Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen
The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.
The record
| Name | Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen |
| Also written | Gert Jacobus Booyzen |
| Born | 19 Jan 1870 |
| Died | — |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.
The documents
…The form, as completed 1. Name Petrus Jacobus Booysen, Senior 2. Birth-place Graaff Reinet District 3. Parents Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known 4. Age 72 years 5. Condition in life Farmer 6. Married or unmarried Married 7. Day of decease 30 March 1884 8. At what house Zevenfontein, District Middelburg 9. Children Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 10. Property Moveables only, such as wearing apparel &c Age 72 in 1884 puts his birth at about 1812, which matches the register exactly. Zevenfontein is the farm where his first wife had died twenty-one years before. It happens a third time " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it.…
…Stamped No. 84992 · 12 April 1943 . Signed G. J. Booyzen — "Survivor, Present at death". The form, as completed 1. Name Isabella Fredrika Booyzen (born Coetzee) 2. Birthplace Middelburg · European 3. Parents Pieter Coetzee , deceased Isabella Fredrika Coetzee , deceased 4. Age 55 years 11 months — born about May 1874 7a. Husband Gert Jacobus Booyzen , in community of property 7c. Married at Middelburg, Cape 8. Died 31 March 1930 9. Where Church Street, Middelburg 10. Children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis · Pieter Jacobus Booyzen (deceased) · Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen — all majors "31st March 1930." The form is dated 1 April 1943 . A correction This archive had her dying in 1943. She died on 31 March 1930 .…
The plates
…Not Known. 1840, line 5 — Saddler 1840, line 6 — "Married to Catharina Sl[i/e]er, widow of William Pietersen" Line 7: September 1827 . Line 9: James · George · Johanna · Jacoba , all minors. " Petrus Jacobus Booÿsen — mother's name, not known " — and the informant underlined it. The only child entered: Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen, geboren 19 Januarij 1870 . " Moveables only. Such as wearing apparel &c. " The entry, with a pencil cross beside it: "James Montjoy — Met · Anna Catharina Slier, weduwe va 1840: "widow of William Pietersen " Entry 120 , gedoopt 24 Mei 1891 : Catharina Maria Sophia , geb. 22 April 1891 . "Name en adresse van ouers van oorledene" — Vader: oorlede · Moeder: oorlede 5.…
The households
…c. 1804 On whose word a record read here Married 1819 — both were sixteen, and the Nautilus passenger roll of 1820 overstates both their ages by four years. The Kolbes 5 children Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe · 1826 – 1912 (the direct line) Marian Kolbe Julia Kolbe Frederik Fortunatus Kolbe Peter Benjamin Kolbe Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee Gerrit b. 19 Jan 1870 · Isabella c. May 1874 – 31 Mar 1930 On whose word a record read here Married at Middelburg, 23 March 1896. 3 children Isabella Fredrika du Plessis Petrus Jacobus Booyzen · 29 Dec 1904 – 7 Jun 1937 Gerhardus Jacobus Booyzen · b. 15 May 1910 Petrus Jacobus Booysen of Rustenburg & Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie Petrus 20 Apr 1851 – bef.…
The marriages
…The namesakes → bef. 1890 Dordrecht James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm a record read here In community of property. Their two death notices were typed on the same afternoon in February 1938, hers three and a half years late — “death not reported”. Barkly East, 1938 → 23 March 1896 Middelburg, Cape Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen & Isabella Frederika Coetsee a record read here In community of property. She died in 1930 and he did not report it until 1943. The 1943 notice → 8 July 1901 Caerlaverock, Barkly Oost Petrus Jacobus Pretorius & Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry a record read here “In woonhuis D. Schoeman” — in the house of a man tried as a Cape Rebel the month before, under martial law, witnessed by him.…
Open questions
