Petrus Jacobus Booysen
Married at about seventeen; died a widower in the Transvaal, eighty-eight years old, on a farm called Brakfontein. His Sterfkennis — No. 678, written 14 September 1876 — is the oldest document about this family that this archive has read, it names his parents, and it lists eight children. Estate: NOTHING. “Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend.”
Petrus Jacobus Booysen · c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet – 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg
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.
Petrus Jacobus Booysen · 10 May 1812, Graaff-Reinet – 1884 (probate)
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.
Petrus Jacobus Booysen · 10 Sep 1839 – —
The record
| Name | Petrus Jacobus Booysen |
| Also written | Petrus Jacobus Booijsen (1876) |
| Born | c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet |
| Died | 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg |
| Line | Booyzen |
| Generation | 6 — on the direct line |
| Confidence | Documented |
What the archive holds
Married at about seventeen; died a widower in the Transvaal, eighty-eight years old, on a farm called Brakfontein. His Sterfkennis — No. 678, written 14 September 1876 — is the oldest document about this family that this archive has read, it names his parents, and it lists eight children. Estate: NOTHING. “Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend.”
Where the archive puts Petrus
Each carries the document that puts them there. The atlas →
- Petrus Jacobus Booysen — c. 21 Sep 1788, Graaff-Reinet to 1 Sep 1876, district Rustenburg. Married at about seventeen; died a widower in the Transvaal, eighty-eight years old, on a farm called Brakfontein. His Sterfkennis — No. 678, written 14 September 1876 — is the oldest document about this family that this archive has read, it names his parents, and it lists eight children. Estate: NOTHING. “Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend.”
- Petrus Jacobus Booysen — 10 May 1812, Graaff-Reinet to 1884 (probate). Farmer at Zevenfontein, Brak River. Signed his wife's 1863 death notice. Died fifteen years before the war.
- Petrus Jacobus Booysen — 10 Sep 1839 to —. Third child. Baptised Graaff-Reinet.
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