George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen

…The women are not. Mountjoy (1838). Barry (1879). Kinnear (1940s). Behind the Barrys, Kolbe — a German tailor's family out of Soho who sailed as 1820 Settlers and named a Karoo farm Wurtemburg . Behind the Kolbes, Downing . That is why David Defranceski's great-grandfather, born on a farm in the Eastern Cape in 1901, was christened George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen . Every one of those forenames is a woman's surname. The women → And it is why the tree folds back on itself: in 1924 George married his own first cousin once removed , so his daughter Catherine descends from one Barry–Kolbe couple twice over. The cousin marriage → Corrections are the most valuable thing anyone can send.…

…Hendrik Nicholaas Barry's daughter Dorothea married George Booyzen's brother Henry James — in 1912, twelve years before George married Hendrik's granddaughter. The two families were marrying each other in both directions at once.…

…22 Dec 1879 3 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen S.A.R. & H.; married his first cousin once removed 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — buried West Park 14 Dec Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), m. 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging 2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971), m.…

…Resolved RESOLVED. His 1845 death notice (estate 7698) and his gravestone both give 1 December 1844, and neither his notice nor his widow’s 1867 notice lists a Julia. Reject the child, keep the date. The same two documents also drop KEETOR PETER BENJAMIN KOLBE, whom the tree gives a 1840 birth — he is in neither list. → George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1901–1947) Death dated 21 February 1947, with burial ten months later on 14 December 1947. Resolved RESOLVED by his death notice: he died 11 December 1947 and was buried on the 14th. “21 February” is the date the notice was signed — in 1948. A transcriber merged the two and lost ten months.…

…They are the same woman, and the archive's earlier claim of "two Barry sisters marrying Booysens" is withdrawn . 1947 · George's death notice corrects his own death date Signed by G. Booyzen at Johannesburg on 21 February 1948 under the Administration of Estates Act 1913. Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannesburg. "The day of the decease: On 11th December 1947 " — died at 85 Rheeden St, Forest Hill , Johannesburg. He died on 11 December 1947 — not 21 February 1947. 21 February is the date the notice was signed , and it was signed in 1948 . A transcriber conflated the two and lost ten months.…

…No John August 234 — M to W, then Barsby. Two Richards, 1836 and 1858. No Richard Peter, and no Margaretha at a Death registration of Willem Hermanus Booysen , Indwe, 1905. MyHeritage tree Defranceski Family Marriage of Willem Hermanus Booysen and Catharine Mary Barry, Barkly, 1879. Death Notice of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen , died 11 December 1947 at Forest Hill, Johannes "George Booyzen and Isaak Pretorius In Transkei" — the tree's own caption. Left: George Downing An elderly woman seated in full black between two young people, outside a plastered house. Hypot A young man in a dark uniform tunic and peaked cap .…

…The name 8 children John Barry Booyzen · b. c. 1884 Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Indwe · c. 1886 – 29 Jul 1932 (inferred) David Kolbe Booyzen (the family tree) Henry James Booyzen (the family tree) Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen (the family tree) Johanna Catharina Booyzen · b. 20 Jun 1889 Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen · 22 Apr 1891 – 1946 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 (the direct line) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen & Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius George 1 Jun 1901 – 11 Dec 1947 · Anna 3 Oct 1906 – 1944 On whose word a record read here Married at Vereeniging, 30 December 1924 — a tree nurseryman and a girl of eighteen who were first cousins once removed.…

…But children have to be born somewhere, and the register moves. Year Birthplace Child 1884 Cape Colony John Barry Booyzen 1885 Barkly East Willem Hermanus Booyzen 1891 Barkly East Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 1896 Barkly East David Kolbe Booyzen 1901 South Africa (unspecified) George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1907 Barkley Oos, Kaap Provinsie David Schalk Booyzen — the last Cape birth 1925 South Africa (unspecified) Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 1932 Johannesburg Georgina Jeanette Booyzen — the first recorded Johannesburg birth 1934 Johannesburg Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Inferred The last Cape birth is 1907 ; the first recorded Johannesburg birth is 1932 .…

…BOOYZEN returns 39 in the Cape and 184 across all repositories. One hundred and forty-five documents unseen, including the estate files of nearly everyone in the last three generations. 10 Sep 2026 Found The Johannesburg generation's estates, found Anna Pretorius (1944), George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1947), John Barry Booyzen (1952), Henry James Booyzen (1956) — and Catharina Maria Sophia, the daughter baptised at Barkly Oost in 1891, who married a Daschner and died in 1946. Also two of the eight children on the 1863 death notice, and both sons of the second marriage.…

