Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer

…Seven generations up, the male line simply ends. One thing has changed here, and it is worth being precise about how little. Until the 1876 Sterfkennis was read, generation seven existed only because a family tree said so. It now exists because a nineteenth-century clerk wrote "Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen" and "Magdalena de Beer" on his son's death notice. See the line → 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 — AND THAT CLERK IS NOW THE ONLY THING HOLDING THIS ROW UP. De Villiers's printed Cape genealogy of 1893 places this Petrus Jacobus under a father called JAN , and Riël Smit confirms that de Villiers & Pama’s 1981 revision still does .…

…The mother agrees; the father does not. Serious FOUR THINGS NOW POINT ONE WAY AND THE CHART HAS NOT BEEN MOVED. Riël Smit confirms from the 1981 revision — which this archive does not own — that Petrus Jacobus is still placed under Jan. Pieter van Zyl searched for a marriage between a Gerhardus Lodewicus and a Magdalena de Beer AND FOUND NONE. Jan was dead more than forty years before Petrus Jacobus died. And the disputed name sits NINE LINES LOWER ON THE SAME SHEET: line 12 lists eight children and the fifth is JAN GERTHARDUS LODEWIKUS BOOIJSEN — so the name in the parents' box is the back half of a son's name, and the half that was dropped is Jan.…

…Property "no property whatever except a Bond amounting per balance to £15" “89 years, 2 months & 26 days.” An age given to the day, which is what puts her birth at about 20 March 1754 — and which is exactly why this notice is dangerous. 1754 and 1843 are the only two dates this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer , and they came off a family tree with no source. "both dead." 1843 — and the printed question is the same one that is still failing a century later. Question three has now failed seven times in this archive, and this is the earliest and the bluntest. Asked for the names of the parents, the informant wrote down whether they were alive. Where it works → Now the part that needs care.…

…Notice 678 . Countersigned by the veldkornet and by H. S. Booijsen — Hendrik Stefanus, one of the sons listed four lines above his own signature. The form, as completed 1. Naam Petrus Jacobus Booijsen 2. Geboorteplaats Graaffreinet 3. Ouders Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen Magdalena de Beer 4. Ouderdom 88 jaar 5. Beroep Landbouwer 6. Staat Gehuwd — weduwenaar 7. Overleden 1 September 1876 8. Waar Destrikt Rustenburg 9. Testament Neen 10. Goederen Niets nagelaten 11. Boven £25 Niets bekend 12.…

…Read it on The documents → “89 years, 2 months & 26 days.” An age given to the day, which is what puts her birth at about 20 March 1754 — and which is exactly why this notice is dangerous. 1754 and 1843 are the only two dates this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer , and they came off a family tree with no source. Read it on The documents → "both dead." 1843 — and the printed question is the same one that is still failing a century later. Read it on The documents → Form of Information of a Death, Act No. 7 of 1894. Registered 28 October 1903 , entry 74 . Read it on The documents → 5. Race — "Irishman born in Ireland." Read it on The documents → Carpenter.…

…Sophia Daschner (Stoter) — deceased. Read it on The documents → Notice 678 . Countersigned by the veldkornet and by H. S. Booijsen — Hendrik Stefanus, one of the sons listed four lines above his own signature. Read it on The documents → "Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen" — "Magdalena de Beer" Read it on The documents → All eight entered mondig — the eldest was in his sixties. Read it on The documents → Destrikt Rustenburg · Neen · Niets nagelaten · Niets bekend Read it on The documents → 58379 — James John Mountjoy , retired builder, Barkly East. Died 22 December 1937, aged 83 years 6 months . Read it on The documents → 58380 — Maria Louisa Bertha Mountjoy, born Kumm .…

…1764 – 18 Nov 1845 a record read here A tailor of Conduit Street, Mayfair. Four independent documents call him John Gottlob; the family tree calls him Johan Gottlieb, and this archive follows the documents. The Kolbes George Augustus Kolbe 7 Dec 1802 – 1 Dec 1844 John Gottlob Kolbe Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen and Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1 a record read here Named together in line 3 of their son's 1876 Sterfkennis — the oldest document this archive has read. The 1876 Sterfkennis Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 the direct line David Schalk Booijsen and Adriana Christina Viljoen 1 head born b. 12 Dec 1806 a record read here Named together on their daughter's baptism of 13 September 1835.…

…29 Sep 1782 — Magdalena Johanna Booijsen — — Magdalena Johanna Booijsen of Brakfontein — — Magdalena Johanna Francina Booysen 16 Jul 1853 — Magdalena Johanna Vogel — — Magdalena Susanna Maria van den Berg c. Aug 1860 1 May 1920, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 1843 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 1966 Matthys Andries Lowies — — Matthys Johannes Roos — — Matthys Roos — bef.…

