Maria Sophia Botha

…Two documents by one man in one year, and he cannot place his own parents' wedding on either. Eight Mountjoy children, the Keys question closed, and four honest noes · Found George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha married at Cradock in 1848 and had THIRTEEN children; this archive could name ONE. The baptism registers name eight, and the places track the family across the border — Graaff-Reinet 1858, Burgersdorp 1860, Smithfield in the Orange Free State 1862 and 1864.…

…Read 13 September 2026. 1852–1871 · Eight of the thirteen Mountjoy children, and the Keys question answered This archive has known since the marriage certificate turned up that George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha , married at Cradock on 20 August 1848, had thirteen children — and it could name one . The Dutch Reformed baptism registers name eight, and one of the eight settles an open question.…

…A zinc building in Market Street 7 children Petrus Jacobus Booijzen of Pretoria · b. 29 May 1873 Johanna Margaretha Delport Magdalena Johanna Vogel Rachel Margaretha Williamse Anna Susanna Booijzen Elizabeth Margarietha Booijzen · d. a minor David Schalk Booijzen the younger · b. c. 1889 George Mountjoy & Maria Sophia Botha George b. 11 Jun 1823 · Maria 1827 – 1911 On whose word a record read here Married at Cradock, 20 August 1848, certificate 735. THIRTEEN children, of whom this archive could name one until the Dutch Reformed baptism registers were read. Seven more are here, and the places track the family across the Cape–Free State border: Graaff-Reinet in 1858, Burgersdorp in 1860, Smithfield in 1862 and 1864.…

…The women → 4 November 1838 Cradock Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Johanna Catharina Mountjoy a record read here THE JUNCTION. Booysen meets Mountjoy, and the two surnames that carry this archive are joined. He signed her death notice twenty-five years later. The 1863 notice → 20 August 1848 Cradock George Mountjoy & Maria Sophia Botha a record read here Certificate 735. Thirteen children — and their forenames run out through three more surnames. The namesakes → 1850 Cape Colony John Augustus Barry I & Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe a record read here An Irish carpenter and a Settler's daughter. Both their death notices survive, filed on the same day in 1915, and the two disagree about when he died.…

…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. 1823, Cradock), saddle maker , married Maria Sophia Botha at Cradock in 1848 and had thirteen children. Hercules Johannes (the father at the 1889 font) and James/Jakobus Jonathan (the witness, who died at Barkly East in 1937) are two of his sons. The child baptised that day, George Mountjoy (1889–1963) , was a second cousin of the Booyzen daughter baptised in the same register three weeks earlier.…

…The Documents The Women Jeannie Maria Catharina Botha Documented 56 mentions — — Richard Pieter Barry's wife, named on their son's 1898 baptism at Barkly West. The Documents The Women Magdalena Johanna Botha Documented 34 mentions — — Ruben Schoeman's wife. The Documents The Women Maria Sophia Botha Documented 106 mentions 1827 1911 George Mountjoy's wife. Most likely the “Maria Sophia Mountjoy” standing witness at the 1889 font, aged 62. The Women The Documents Philip Rudolph Botha Documented 35 mentions — — Named in line 3 of the 1902 notice as the father of Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta Botha, of the district of Cradock.…

…tters.… …Sterfkennis 6361: landbouwer, ongehuwd, movables only and not above £… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …as NOT KNOWN — the oldest document here, and the top of this line. The Documents Home Open Questions Anna Catharina Mountjoy Documented 85 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 51 mentions — — Named as her daughter's mother on the 1891 Sterfkennis.… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …She is not the Anna Catharina Grobelaar of the 1908 notice — the forenames do not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the same woman.… A…

…o not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the same woman.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …father's 1940 estate — and… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …line. The Documents Home Open Questions Anna Catharina Mountjoy Documented 74 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 50… Adriana Christina Viljoen …he Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna Catharina Booysen Documented 102 mentions 21 Sep 1842 bef.… Anna Catharina Botha …The 1940 estate Namesakes Anna Catha… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the forenames do not agree — and this arch…

