren took £21. 4. 5. each.
The record
| Name | James Jonathan Mountjoy |
| Also written | James John · Jakobus Jonathan |
| Born | c. Jun 1854, Cape Province |
| Died | 22 Dec 1937, Barkly East |
| Line | Mountjoy |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
Witness at the 1889 font. A RETIRED BUILDER, married at Dordrecht, of a dwelling house at Barkly East. His estate — KAB MOOC 6/9/5047 ref 58379 — has now been read to the last shilling: £664 in the Post Office Savings Bank, a house on Lot 380 let at £2 10s a month, £400 out on note at six per cent. His death notice says he left a joint will; his executors’ account says he died intestate. Ten children and two grandchildren took £21. 4. 5. each.
Where the archive puts James
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
The documents
…The Kolbes → And on the facing page, entirely by accident 6 October 1889: George , geb. 21 Juli 1889; Ouders Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk; among the witnesses Jakobus Jonathan Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Mountjoy . Mountjoys, alive and baptising at Barkly Oost in 1889. This line descends from Johanna Catharina Mountjoy (1819–1863), and the archive had her family as little more than a surname and a father who died in 1827.…
The households
…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. 15 Jul 1935 James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm James c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 · Maria c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 On whose word a record read here Married in community of property at Dordrecht. Their two death notices were written on the same afternoon in February 1938, hers three and a half years late.…
The Kolbes
…The lie may have been written for them. Either way it was on the paper. The marriage allegation → Settler roll: 1820settlers.com, Owen's party, accessed 10 September 2026 — the same database whose citation for James Jonathan Mountjoy this archive found to be wrong, so it is used here for what it is: a compiled transcript, corroborating dates the tree already carried, and adding one occupation. The children are a missionary's itinerary Not a settler farm but a circuit — and two of the stops are London Missionary Society stations north of the Orange River.…
The marriages
…The name → 8 October 1888 Dordrecht Hercules Johannes Mountjoy & Maria Sophia van Niekerk a record read here Twenty-two and twenty. Five of their eight children are named for a parent or a grandparent, and one dead daughter's name was given again four years later. 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.…
The namesakes
…Who When What they are to the name William Henry Keys b. 1854 Married a Johanna Catharina Mountjoy. Their children were baptised at Dordrecht, Burgersdorp and Barkly East between 1878 and 1897. James Jonathan Keys b. 18 Nov 1883 Baptised at Dordrecht — and named for James Jonathan Mountjoy, the retired builder of Barkly East. Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys b. 9 Feb 1897 Named for Herklaas — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy. Maria Annie Sophia Keys b. 21 Nov 1889 Maria Sophia, which is both a Mountjoy and a van Niekerk name. Richard Pieter Kolbe Barry b. 1899 And on the other side of the family, a Barry carrying the rebel's forename and the Settler's surname in one.…
Open questions
…Also: who took it, and where. § 16 · High priority Who are the Mountjoys of Barkly Oost? — ANSWERED Found by accident, on the page opposite a Booyzen baptism: the Doop Register, Barkly Oost, 6 October 1889 records Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk baptising a son, with Jakobus Jonathan Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Mountjoy among the witnesses. This line descends from Johanna Catharina Mountjoy (1819–1863), of whom the archive has little more than a surname and a father who died in 1827. Here are three named Mountjoys in the right district, twenty-six years after her death. Answered They are the descendants of Johanna Catharina Mountjoy's brother. George Mountjoy (b.…
Everyone
…The thirteen Mountjoy children Namesakes Herklaas Edward Johannes Keys Inferred 58 mentions 9 Feb 1897 — Barkly West, and named for Herklaas — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy. FROM THE INDEX. The Namesakes The Register James Jonathan Keys Inferred 53 mentions 18 Nov 1883 — Baptised at Dordrecht, 2 December 1883, and named for James Jonathan Mountjoy. FROM THE INDEX. The Namesakes The Register Lancelott Byron Keys Documented 48 mentions 29 Jan 1888, baptised 4 Mar 1888 at Dordrecht — The second Byron. LANCELOTT and BYRON in one name, in a Dordrecht font, in 1888. The thirteen Mountjoy children The Register Rachel Anna Maria Keys Documented 52 mentions 5 May 1895, baptised 14 Jul 1895 at Barkly East — The only daughter among the eight.…
…The Women Jacoba Regina Mountjoy Documented 45 mentions 14 Jun 1868, baptised 15 Aug 1868 — Named for her aunt Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy, who married David Schalk van der Merwe at Cradock in 1838 and died in 1842. The thirteen Mountjoy children Namesakes James Jonathan Mountjoy also written James John · Jakobus Jonathan Documented 78 mentions c. Jun 1854, Cape Province 22 Dec 1937, Barkly East Witness at the 1889 font. A RETIRED BUILDER, married at Dordrecht, of a dwelling house at Barkly East. His estate — KAB MOOC 6/9/5047 ref 58379 — has now been read to the last shilling: £664 in the Post Office Savings Bank, a house on Lot 380 let at £2 10s a month, £400 out on note at six per cent.…