…The tree carries a Margaretha Louisa Maria who married Thomas Bedford in 1875; the notice gives her as Margaret Mary, and the archive has not reconciled the two. The Documents The Women The Barrys Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer also written Magdalena de Beer (1876) Documented 1754 1843 Wife of Gerthardus Lodewikus. Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record. That matters because a 1793 Cape will names a different “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”: the pairing was never unique, and now this line’s version of it is documented.…

…Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record. That matters because a 1793 Cape will names a different “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”: the pairing was never unique, and now this line’s version of it is documented. The Line The Documents The Women Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie also written Benadi · Booysen Documented — — His wife, named with him on two baptisms at Rustenburg, in 1889 and 1894. Both entries are index-only.…

…WHAT ENDS IT IS THE BAPTISM ENTRY OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1788 — the register de Villiers compiled his entry from, naming the father in a contemporary hand. It is now the first item on the errands page. Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen generation 7 — see the spine → married Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 record 1 child with Magdelena Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 direct line the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 2 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read.…

…Widow of Charles du Plessis; one daughter, married to Benjamin Solomon; “no property whatever except a Bond amounting per balance to £15”. Line 3 answers “both dead”. She is here because she was born in 1754 and died in 1843 — the only two dates this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, both off the family tree with no source stated — and because somebody will one day find her and decide she is the same woman. She is not. Her name is not Magdelena, not Elisabeth, and not de Beer. Johanna Booyzen c. 20 Mar 1754 – 16 Jun 1843 Booyzen No household in this archive names this person, as a child or as a parent. They are here because a record names them, and that record stands alone.…

…A niece born 1853 carries the name again. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 record Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Booyzen 7 siblings David Schalk Booijsen b.…

…Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record. That matters because a 1793 Cape will names a different “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”: the pairing was never unique, and now this line’s version of it is documented.…

…Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record. That matters because a 1793 Cape will names a different “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”: the pairing was never unique, and now this line’s version of it is documented. Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 Booyzen married Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen record 1 child with Gerthardus Petrus Jacobus Booysen c.…

…678, written 14 September 1876 — is the oldest document about this family that this archive has read, it names his parents, and it lists eight children. Estate: NOTHING. “Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend.” Petrus Jacobus Booysen · c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet – 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg Parents Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen record Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 record Petrus Jacobus Booysen c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 generation 6 — see the spine → married Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. Mar 1825 record married Elizabetha van der Merwe record 8 children with Anna David Schalk Booijsen b.…

…by this archive Magdalena Johanna Botha reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdalena Johanna Vogel reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdalena Susanna Maria van den Berg reconstructed c. Aug 1860 · 1 May 1920, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer reconstructed 1754 · 1843 no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaret Mary Bedford reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld reconstructed 1913 · 2009 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Catharina Magdalena Potgieter reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Francina Cecilia O…

…The catalogue would settle it and is blocked. The attempt → KAB: MOOC 6/9/—: 6167 (1843) Death notice of JOHANNA BOOYZEN , born about 1754, widow of Charles du Plessis, of 28 Roze Street, Cape Town. Read in full. NOT this family , and read precisely because her dates match the only two this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer. Transcribed → KAB: MOOC 6/9/104: 499 (1863) Death notice of JOHANNA CATHARINA BOOYSEN née MONTJOY , d. 19 May 1863 at Zevenfontein, Brak River. Read in full — names her parents, her eight children and her age to the day.…

…The first of them is the oldest document in this archive. Reference Person Died Status Sterfkennis 678 Transvaal, Weeskamer Petrus Jacobus Booijsen — generation six, b. Graaff-Reinet c. 1788 1876 Read Parents named : Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen and Magdalena de Beer. Eight children. Nothing to leave. Transcribed → Sterfkennis 6332 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier — b. district Cradock c. 1823 1891 Read, and she is kin Died Brakfontein , district Rustenburg — the family farm. Parents Ocken Johannes Oliefier and Anna Johanna Botha. The first wife of Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen, with seven children.…

…124 dated events · 1754–2013 Show All 124 The name 4 Life 26 Document 84 Taken back 2 The war 8 1750s 1 c. 20 Mar 1754 The name Johanna Booyzen born “in this Colony” Not this family — and her dates are the two this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, which is why she is on the site at all. Johanna Booyzen 1770s 1 1779 The name The spelling BOOYZEN is already in use at the Cape KAB CJ 2633: 29 — the will of Christina Booyzen. One hundred and twenty years before the war. 1780s 2 c. 1782 Life James Montjoy born, in “Europe” Given as “about 45 years” at his death in 1827. His birthplace is recorded as a continent, not a country.…

…Self Gen 1 Gen 2 Gen 3 Gen 4 Gen 5 Gen 6 Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen's father Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen — – — Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer's parents Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 Petrus Jacobus Booysen 1788 – 1876 Anna Maria van der Merwe, 1785–bef. 1825 Anna Maria van der Merwe c. 1785 – bef. 1825 Petrus Jacobus Booysen 1812 – 1884 James Montjoy's parents James Montjoy c.1782 – 1827 Anna Catharina Sleer 1787 – 1885 Johanna C.…