…Booysen · b.… Everyon… Anna Catharina Botha …Olivier Documented 50 mentions — — N… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …d whether they are the same woman.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …father's 1940 estate — and… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …ocumented 62 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 55… Adriana Christina Viljoen …he Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna… Albert Alfred Daschner …ct 1906 1944 His wife, married 30 Dec 1924 at Vereeniging aged eighteen, with parental consent.… Anna Catharina Booysen …4 Dec 1855 Jacoba Catharina Booyse… Anna C…

…forenames do not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the same woman.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …father's 1940 estate — and a name that matters.… …Sterfkennis 6361: landb… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …tjoy Documented 74 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 50… Adriana Christina Viljoen …he Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna Catharina Booysen Documented 102 mentions 21 Sep 1842 bef.… Anna Catharina Botha …The 1940 estate Namesakes Anna Catha… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the forenames do not agree — and this arch…

…nes Stephanus Olivier record Anna Catharina Botha record Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Booyzen married Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 record 7 children with Hendrik Petrus Jacobus Booysen of Rustenburg 20 Apr 1851 – bef.… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …dest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 50… Adriana Christina Viljoen …he Rustenburg register Namesakes Anna Catharina Booysen Documented 102 mentions 21 Sep 1842 bef.… Anna Catharina Botha …The 1940 estate Namesakes Anna Catha… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the forenames do not agree — and this arch…

…le by sixty-eight years.… Albert Alfre… Anna Catharina Botha …g register Namesakes Anna Catharina… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the forenames do not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …mented 85 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificate says they had.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …tten Olivier Documented 51 mentions — — Named as her daughter's mother on the 1891 Sterfkennis.… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …She is not the Anna Catharina Grobelaar of the 1908 notice — the forenames do not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the same woman.… A…

…a Catharina Johanna Olivier …25 Jul 1820 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier 10 Sep 1824 – 9 May 1891 Ockert Johannes Stephanus Olivier the younger b.… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …The Documents Home Open Questions Anna Catharina Mountjoy Documented 76 mentions 5 Aug 1852, baptised 11 Jan 1854 — Eldest of the eight children of George Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Botha this archive can name, out of the thirteen their marriage certificat… Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen …sen …as her daughter's mother on the 18… Anna Catharina Botha …Olivier Documented 53 mentions — — Named as her daughter's mother on the 1891 Sterfkennis.… Adriana Christina Viljoen …s baptism.… Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen …This archive had John Augu… Andrie… Anna Catharina Grobelaar …e has not…

…Parents George Mountjoy b. 11 Jun 1823 record Maria Sophia Botha 1827 – 1911 record Anna Catharina Mountjoy b. 5 Aug 1852 Mountjoy 6 siblings Maria Elizabeth Mountjoy b. 12 Jun 1858 Johanna Catharina Mountjoy of Burgersdorp b. 28 Jan 1860 George Herkules Johannes Mountjoy b.…

…Married James Montjoy 9 Mar 1817 at Graaff-Reinet, having first been the widow of William Pietersen.…

…A zinc building in Market Street 7 children Petrus Jacobus Booijzen of Pretoria · b. 29 May 1873 Johanna Margaretha Delport Magdalena Johanna Vogel Rachel Margaretha Williamse Anna Susanna Booijzen Elizabeth Margarietha Booijzen · d. a minor David Schalk Booijzen the younger · b. c. 1889 George Mountjoy & Maria Sophia Botha George b. 11 Jun 1823 · Maria 1827 – 1911 On whose word a record read here Married at Cradock, 20 August 1848, certificate 735. THIRTEEN children, of whom this archive could name one until the Dutch Reformed baptism registers were read.… Everyone …He is how this family reaches the western Transvaal.…

…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. The notice enters her as marr 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. 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.…