James Mountjoy

…That is the address published almost everywhere for the Documentation Centre. The enquiry did reach archive@dod.mil.za, which has not replied. “Sent” and “delivered” are not the same word and this archive used the wrong one. Three documents identified that may break the oldest wall · Found James Mountjoy's wills of 1818 and 1827, joint with Anna Catharina Slier, and an 1834 Colonial Office memorial from his widow. None digitised. A request went to the Western Cape Archives on 10 September 2026 — and unlike the last letter, delivery was checked.…

…Auto-linking injected HTML anchors into an SVG and silently erased half the names in it. It did not look broken; it looked plausible. → The archive's own working 9 Sep 2026 “MOUNTJOY returned 42 documents, all read” All twenty-two dated 1930 or later were read. The twenty before 1930 were not, and they held James Mountjoy's wills of 1818 and 1827 and an 1834 Colonial Office memorial. A filter applied for convenience was written up as the whole search. → A part searched, reported as the whole 10 Sep 2026 “The SANDF enquiry was sent” It was sent, and one of the two addresses bounced at the server. Sent and delivered are not the same word and this archive used the wrong one.…

…Johanna Catharina was eight — her own 1863 death notice puts her birth at 30 April 1819. Jacoba was seven, George four, James one. And Thomas Jacobus , born 1818, is not on the list — which independently supports the correction that he died in 1827 rather than in infancy in 1818. A correction the tree needs Our tree records James Mountjoy as born and died in 1826 . He is listed here alive, as a minor , at his father's death in September 1827. The infant-death date is wrong. Where the line now ends, and why it is a real end. James Montjoy, a saddler born in "Europe" about 1782, who owned a house and erf at Cradock worth £90 and died there in September 1827 leaving four children under nine.…

…The 1817 marriage register 5 children Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy · 1818 – 1827 Johanna Catharina Mountjoy · 30 Apr 1819 – 19 May 1863 (the direct line) Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy · 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy · b. 11 Jun 1823 James Mountjoy · b. 1826 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry & Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman On whose word a record read here The second Barry–Schoeman link, and part of why the 1924 marriage was between cousins. Four of their children are in the baptism registers at Dordrecht, Slang River and Barkly West between 1888 and 1900, and he signed his eldest daughter's death registration in 1912 as “Father present when died”.…

…Western Cape Archives — sent 10 Sep 2026 Three documents have been identified that are the likeliest in existence to break this archive's oldest wall, and none is digitised: MOOC 7/1/104: 42 James Mountjoy's will, 1818 — joint with Anna Catharina Slier, made a year after their marriage MOOC 7/1/104: 43 the same pair again, 1827 , the year he died CO 3972: 17 a Colonial Office memorial, 1834 — "the widow of J Mountjoy, requesting remission of a fine". A petition in her own voice.…

…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 Documents Open Questions Sources James Mountjoy Documented 90 mentions 1826 — Listed alive, a minor, at his father's death in Sept 1827 — so the tree's “1826–1826” infant death is wrong. The Documents Jan Dirk Abraham Francois Mountjoy Inferred 35 mentions 3 Sep 1891 — Baptised at Barkly Oost, 8 November 1891, and named for his mother's father Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk of Dordrecht. FROM THE INDEX; the register page has not been read.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782 – Sep 1827 record 1 child with Willem Willem Hermanus Pieterzen d. bef. 1817 record 5 children with James Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 record Johanna Catharina Mountjoy 30 Apr 1819 – 19 May 1863 direct line Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 record George Mountjoy b. 11 Jun 1823 record James Mountjoy b. 1826 record the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 8 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. Her first husband. The 1817 marriage register calls her “widow of Harmanus Pieterze”; the 1840 death notice calls him “William Pietersen”.…

…11 Jun 1823 James Mountjoy · b. 1826 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry & Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman On whose word a record read here The second Barry–Schoeman link, and part of why the 1924 marriage was between cousins.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Eldest, and named for her mother entire.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c. Jul 1844, district Cradock – 18 Dec 1902, Dordrecht Cornelius van Niekerk Second on the 1902 list.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…

…1782, “Europe” – Sep 1827, Cradock Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Willem Hermanus Pieterzen — – bef. 1817 Thomas Jacobus Mountjoy 1818 – 1827 Jacoba Catharina Mountjoy 1820 – 1842 George Mountjoy 11 Jun 1823, Cradock – — James Mountjoy 1826 – — Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 Hercules Johannes Mountjoy 16 Jul 1866 – 12 May 1941, Wodehouse Maria Sophia van Niekerk 1868 – 1961 Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha c.…