Jan Jonathan Booijsen
b3c4d5 — the eldest of the three siblings whose marriages braid this family into the Viljoens. Burgher at Graaff-Reinet; MARRIED 28 MAY 1797 to JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA VILJOEN, three months after his sister Magdalena married that woman's brother Hercules Albertus. A BROTHER AND A SISTER MARRIED A SISTER AND A BROTHER IN ONE YEAR. Seven children, and the sixth is JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA, BAPTISED 16 AUGUST 1807 — b3c4d5e6, the code this archive resolved last week to settle a Johannesburg gravestone. She carries her mother's three names entire, and her mother was a Viljoen.
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The record
| Name | Jan Jonathan Booijsen |
| Born | bapt. 11 Jul 1779 |
| Died | — |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
b3c4d5 — the eldest of the three siblings whose marriages braid this family into the Viljoens. Burgher at Graaff-Reinet; MARRIED 28 MAY 1797 to JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA VILJOEN, three months after his sister Magdalena married that woman's brother Hercules Albertus. A BROTHER AND A SISTER MARRIED A SISTER AND A BROTHER IN ONE YEAR. Seven children, and the sixth is JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA, BAPTISED 16 AUGUST 1807 — b3c4d5e6, the code this archive resolved last week to settle a Johannesburg gravestone. She carries her mother's three names entire, and her mother was a Viljoen.
The documents
…1799 · 2 Magdalena, ged. 1801 · 3 Henning Jacobus, ged. 1803 · 4 Anna Cornelia, ged. 1805 · 5 Hercules Albertus, ged. 1807 · 6 Pieter Nicolaas, ged. 1808 · 7 Adriana Christina, gedoopt 19 Augustus 1810 (e) 14 Judith Cornelia Theresia , gedoopt 22 October 1782, gehuwd met Jan Jonathan Booijsen Volume 1 gives the Booijsen side of both marriages, and they are three children of one household — Jan Booijsen and Magdalena de Beer: Code Child Married d5 Jan Jonathan , ged. 11 Juli 1779, burgher at Graaff-Reinet 28 May 1797 — Judith Cornelia Theresia Viljoen d6 Magdalena , ged. 29 September 1782 26 February 1797 — Hercules Albertus Viljoen d7 Petrus Jacobus , ged.…
The Marriages
…1902 Jacoba Catharina Booysen 21 Sep 1857 — Jacobus Nicholas Booysen bef. 1842 1923 Jan Booijsen bapt. 29 Jan 1741 bef. c. 1836 Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booysen 4 Dec 1855 — Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818, district Graaff-Reinet 25 May 1885, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg Jan Jacobus Lowies — — Jan Jonathan Booijsen bapt. 11 Jul 1779 — Jan Lowies — — Johan Abraham Frederik Booyzen — — Johanna Booyzen c. 20 Mar 1754, “this Colony” 16 Jun 1843, 28 Roze Street, Cape Town Johanna Catharina Booysen 15 May 1844, Brak Rivier — Johanna Catharina Booyzen 20 Jun 1889 — Johanna Catharina Booyzen of 1940 1913 1982, REBECCA STREET, Pretoria Johanna Elena Lowies the younger — — Johanna Elena Stols c.…
The forenames
…Who When What they are to the name Judith Cornelia Theresia Viljoen bapt. 22 Oct 1782 She marries in. Sister of the Hercules Albertus Viljoen who married a Booijsen three months earlier the same year. Jan Jonathan Booijsen bapt. 11 Jul 1779 Her husband, married 28 May 1797, and brother of the Petrus Jacobus at the head of this archive's line. Judith Cornelia Theresia Booijsen bapt. 16 Aug 1807 Their sixth child, carrying her mother's three names entire. She is b3c4d5e6 — the code cited on a gravestone at Bezuidenhout Park, Johannesburg, photographed in 1989, which is how she was identified at all.…
The People
…His daughter Magdalena Susanna Maria died on the same farm in 1920, and her death notice names him. He is how this family reaches the western Transvaal. The Documents Sources The Atlas Jan Jonathan Booijsen Documented bapt. 11 Jul 1779 — b3c4d5 — the eldest of the three siblings whose marriages braid this family into the Viljoens. Burgher at Graaff-Reinet; MARRIED 28 MAY 1797 to JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA VILJOEN, three months after his sister Magdalena married that woman's brother Hercules Albertus. A BROTHER AND A SISTER MARRIED A SISTER AND A BROTHER IN ONE YEAR.…
Jan Jonathan Booijsen
…Burgher at Graaff-Reinet; MARRIED 28 MAY 1797 to JUDITH CORNELIA THERESIA VILJOEN, three months after his sister Magdalena married that woman's brother Hercules Albertus. A BROTHER AND A SISTER MARRIED A SISTER AND A BROTHER IN ONE YEAR.…
The Register
…alena Booijsen with: Maria Henderina Du Plesie · Hendrik Du Plesie record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Burgje Magdalena Booijsen with: Maria Henderina Du Plesie · Hendrik Du Plesie record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 C H J Booijsen with: Jan Jonathan Booijsen · A M P Viljoen record ↗ South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991 Caharina Susanna Johanna Booijsen Birth 2 May 1850 | Baptism 18 Aug 1850 Cape Colony, South Africa · with: Johannis Nicolaas Booijsen record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Carel Frederik Booijsen Birth 21 Nov 1872 | Baptism 12 Jan 1873 South A…
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