…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. 19 Jan 1870 MHG 10/57 Henry James Booyzen MHG 52653 Jacobus Nichols Booyzen, 1923 — the one that cannot even be found on film Sent 13 September 2026 to enquiries2@dsac.gov.za , the research address on the National Archives' own contact page, copied to the Head of Client Services.…
Everyone
…Died of an ulcer of the stomach after fourteen months — he was not shot by the British. The Line The Documents The Name The Rebels Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen Documented 5 mentions 15 Oct 1925 1996 Eldest of the Johannesburg family. The Line Johannesburg Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen also written Gert Jacobus Booyzen Documented 12 mentions 19 Jan 1870 — The only child entered on his father's 1884 death notice, and born seven years after the first wife died — so a child of the second marriage. He married Isabella Frederika Coetsee at Middelburg on 23 March 1896, and his own son was baptised BOOYZEN, with a z, in 1904.…
…Birth date corrected from 1 October on her mother’s 1944 death notice. The Line Petrus Jacobus Booyzen also written Pieter Jacobus (1943 notice) Documented 10 mentions 29 Dec 1904 7 Jun 1937, Middelburg Baptised in the Dutch Reformed register with a Z, son of Gert Jacobus Booyzen and Isabella Frederika Coetzee — the second marriage's line, at Middelburg, spelled Booyzen a year before the Indwe sheet. The Name Open Questions Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen Documented 5 mentions 10 Jan 1934, Johannesburg 2003 Sixth child. The Line Stephanus Francois Booyzen Documented 6 mentions c.…
The register
…e Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990 Gerrit Booijsen with: Jan Lodewijk Booijsen · Anna Elisabeth Theron record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Jacobus Booijsen with: Isabella Frederika Coetsee record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen reconstructed 19 Jan 1870 no public link reconstructed by this archive Gerrit Johannes Booijsen Membership 7 Sep 1876 Riebeek West, Malmesbury, Cape Colony, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gerrit Johannes Nicolaas Booijsen Membership 4 Aug 1883 Richmond, Cape Colony, South Africa · with: Barend record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reform…
…own Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Diederik Booyzen Birth 1929 · with: Benjamin Nienwoudt record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Diederik Booyzen with: Gert Diederick Booyzen · Catharina Margaretha Kruger record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Probate 1943 Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Death Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 Gert Jacobus Booyzen Baptism 10 Jul 1910 South Africa | Birth 15 May 1910 · with: Gert Jacobus Booyzen · Izabella Fredrika Coet…
Sources
…Transcribed → TAB MHG 3734/46 Catherine Mary Sophia Daschner, born Booyzen — b. 22 Apr 1891 1946 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 1095/48 George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen 1947 Blocked Film access restricted online. The ark 1:1:QGXP-3MKR is his wife's file, already read. TAB MHG 5155/51 Gert Jacobus Booyzen — b. 19 Jan 1870 1951 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 769/52 John Barry Booyzen — who signed the 1905 form 1952 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 10/57 Henry James Booyzen 1956 Blocked Film access restricted online.…
The timeline
…chter Sneeuwberg 25 Dec 1862 — A baptism at Rustenburg that spells the name this archive got wrong 19 May 1863 — Johanna Catharina dies at Zevenfontein 16 Jul 1866 — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy born 25 Nov 1867 — Margaret Downing dies at Burgersdorp 3 Apr 1869 — Two brothers admitted to membership at Rustenburg on one Sunday 19 Jan 1870 — Gerrit Jacobus Booÿsen born 1 Sep 1876 — Petrus Jacobus Booysen dies at Rustenburg, aged 88 1 Sep 1876 — Petrus Jacobus Booysen dies in district Rustenburg, aged 88 22 Dec 1879 — Willem Hermanus Booyzen, boer of Lady Grey, marries Kathleen Barry 4 Jan 1882 — A nephew named for an uncle who had nine years to live 30 Mar 1884 — A farmer dies owning his clothes 25 May 1885 — Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen dies at Vaalb…
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