Gertrude Booyzen

…Either two children given the same name and the same birthday — or one record duplicated a year out. Both certificates exist, and they are irreconcilably different documents. Entry 4256 , registered 16 May 1946. Entry 3920 , registered 13 Mei 1947. Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen Gertrude Booyzen Date of death 15 May 1946 11 May 1947 Age 4 days 6 hours Place of death Queen Victoria Hospital Turf Club Nursing Home Cause Prematurity ± 30 weeks Atelectasis; prematurity 7½ months Doctor Dr Dennis W. P. Lavery J. S. Porter Burial West Park Cemetery Primrose Cemetery, Germiston Two hospitals. Two cemeteries. Two doctors. Two registration entries a year apart. Four days, and six hours.…

…Two grandparents at a font 8 children George Mountjoy · 1889 – 1963 Jan Dirk Abraham Francois Mountjoy · b. 3 Sep 1891 (inferred) Fritz Johannes Mountjoy · b.…

…lic Church, Mayfair 15 Jan 1949 where Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen married Nuno Fernando Lerena West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg 14 Dec 1947 where George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen was buried, three days after his death 96 James Street, Germiston 1941 where Petrus Jacobus Pretorius died Turf Club Nursing Home 1947 where the second infant, Gertrude Booyzen, lived six hours Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg 1940 where Kathleen Barry was buried — a fact the tree does not record at all Primrose Cemetery, Germiston 1961 where Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry was buried Vereeniging 30 Dec 1924 where George and Anna married Alberton 2004 where Pieter Carel Le Roux, Catherine's second husband, died Every one of these comes from a FamilySearch-cited rec…

…Two daughters, one name, eleven months apart The two Gertrudes Not a duplicated record. Two children, two death certificates, two cemeteries. Who When What they are to the name Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11–15 May 1946 Four days old. Queen Victoria Hospital. Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947 Six hours old, entry 3920, Turf Club Nursing Home. A different hospital and a different cemetery. Born on the same date a year apart, and both named for the same person. This archive checked it precisely because it looked like an indexing error, and it is not one.…

…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. Baptised 10 July 1910, and named for his father — Gert is the short form of Gerhardus. The Documents The Namesakes Gertrude Booyzen Documented 7 mentions 11 May 1947 11 May 1947 Six hours old, Turf Club Nursing Home. Entry 3920, a different hospital and a different cemetery. Two children, one year apart, on the same date. The Documents Johannesburg Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen Documented 8 mentions 11 May 1946 15 May 1946 Four days old, Queen Victoria Hospital. Entry 4256 — not the same child as the Gertrude of 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 Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Ge…

…She leaves six children; Catherine is fourteen. Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius Johannesburg West Park Cemetery 11 May 1946 Document Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen born and dead within four days And a second Gertrude, eleven months later, on the same date. Two children, two certificates, two cemeteries. Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen Gertrude Booyzen Johannesburg 11 Dec 1947 Life George dies at the same address, and Catherine is orphaned at eighteen Coronary thrombosis. Clerk, South African Railways. Buried West Park three days later. George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Johannesburg West Park Cemetery 15 Jan 1949 Life Catherine marries Nuno Fernando Lerena St Joseph's, Mayfair — the hinge to the Lerena archive.…