…Their son had been born four months earlier. Indwe, 1907–1910 → bef. 1921 Indwe Joseph Heinrich Daschner & Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen a record read here The same village where her father had died in 1905. His 1942 notice enters her as “born Booyzen”, with a z, from her own dictation. The 1942 notice → 30 December 1924 Vereeniging George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen & Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius a record read here A tree nurseryman and a girl of eighteen who were first cousins once removed — the Barry line closing on itself sixty-five years after it left. The cousin marriage → 15 January 1949 St Joseph's, Mayfair Nuno Fernando Lerena & Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen a record read here Where this archive stops and the Lerena one begins.…

…Awaiting a reply. National Archives, Pretoria — sent 13 Sep 2026 Six Transvaal estate files, and a queue that has stopped being a screen problem. The films that carry them refuse to serve images: film 007830063 and every film after it in the collection returns 403, and those are exactly the ones running to 1946 and later. MHG 1095/48 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen, d. 1947 MHG 3734/46 Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner, born Booyzen — should name her parents MHG 769/52 John Barry Booyzen, who signed the 1905 form MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen, b.…

…The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one. The Line Johannesburg Method David Kolbe Booyzen Documented 6 mentions — — Carries the Kolbe name three generations after the 1820 Settler. The Name Johannesburg George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen · generation 3 Documented 18 mentions 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill Buried West Park three days later. Boomkweker, then Clerk, South African Railways. Married his first cousin once removed. The Line The Cousin Marriage Johannesburg Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen Documented 4 mentions 15 May 1910 — Youngest on his mother's 1943 notice.…

…e Downing M Booyzen Burial 14 Dec 1947 West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Birth 1901 record ↗ South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 George Downing Mountjay Booyzen Birth 1901 | Death 11 Dec 1947 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen with: Gertrude Booyzen · George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen with: Gertrude Booyzen · George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen Death Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supr…

…FamilySearch · Transvaal estate films reading the nine located estates, one film at a time · searched 10 Sep 2026 · where it is used → Query Result TAB MHG 2945/44 — Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen, born Pretorius Read in full Found Indexed under her husband George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen as “Spouse”, which is why it was first mistaken for his estate. Sterfkennis, both parents named with a street address, six children with birth dates, all minors. One correction to the archive. TAB MHG 1095/48, 5155/51, 769/52, 10/57, 3734/46, 52653, O/2899 Located, not yet read Partly Seven of the nine still to open. References banked on the Sources page so this resumes rather than restarts.…

…1850, Potchefstroom Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court 3:1:3Q9M-CSQH-LS9Z-9 George Booyzen & Anna Pretorius — marriage 1924, Vereeniging Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-C91V-TQKX-F Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius — death 1944, Forest Hill Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-CS9R-Y9LN-M George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen — death 1947 Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-CS34-696T-M George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen — burial 1947, West Park Randburg, Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3QHK-93PY-2FS2 Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen — death 1946, 85 Rheeden St Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-59Q2-1 Catherine Booyzen & Nuno Lerena — marriage 1949, St Joseph's Mayfair Johannesburg, Transvaal,…

…— Five days later, her son 24 May 1891 — Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen baptised 9 May 1891 — The first wife dies at Brakfontein, and the archive misreads her twice 14 Apr 1892 — Two widows of Graaff-Reinet marry at Zeerust 26 Apr 1898 — Richard Pieter Kolbe Barry baptised at Barkly West Oct 1899 — The Anglo-Boer War begins 1 Jun 1901 — George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen born July 1901 — A wedding in a rebel's house June 1901 — Two men of this district are tried as Cape Rebels 18 Dec 1902 — Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk dies at Dordrecht 6 Feb 1902 — Charlotta Dormehl dies at Driefontein, and her notice ends an argument 25 Aug 1903 — John Barry dies at Manorowen — “Irishman born in Ireland” 13 Sep 1905 — The name changes on one sheet of paper 3…

…SELF GEN 1 GEN 2 GEN 3 GEN 4 GEN 5 GEN 6 Catherine Mary Sophia Booy… 1929 – 2013 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen · 1929 – 2013 George Downing M.…

…Occupation: Needle Woman. Died at Mayfair, Johannesburg. Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius 1906–1944 Afrikaner — and a Barry granddaughter m. 30 Dec 1924, Vereeniging. Six children. Died at 37 of a ruptured extra-uterine pregnancy. Born 1906, not 1905 as the tree has it. Gertruida Alexandra Kinnear / Kinnier — Scottish second wife of George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen. Two daughters, both named Gertrude Elizabeth, both died as infants. A Cape Dutch male line that married British women in three successive generations — Mountjoy in 1838, Barry in 1879, Kinnear in the 1940s — is not a coincidence of the district. It is the whole character of the family.…