Albert Alfred 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. 15 Jul 1935 James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm James c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 · Maria c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 On whose word a record read here Married in community of property at Dordrecht.… Everyone …The Documents The Name The Namesakes Open Questions Isabella Fredrika Coetzee Documented 42 mentions — bef. 1930 Her mother, and her namesake entire.…
Annie Louisa Nepgen
…Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 record Annie Louisa Nepgen Mountjoy 9 siblings George Mountjoy of Barkly East Maria Sophia Diesel Ellen Sophia Schmidt Charles Mountjoy James John Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Emma Jane Mountjoy Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.…
Charles Mountjoy
…Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 record Charles Mountjoy Mountjoy 9 siblings George Mountjoy of Barkly East Maria Sophia Diesel Annie Louisa Nepgen Ellen Sophia Schmidt James John Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Emma Jane Mountjoy Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.…
Edith Dorothy 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. 15 Jul 1935 James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm James c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 · Maria c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 On whose word a record read here Married in community of property at Dordrecht.… Everyone …The Documents Albert Alfred Daschner Documented 97 mentions 3 Mar 1927 — A minor in 1942.…
Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen
…ecord Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …Under the reading this archive published instead, he is called after a great-uncle.… Elesabettha Maria C… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Em… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …a Myburgh …zabeth Anna Bronkhorst …eman …— the mo All 275 people →… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …a Booysen b.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Three Elizabetha Marg… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petrus Barend Lowies · c.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies …Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Th…
Elisabetha Maria Lubbe
…r… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …Booysen b.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …The Documents Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy Documented 76 mentions 10 Jun 1864, baptised at Smithfield — Baptised 17 July 1864 at Smithfield, Orange Free State. Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Emma Jane Mountjoy …11 Jun 1923 the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 12 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …d Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …20 Jan 19… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …zabetha Maria Lowies …El…
Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh
…2 record Yvonne Muriel Daschner b.… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …Under the reading this archive published instead, he is called after a great-uncle.… Elesabettha Maria C… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Emma Jane Mountjoy Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Fra… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …en …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c.… Charlotte Kolbe …The thirteen Mountjoy children The Women Emma Jane Mountjoy Documented 79 mentions — — Major daughter, entered on the distribution account as “spinster”.… Amelia A.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …& Elisabetha Maria Lubbe On whose… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …zabeth Magrieta Booyzen …a Booysen b.… Elesabettha Maria Cor…
Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen
…Elizabetha Maria Lowies …c.… Elizabetha Margareth… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …tten in a record this archive has read.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …mention, page by page The households …23 Oct 1927 Jan Lowies & Elisabetha Maria Lubbe On… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …a Myburgh …zabeth Anna Bronkhorst …eman …— the mo All 275 people →… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …a Booysen b.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Three Elizabetha Marg… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petrus Barend Lowies · c.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies …Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Th…
Elizabetha Margaretha Marais the elder
…a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 13 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.… Elizabetha Margaretha Marais the elder …aretha Marais the elder …re… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Evert Philip Boshoff …16 Jun 1889 Booyzen married Stephanus Francois Booyzen c.… David Kolbe Booyzen …The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one.… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …A zinc building in Market Street… Ferdinand Kumm …c.… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …Oct 1874 – 14 May 1940 record Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff b.… Ferdinand Kumm …25 Feb 1932 record Yvonne Muri…
