Maria Sophia van Niekerk

…Her surname is written "Kolby" — a phonetic variant, twenty-six years before her own son would tell a magistrate he thought his grandfather's name was James . The Kolbes → And on the facing page, entirely by accident 6 October 1889: George , geb. 21 Juli 1889; Ouders Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk; among the witnesses Jakobus Jonathan Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Mountjoy . Mountjoys, alive and baptising at Barkly Oost in 1889. This line descends from Johanna Catharina Mountjoy (1819–1863), and the archive had her family as little more than a surname and a father who died in 1827.…

…It lists eleven children. The 1902 van Niekerk notice 11 children Carolina Deybella Margrietta Alletta van Niekerk Cornelius van Niekerk Maria Francina Cecilia Olivier Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk the younger Maria Sophia van Niekerk · 1868 – 1961 Hercules Johannes van Niekerk Christiaan Jacobus van Niekerk Cornelia Elizabeth Gertruida Ross Benjamin Jacobus van Niekerk Pieter Jacobus van Niekerk Philip Rudolph van Niekerk Joseph Heinrich Daschner & Catharina Maria Sophia Booysen Joseph c.…

…The negative holds, and now it is understood rather than merely asserted. It also documents the van Niekerks: Maria Sophia van Niekerk’s parents, her ten siblings, and a mother born in the district of Cradock. 10 Sep 2026 Worked The register — 7,397 entries, and most of them are not this family Built to match the sibling archives, which have carried one for a while: every named individual this archive has found, one row for every source that names them.…

…The signature on this register is the one this archive has spent most of its time arguing about: is the letter a z or an s? The name → 8 October 1888 Dordrecht Hercules Johannes Mountjoy & Maria Sophia van Niekerk a record read here Twenty-two and twenty. Five of their eight children are named for a parent or a grandparent, and one dead daughter's name was given again four years later. The namesakes → bef. 1890 Dordrecht James Jonathan Mountjoy & Maria Louisa Bertha Kumm a record read here In community of property.…

…Maria Sophia Mountjoy b. 23 Oct 1898 For his mother. Herklaus Johannes Mountjoy b. 16 Feb 1904 For his father. Willem Hermanus Mountjoy b. 10 Apr 1915 And the Booyzen name, into the Mountjoys, twenty-six years after the two families stood at the same font at Barkly Oost. Five of the eight children of Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk are named for a grandparent or a parent. These come from the Dutch Reformed INDEX and not from the register images, and the person pages say so. The Mountjoy names, crossing a third surname at Dordrecht And into a family called Keys The habit again, in a family this archive did not know existed until this afternoon. Who When What they are to the name William Henry Keys b.…

…Also: who took it, and where. § 16 · High priority Who are the Mountjoys of Barkly Oost? — ANSWERED Found by accident, on the page opposite a Booyzen baptism: the Doop Register, Barkly Oost, 6 October 1889 records Hercules Johannes Mountjoy and Maria Sophia van Niekerk baptising a son, with Jakobus Jonathan Mountjoy and Maria Sophia Mountjoy among the witnesses. This line descends from Johanna Catharina Mountjoy (1819–1863), of whom the archive has little more than a surname and a father who died in 1827. Here are three named Mountjoys in the right district, twenty-six years after her death.…

…This archive notes the coincidence and does nothing with it, because there is no document behind any story it invites. The Documents Jan Dirk Abram Frans van Niekerk Documented — — Her father. Signed his wife’s death notice at Dordrecht on 29 December 1902 as “nablyvende echtgenoot”. The Documents Maria Sophia van Niekerk Documented 10 mentions 1868 1961 His wife, married at Dordrecht 8 Oct 1888 aged 20 — and now documented from her mother’s side. Her mother’s 1902 death notice lists her fifth of eleven children: “Maria Sophia van Niekerk, getrouwd met Hercules Johannes Mountjoy.” The Women The Documents Philip Rudolph van Niekerk Documented 3 mentions — — Eleventh and last, named for his mother's father.…

…alena Potgieter reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Francina Cecilia Olivier reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia Botha reconstructed 1827 · 1911 no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia Diesel reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Maria Sophia van Niekerk reconstructed 1868 · 1961 no public link reconstructed by this archive Martha Magdeline van Deventer reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Mathilda Elizabeth Shooter reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive Matthys Roos reconstructed bef. 1892 no public link reconstructed by this archive Ocken Johannes Olivier reconstructed — no public link reconstructed…

…Jan Gerthardus Lodewikus Booijsen Vaalbank Lichtenburg 8 Oct 1888 Document Hercules Johannes Mountjoy marries at Dordrecht, aged 22 A year before the font at Barkly Oost. Hercules Johannes Mountjoy Maria Sophia van Niekerk Dordrecht 15 Sep 1889 Document Two grandparents at a font Johanna Catharina Booyzen baptised at Barkly Oost with John Barry and Margaret Kolbe standing. Three weeks later, on the facing page, the Mountjoy baptism. Johanna Catharina Booyzen Barkly East 14 May 1891 Document Five days later, her son Sterfkennis 6361.…

…1838, Cradock m. 20 Aug 1848, CRADOCK | | (13 children) THE BOOYZEN LINE +-----------------+-----------------+ | | JAMES JONATHAN MOUNTJOY HERCULES JOHANNES MOUNTJOY (1854 Burgersdorp - (c.1866 - 1941 Wodehouse) 1937 BARKLY EAST) === Maria Sophia van Niekerk = the 1889 witness m. 8 Oct 1888, DORDRECHT | GEORGE MOUNTJOY (1889-1963) = the child baptised at Barkly Oost, 6 Oct 1889 George Mountjoy, saddle maker of Cradock, was Johanna Catharina's younger brother. The two Mountjoy men on that register page — Hercules Johannes as father and Jakobus Jonathan as witness — are his sons.…