Maria Magdalena Buis
NOT ONE OF THE TEN, AND SHE TURNED UP ANYWAY — AND SHE MARRIED AT BARKLY OOST. Her Sterfkennis, in Afrikaans, is image 469 of 916 in the Transvaal probate volume for 1931. Born at BARKLY OOST, KAAP KOLONIE; a HUISVROU; married to GEORGE MOUNTJOY, and the place of the marriage is given as BARKLY OOST too; dead on the Witwatersrand in the district of Krugersdorp at thirty-eight. HER PARENTS ARE NAMED, WHICH IS RARE IN THIS SURNAME: Vader JACOB STEFANUS BUIS, overlede; Moeder MARIA ELIZABETH DOROTHEA BUIS, geb. COETZEE, overlede. They are hers, not the Mountjoys’. FOUR MINOR CHILDREN, with exact birth dates: Maria Elizabeth, 1 December 1914; Maria Sophia, 11 August 1916; Carolina Isabella Margrieta Elizabeth Aletta, 31 August 1920; Herculaas Johannes, 18 March 1924. Named and not made into people. THE FORENAMES ARE THIS FAMILY’S AND THE TOWN IS THIS FAMILY’S, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY NOTHING IS CLAIMED. Carolina Isabella Margrieta Elizabeth Aletta and Herculaas Johannes are both names this archive already carries for OTHER children in OTHER years — 1896, 1901, 1904 — and a repeated forename in a family that repeats forenames is the weakest evidence there is. Which George Mountjoy she married is not stated on her form, and this archive holds more than one.
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The record
| Name | Maria Magdalena Buis |
| Also written | Maria Magdalena Mountjoy, geb. Buis |
| Born | c. 1893, Barkly Oost |
| Died | 20 Jan 1931, Witwatersrand, district Krugersdorp — aged 38 |
| Line | Mountjoy |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
NOT ONE OF THE TEN, AND SHE TURNED UP ANYWAY — AND SHE MARRIED AT BARKLY OOST. Her Sterfkennis, in Afrikaans, is image 469 of 916 in the Transvaal probate volume for 1931. Born at BARKLY OOST, KAAP KOLONIE; a HUISVROU; married to GEORGE MOUNTJOY, and the place of the marriage is given as BARKLY OOST too; dead on the Witwatersrand in the district of Krugersdorp at thirty-eight. HER PARENTS ARE NAMED, WHICH IS RARE IN THIS SURNAME: Vader JACOB STEFANUS BUIS, overlede; Moeder MARIA ELIZABETH DOROTHEA BUIS, geb. COETZEE, overlede. They are hers, not the Mountjoys’. FOUR MINOR CHILDREN, with exact birth dates: Maria Elizabeth, 1 December 1914; Maria Sophia, 11 August 1916; Carolina Isabella Margrieta Elizabeth Aletta, 31 August 1920; Herculaas Johannes, 18 March 1924. Named and not made into people. THE FORENAMES ARE THIS FAMILY’S AND THE TOWN IS THIS FAMILY’S, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY NOTHING IS CLAIMED. Carolina Isabella Margrieta Elizabeth Aletta and Herculaas Johannes are both names this archive already carries for OTHER children in OTHER years — 1896, 1901, 1904 — and a repeated forename in a family that repeats forenames is the weakest evidence there is. Which George Mountjoy she married is not stated on her form, and this archive holds more than one.
The Marriages
…Oct 1860, Cape Province 3 Jul 1934, Barkly East Maria Magdalena Buis c.…
The People
…He would have been about forty. NOTHING IS KNOWN OF HIM AFTER 1898, and whether he was alive in 1938 is the open question, not a claim. The Documents Open questions Maria Magdalena Buis also written Maria Magdalena Mountjoy, geb. Buis Documented c. 1893, Barkly Oost 20 Jan 1931, Witwatersrand, district Krugersdorp — aged 38 NOT ONE OF THE TEN, AND SHE TURNED UP ANYWAY — AND SHE MARRIED AT BARKLY OOST. Her Sterfkennis, in Afrikaans, is image 469 of 916 in the Transvaal probate volume for 1931.…
Maria Magdalena Buis
…Her Sterfkennis, in Afrikaans, is image 469 of 916 in the Transvaal probate volume for 1931. Born at BARKLY OOST, KAAP KOLONIE; a HUISVROU; married to GEORGE MOUNTJOY, and the place of the marriage is given as BARKLY OOST too; dead on the Witwatersrand in the district of Krugersdorp at thirty-eight.…
The Register
…onstructed 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 Olivier reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Magdalena Buis reconstructed c. 1893, Barkly Oost · 20 Jan 1931, Witwatersrand, district Krugersdorp — aged 38 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia Botha reconstructed 1827 · 1911 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia Diesel reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia van Niekerk reconstructed 1868 · 1961 no public link reconstructed by this…
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