Elizabetha Maria Lowies
…… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Three Elizabetha Marg… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petrus Barend Lowies · c.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies …Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Three El… Ellen Sophia Schm… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …je appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Emma Jane Mountjoy …a Myburgh …n Lowies record Elisabet… David S… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …The Women Ewert P… Elisabetta Johanna Sophia Myburgh …an …— the mo All 275 people →… Elizabeth Magrieta Booyzen …a Booysen b.… Elesabettha Maria Cornelya Booijsen …Three Elizabetha Marg… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Estate 7081 1 child Charles Petrus Barend Lowies · c.… Elizabetha Maria Lowies …Elesabetth…
Ellen Sophia Schmidt
…Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 record Ellen Sophia Schmidt Mountjoy 9 siblings George Mountjoy of Barkly East Maria Sophia Diesel Annie Louisa Nepgen Charles Mountjoy James John Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Emma Jane Mountjoy Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.…
Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy
…The Documents Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy Documented 81 mentions 10 Jun 1864, baptised at Smithfield — Baptised 17 July 1864 at Smithfield, Orange Free State. Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.…
Emma Jane Mountjoy
…Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c. Jun 1854 – 22 Dec 1937 record Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm c. Oct 1860 – 3 Jul 1934 record Emma Jane Mountjoy Mountjoy 9 siblings George Mountjoy of Barkly East Maria Sophia Diesel Annie Louisa Nepgen Ellen Sophia Schmidt Charles Mountjoy James John Mountjoy the younger 30 May 1895 – 20 Jul 1948 Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter Lena Millie Frachet Louisa Elizabeth Diesel d.…
Evert Philip Boshoff
…rika Aletta Meyer record Beatrix Magdalena Catharina Boshoff b.… Elisabetha Maria Lubbe …Mountjoy …The Documents Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy Documented 80 mentions 10 Jun 1864, baptised at Smithfield — Baptised 17 July 1864 at Smithfield, Orange Free State. Elsje appears nowhere else in this archive.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Emma Jane Mountjoy …tte Kolbe …Three Elizabetha Margaretha… Evert Philip Boshoff …emina Levina Buitendag …Step-child of David Schalk Booysen, who married their widowed mother a m… David Schalk Booyzen of 1940 …Merwe …— The second wife of… David Schalk van der Merwe …1788), and a name this archive did not have until her son’s 1908 death notice was read.… Diederik Arnoldus Booysen …1908 On whos…
Ferdinand Kumm
…nand Kumm …1804 record… Marian Kolbe …bef.… George Downing Daschner …ationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.… George Downing Daschner …The Documents George Downing… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …FROM THE INDEX, which mangles the place to “Barkly, Queensland, Australia” — it is Barkly East.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …arend Lowies c.… Ferdinand Kumm …tity unproven; the district is not.… Frederick Fortunatus Barry …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…
Fritz Johannes Mountjoy
…The Documents The Women Fritz Johannes Mountjoy Inferred 73 mentions 5 Oct 1893 — Baptised 5 August 1894. FROM THE INDEX, which mangles the place to “Barkly, Queensland, Australia” — it is Barkly East.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.…
Gabriel Jacobus Lowies
…se word a record read here Named as hi… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …Francois Booyzen c.… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …Parents Stephanus Francois Booyzen c.… Fred J.… Fritz Johannes Mountjoy …The Documents The Women Fritz Joh… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …ria Lowies …… Evert Philip Boshoff …Nov 1901… Ellen Sophia Schmidt …rika Mountjoy …pgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Emma Jane Mountjoy ……us Barend Lowies …Born in t… Coenrad… Evert Philip Boshoff …irk Jacobus Pre… Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe …Barry …Relationship to this family unproven; the middle initial does not match Frederick… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …oyzen …Parents Stephanus Francois… Ferdinand Kumm …ik Fortunatus Kolbe …Barry …FROM THE INDEX.… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …25 Feb 1932 record Yvo…
George Augustus Barry
……The Documents George Downing Daschner Inferred 63 mentions c.… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …Johannes Mountjoy …The Documents The Women Fritz Johannes Mountjoy Inferred 73 mentions 5 Oct 1893 — Baptised 5 August 1894. FROM THE INDEX, which mangles the place to “Barkly, Queensland, Australia” — it is Barkly East.… Annie Louisa Nepgen …Parents James Jonathan Mountjoy c.… Gabriel Jacobus Lowies …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 record Johan… George Augustus Barry …Oct 1848 – 5 Jun 1905 record Johanna Elena Stols b.… George Augustus Barry …Augustus Barry …direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive h… Fred J.… Elsje Petronella Frederika Mountjoy …Parents Charles Petrus Barend Lowies c.… Ewert Philippus Booyzen …y …The Documents The Women Fritz Johannes Moun…
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