The Booyzen Archive
Booyzen · 10 mentions across 10 pages

Henry James Booyzen

Son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry.

Henry James BooyzenBooyzen
the direct line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified6 of the 10 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 1 is inferred from one. 3 come from the family tree and are unverified. The name →Married 22 December 1879 — the marriage register that carries the disputed signature.

Every record naming Henry James Booyzen →

The record

NameHenry James Booyzen
Born
Died
LineBooyzen
ConfidenceDocumented

What the archive holds

Son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry.

The BarrysThe Cousin Marriage

The Barrys

…1859; Willem Frederick Thomas, d. 1890), plus 1 duplicate . Resolved They are the same woman. This archive's earlier claim of "two Barry sisters married Booysens" is withdrawn. The third Barry–Booyzen tie stands: Dorothea Regina Barry married Henry James Booyzen at Elliot in 1912. The cousin marriage → Kathleen Barry, 1859–1940 Born at Barkly East , christened at Dordrecht in September 1859. Her occupation is recorded — rarely, and valuably — as "Needle Woman" . She married Willem Hermanus Booyzen on 22 December 1879 and bore thirteen children , of whom nine are dated. She outlived her husband by thirty-five years and died on 5 September 1940 at No.…

The cousin marriage

…ied When Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry (1859–1940) Willem Hermanus Booyzen (1851–1905) 22 Dec 1879 the direct line — withdrawn — — — the tree’s separate “Kathleen Mary Barry (Booysen)” is the same woman as row one; John Barry’s 1915 death notice lists only one Barry daughter married to a Boyson Dorothea Regina Barry (1892–1956) Henry James Booyzen (1887–1956) 17 Jul 1912, Elliot her father is Hendrik Nicholaas Barry; his mother is Kathleen Barry Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), via her Barry mother George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen (1901–1947) 30 Dec 1924, Vereeniging the cousin marriage Look at row three closely. Hendrik Nicholaas Barry's daughter Dorothea married George Booyzen's brother Henry James — in 1912, twelve years before…

The documents

…Inferred This does not identify D. W. Schoeman of Caerlaverock — but it places a named Schoeman family in exactly the right district and generation to hold him. The rebels → And a Booyzen signs it The informant is "D. Booyzen" — Dorothea Regina Barry , who married Henry James Booyzen at Elliot in 1912. She signs as a Booyzen, daughter of the deceased, present at the death. A third document, independent of the other two, confirming the third Barry–Booyzen marriage. The cousin marriage → 1803 · The London end of the line, closed A baptism register index from St Anne's, Soho — birth date at the left, day of baptism at the right.…

The households

…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.…

The research log

…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. 10 Sep 2026 Found The 1820 voyage confirmed — and a second lie found under it Every date the tree carried for the Nautilus is right.…

The namesakes

…William Herman Daschner b. c. 1915 For his grandfather Willem Hermanus. Richard Peter Daschner b. 8 May 1922 For his great-uncle Richard Peter Barry of Manorowen. Henry James Daschner b. 25 Feb 1932 For his uncle Henry James Booyzen. George Downing Daschner born and buried 1925 AND GEORGE DOWNING TOO — buried at Brixton, Johannesburg, the year he was born. A second of the name died in 1998. Six of eleven children. When the Cape Rebel roll produces a Richard Peter Barry of Jerpoint, the name is evidence of a family and not of an individual — and this archive still marks that identification unproven.…

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. It asks for the death notice from each of the six ahead of anything else, on the ground that six death notices beat one complete file.…

Everyone

…Entry 4256 — not the same child as the Gertrude of 1947. The Documents Johannesburg Gertruida Alexandra Booyzen Documented 5 mentions — — Daughter of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry. The Documents Henry James Booyzen Documented 10 mentions — — Son of Willem Hermanus and Kathleen Barry. The Barrys The Cousin Marriage Johanna Booyzen Documented 5 mentions c. 20 Mar 1754, “this Colony” 16 Jun 1843, 28 Roze Street, Cape Town NOT THIS FAMILY, and recorded here on purpose.…

The register

…Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Henry Booyzen Birth 1914 | Death 3 Jul 1990 | Burial 6 Jul 1990 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 Henry Derek Booyzen Birth 1932 · with: Edith Magdalena Kapp record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Henry James Booyzen Birth 1887 Cape Province | Death 8 Dec 1956 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1953-1967 Henry James Booyzen Birth 1887 · with: Dorothea Regina Barry record ↗ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 Henry James Booyzen BurialRegistration 11 Dec 1956 Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | Birth 1887 | Death 8 Dec 1956 | Bur…

Sources

…St Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-59Q2-1 Catherine Booyzen & Nuno Lerena — marriage 1949, St Joseph's Mayfair Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa records 3:1:3Q9M-CS27-23NL Johanna Catharina Booyzen & Johannes Pool — marriage 1910 South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870–1930 (NARS) 3:1:3Q9M-C91V-LBN Henry James Booyzen & Dorothea Regina Barry — marriage 1912, Elliot South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840–1973 3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-3SZW-J Dirk Jacobus Pretorius — marriage 1926, Vereeniging South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870–1930 (NARS) 3:1:3Q9M-C912-4Q9K-3 Dirk Jacobus Pretorius — death 1957, Germiston South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955–1966 3:1:3Q9M-C91P-D9S7-5 FamilySearch arks resolve at fam…

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