Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer

…Seven generations up, the male line simply ends. One thing has changed here, and it is worth being precise about how little. Until the 1876 Sterfkennis was read, generation seven existed only because a family tree said so. It now exists because a nineteenth-century clerk wrote "Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen" and "Magdalena de Beer" on his son's death notice. See the line → That converts an assertion into a record. It does not add a generation. The buttons above him are still empty, the dates below are still arithmetic, and the question of who his own parents were is exactly as open as it was. What can be said is arithmetic rather than evidence.…

…Question three has now failed seven times in this archive, and this is the earliest and the bluntest. Asked for the names of the parents, the informant wrote down whether they were alive. Where it works → Now the part that needs care. This archive's generation seven holds Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer , and the only dates it has for her are born 1754, died 1843 — taken from the family tree, with no source stated anywhere. Here is a woman named Booyzen , born about March 1754 , who died in 1843 , whose estate sits in the Cape Master's papers — and whose name is not Magdelena, not Elisabeth, and not de Beer. She was the widow of a du Plessis and she died in a rented house in Cape Town.…

…Notice 678 . Countersigned by the veldkornet and by H. S. Booijsen — Hendrik Stefanus, one of the sons listed four lines above his own signature. The form, as completed 1. Naam Petrus Jacobus Booijsen 2. Geboorteplaats Graaffreinet 3. Ouders Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen Magdalena de Beer 4. Ouderdom 88 jaar 5. Beroep Landbouwer 6. Staat Gehuwd — weduwenaar 7. Overleden 1 September 1876 8. Waar Destrikt Rustenburg 9. Testament Neen 10. Goederen Niets nagelaten 11. Boven £25 Niets bekend 12.…

…(Alle Minderjarig) "CATHERINE MARY SOPHIA DASCHNER (born Booyzen)" — and below it, "Indwe, Cape Colony." Joseph Daschner — deceased. Sophia Daschner (Stoter) — deceased. "Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen" — "Magdalena de Beer" All eight entered mondig — the eldest was in his sixties. Destrikt Rustenburg · Neen · Niets nagelaten · Niets bekend "died 3rd July, 1934 — death not reported." Father — "Deceased." Mother — "Deceased." The same answer on both forms. £21. 4. 5. — one tenth share. Lidmaten Register, Gemeente Indwe — thirty-two young people aangenomen 31-5-1907 . "8.…

…Four independent documents call him John Gottlob; the family tree calls him Johan Gottlieb, and this archive follows the documents. The Kolbes 2 children George Augustus Kolbe · 1802 – 1 Dec 1844 John Gottlob Kolbe Gerthardus Lodewikus Booysen & Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer Magdelena 1754 – 1843 On whose word a record read here Named together in line 3 of their son's 1876 Sterfkennis — the oldest document this archive has read. The 1876 Sterfkennis 1 child Petrus Jacobus Booysen · c. 21 Sep 1788 – 1 Sep 1876 (the direct line) Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Elizabetha van der Merwe Petrus c.…

…Twenty documents before 1930 were never opened. They include JAMES MOUNTJOY'S OWN WILLS of 1818 and 1827, and an 1834 Colonial Office memorial from his widow. A filter applied for convenience was reported as if it were the whole search. 9 Sep 2026 Found No death notice for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer — twice over The Master's Office own index of death notices 1834–1912 was read on film at the “Beer, de” pages. She is not in it, which confirms the NAAIRS result from a second and older source. 10 Sep 2026 Taken back CORRECTED — the SANDF request was only half delivered Reported here as sent.…

…10 Sep 2026 Found The oldest document in this archive — and the two names above the line Sterfkennis No. 678, written at the farm Brakfontein, district Rustenburg, on 14 September 1876. Petrus Jacobus Booijsen, born Graaffreinet, aged 88, landbouwer, widower, died 1 September 1876. Line 3: “Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen — Magdalena de Beer.” Generation seven has stood at the head of the direct line since this archive began with the flattest entry on the site — no dates, no parents, no document. He has a document now.…

…It shows Booysen–de Beer was not a unique pairing, which is a warning about the tree rather than a lead. WHAT HAS CHANGED, 10 September 2026: the 1876 Rustenburg Sterfkennis of his son now names BOTH of them in line 3 — "Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen" and "Magdalena de Beer". That does not answer this question, which is about HIS parents, and the entry stays blocking. But generation seven is no longer an assertion of the family tree, the 1793 Jan Booysen will can be set aside rather than merely resisted, and the search has a new country to run in: the Transvaal probate series, where this family turns out to have been living from at least the 1870s.…

…The Barrys The Register Margaret Mary Bedford Documented 5 mentions — — Born Barry, and on the 1915 notice as married to Tom Bedford. The tree carries a Margaretha Louisa Maria who married Thomas Bedford in 1875; the notice gives her as Margaret Mary, and the archive has not reconciled the two. The Documents The Women The Barrys Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer also written Magdalena de Beer (1876) Documented 17 mentions 1754 1843 Wife of Gerthardus Lodewikus. Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record.…

