Born in Ladysmith, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Brother of
Jacoba Elizabeth (Faurie) Fourie, Hendrina Margaretha (Faurie) Calitz and Jacobus Johannes Christiaan Fourie
Husband of
Helena Elizabeth Jacoba (Diederiks) Fourie
— married
12 Apr 1897 in Boshof, Oranje Vrystaat
Husband of
Abigael Susanna (Meyer) Fourie
— married
19 Dec 1904 in Bloemfontein, Oranje Unie
Husband of
Susanna Elizabeth Catharina (Britz) Fourie
— married
5 Nov 1929 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Father of
Jan Nicolaas Meyer Fourie
Died
at age 78
in 42 Zastron St, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Profile last modified
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Biography
Jan Nicolaas was born about 1869. He was a stock farmer at Vrydam, Boshof when he firat married in 1897. When he remarried in 1904 he was a widower farming in the Bloemfontein district. Jan owned a boarding house in Bloemfontein when he married for the final time in 1929. He passed away in 1947 and was buried in Bloemfontein.
Baptism
Baptised on 26 July 1868 by the DRC. Witnesses were Isaac Bartholomeus van der Vyver, Jacoba Elizabeth la Grange, Issac Wilhelmus van de Vyver, Maria Elizabeth Francina Faurie.
Sources
- Baptism: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-19YZ-F?cc=1478678 : 15 December 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
- Marriage 1: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZYL6?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 643 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein.
- Marriage 2: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZP5K?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-GP8%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183107601 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1890-1908 > image 739 of 916; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein.
- Marriage 3: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-Z5KV?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-PTL%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183110701 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1919-1934 > image 588 of 986; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein.
- Death Notice: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LH-S9CL-S?cc=3040532 : 23 December 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.
- Civil Death Notice: "BillionGraves Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRYG-PG3Z : 27 November 2018), Jan Nicolaas Fourie, died 19 May 1947; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Bloemfontein In Memoriam Railway Cemetery, Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa.
- Burial: "BillionGraves Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRYG-PG3Z : 27 November 2018), Jan Nicolaas Fourie, died 19 May 1947; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Bloemfontein In Memoriam Railway Cemetery, Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa.
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