Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen

…Child, as written What this archive already knew David Schalk Booijsen — Magdalena Johanna Booijsen — Petrus Jacobus Booijsen generation five , b. 10 May 1812, the farmer at Zevenfontein who signed the 1863 death notice Anna Eliezabet Booijsen — Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen — Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen — Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen signed this notice Anna Maria Booijsen — Seven of these eight were unknown to this archive an hour ago. And three of the names — David Schalk , Magdalena Johanna , Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus — are the same names that appear on the 1863 death notice as children of Petrus Jacobus the younger , born 1848, 1853 and 1855.…

…That sentence had no source except the estate reference itself. The archive read the year off the file number, wrote it into his life as a death date, and then quoted the death date back as if it were evidence. FamilySearch's index of the same Transvaal probate series gives the estate's deceased in full: What the index says Name Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen Relationship Deceased Age 67 Birthplace Distrik Graaf Reinet — birth year about 1818 Died 25 May 1885 Death place Vaalbank, distrik Lichtenburg ark 1:1:QPTJ-R6KB and 1:1:Q2DG-52P9 , two index passes over the same estate. A man born in 1818 is not a man born in 1855.…

…She died before March 1825 and he died a widower in 1876, so at least one later marriage is missing from this row. The 1876 Sterfkennis 8 children David Schalk Booijsen Magdalena Johanna Booijsen Petrus Jacobus Booysen · 10 May 1812 – 1884 (probate) (the direct line) Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen · 1818 – 25 May 1885 Eliezabet Cornelia Booijsen Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen · c. 1828 – 11 May 1908 Anna Maria Booijsen The 1876 notice lists eight children and names no mother for any of them. They are drawn under this marriage because it is the only one recorded — not because the document says so.…

…The date had no source except the file number. The Transvaal probate index names the estate's deceased in full: Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen, aged 67, born district Graaff-Reinet, died 25 May 1885 at Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg — born about 1818, which is his UNCLE, fifth on the 1876 Sterfkennis. The nephew's death date is withdrawn and nothing is known about what became of him. The particular error is worth naming: the archive read a year off a reference number, wrote it in as a fact, and then cited the fact back.…

…The name that made this archive get something wrong Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus An uncle and a nephew, both of this name, both connected to an estate filed in 1885. Who When What they are to the name Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen no dates Generation seven — the top of the male line, and the source of the name. Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen 1818–1885 His grandson. Fifth on the 1876 Sterfkennis; died at Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg. THE ESTATE IS HIS. Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booysen b. 4 Dec 1855 His great-grandson, seventh on the 1863 death notice. This archive gave him the uncle's estate and a death date to match. Both are withdrawn.…

…Sterfkennis 6361: landbouwer, ongehuwd, movables only and not above £25, and line 3 names his parents — Hendrick Stefanus Booijsen and Anna Catrena gebooren Oliefier. He is the seventh child on his mother's list and the first Booysen this archive has documented as BORN in the Transvaal. The 1891 notices The Atlas Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen also written Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen (1885 estate) Documented 12 mentions 1818, district Graaff-Reinet 25 May 1885, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg Fifth on his father’s 1876 notice, and named for the man at the top of the line.…

…He is the seventh child on his mother's list and the first Booysen this archive has documented as BORN in the Transvaal. The 1891 notices The Atlas Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen also written Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen (1885 estate) Documented 12 mentions 1818, district Graaff-Reinet 25 May 1885, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg Fifth on his father’s 1876 notice, and named for the man at the top of the line.…

…cords from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990 Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booijsen with: Petrus Jacobus Booijsen · Magdalena Susanna Maria Vorster record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Jan Gerhardus Lodewicus Booysen reconstructed 4 Dec 1855 no public link reconstructed by this archive Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen reconstructed 1818, district Graaff-Reinet · 25 May 1885, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg no public link reconstructed by this archive Jan Hendrik Booijsen Membership 28 Mar 1859 Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Jan Hendrik Booijsen with: Petrus Johannes · Conelia Margarita Voútze record ↗ South Africa,…

…, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Jan Gabriel De Villiers Booyzen Birth 12 Nov 1828 | Baptism 11 Jan 1829 Cradock, Cape Province, South Africa · with: Helena Geertruida De Villiers · Zacharias Johannis Booyzen record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen Probate 1885 Transvaal, South Africa | Birth 1818 Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa | Death 25 May 1885 Vaalbank record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961 Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen Death 1885 Vaalbank Distrik Lichtenburg | Birth 1818 Distrik Graaf Reinet | Probate 1885 Vaalbank, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa record ↗ Sout…

…The Indwe registers past 1910 have not been read forward. The Transvaal probate index, read against itself no new document — an index line and two already read · searched 13 Sep 2026 · where it is used → Query Result TAB MHG O/2899 — who is actually the deceased? Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen, 67, b. district Graaff-Reinet, d. 25 May 1885 Vaalbank Found Two index passes over the same estate (arks 1:1:QPTJ-R6KB and 1:1:Q2DG-52P9) agree, and one of them states the relationship: Deceased. Born about 1818, so not the nephew born in 1855 this archive had attached it to for months.…

…TAB MHG 10/57 Henry James Booyzen 1956 Blocked Film access restricted online. TAB MHG 52653 Jacobus Nichols Booyzen — eldest on the 1863 list 1923 Not found In the open half of the collection, but not name-indexed, and the films are not ordered by estate number. TAB MHG O/2899 Jan Gerardus Lodewicus Booijzen — NOT the seventh child on the 1863 list , as this page said for months. Aged 67, born district Graaff-Reinet, died 25 May 1885 at Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg: the son of that name on the 1876 Sterfkennis. The correction → 1885 Index read; no image offered. The file is at Pretoria and has not been seen.…

…876 — 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 Vaalbank, Lichtenburg 8 Oct 1888 — Hercules Johannes Mountjoy marries at Dordrecht, aged 22 15 Sep 1889 — Two grandparents at a font 14 May 1891 — 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…