…Her 1754 birth is what dates him at all — and her name, beside his, is what the 1876 notice puts on the record. That matters because a 1793 Cape will names a different “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”: the pairing was never unique, and now this line’s version of it is documented. The Line The Documents The Women Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie also written Benadi · Booysen Documented 3 mentions — — His wife, named with him on two baptisms at Rustenburg, in 1889 and 1894. Both entries are index-only.…

…rchive Louisa Elizabeth Diesel reconstructed 11 Jun 1923 no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdalena Johanna Botha reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdalena Susanna Maria van den Berg reconstructed c. Aug 1860 · 1 May 1920, Vaalbank, district Lichtenburg no public link reconstructed by this archive Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer reconstructed 1754 · 1843 no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaret Mary Bedford reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Margaret Wilhelmina Elizabeth Jeanette van Jaarsveld reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Catharina Magdalena Potgieter reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Francina Cecilia Olivier rec…

…BOOYZEN 39 documents Found Earliest 1779 — KAB CJ 2633: 29, the testament of Christina Booyzen. The z is a hundred and twenty years older than the war. BOOIJZEN 3 documents Found Earliest 1792. DE BEER + MAGDELENA 0 Nothing No estate for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, d. 1843. BEER + MAGDELENA + ELISABETH 0 Nothing Nothing. BOOYSEN + MAGDELENA 0 Nothing Nothing. BOOIJSEN + MAGDELENA 0 Nothing Nothing. BOOYSEN + GERTHARDUS 0 Nothing No estate for the man at the top of the male line. BOOYSEN + GERHARDUS 15 documents Nothing None of them his. BOOYZEN + GERHARDUS 0 Nothing Nothing.…

…BOOYZEN + GERHARDUS 0 Nothing Nothing. BOOYSEN + LODEWIKUS / LODEWICUS 7 documents Nothing All one later man, Willem Johannes Lodewicus. BOOYSEN + BEER 3 documents Nothing One near-miss deliberately NOT adopted: KAB NCD 2/1: 49, a notarial will of 1793 for “Jan Booysen, married to the late Magdalena de Beer”. Wrong husband's name, and a wife dead fifty years before ours. FamilySearch records and full text · searched 9 Sep 2026 · where it is used → Query Result Full-text search: “Johannes Mountjoy” 0 Nothing The full-text collection does not cover Cape probate. Probate collection, MONTJOY / MOUNTJOY 2 indexed Partly Only the 1863 pair.…

…The catalogue would settle it and is blocked. The attempt → KAB: MOOC 6/9/—: 6167 (1843) Death notice of JOHANNA BOOYZEN , born about 1754, widow of Charles du Plessis, of 28 Roze Street, Cape Town. Read in full. NOT this family , and read precisely because her dates match the only two this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer. Transcribed → KAB: MOOC 6/9/104: 499 (1863) Death notice of JOHANNA CATHARINA BOOYSEN née MONTJOY , d. 19 May 1863 at Zevenfontein, Brak River. Read in full — names her parents, her eight children and her age to the day.…

…The first of them is the oldest document in this archive. Reference Person Died Status Sterfkennis 678 Transvaal, Weeskamer Petrus Jacobus Booijsen — generation six, b. Graaff-Reinet c. 1788 1876 Read Parents named : Gerthardus Lödewikus Booijsen and Magdalena de Beer. Eight children. Nothing to leave. Transcribed → Sterfkennis 6332 Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier — b. district Cradock c. 1823 1891 Read, and she is kin Died Brakfontein , district Rustenburg — the family farm. Parents Ocken Johannes Oliefier and Anna Johanna Botha. The first wife of Hendrik Stefanus Booijsen, with seven children.…

…In order c. 20 Mar 1754 The name Johanna Booyzen born “in this Colony” Not this family — and her dates are the two this archive has for Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer, which is why she is on the site at all. Johanna Booyzen 1779 The name The spelling BOOYZEN is already in use at the Cape KAB CJ 2633: 29 — the will of Christina Booyzen. One hundred and twenty years before the war. c. 1782 Life James Montjoy born, in “Europe” Given as “about 45 years” at his death in 1827. His birthplace is recorded as a continent, not a country. James Montjoy c.…

…No dates. Nothing behind the button. Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer 1754 – 1843 Magdelena Elisabeth de Beer · 1754 – 1843 Searched, nothing No estate file for her in the Cape archives. Searched eight ways. Anna Maria van der Merwe 1785 – bef. 1825 Anna Maria van der Merwe · 1785 – bef. 1825 Disputed Only a family tree puts her here.…