Born in Bethlehem, Oranje Vrijstaat
Ancestors 
Sister of
Anna Sophia Catharina (Strauss) Lindeque [half], David Jacobus Strauss [half], Jan Hendrik Strauss [half], Martha Margaretha Strauss [half], Gertruida Catharina (Strauss) van Graan [half], Anna Elizabeth (Strauss) Fourie, Johanna Hendrika Catharina Strauss, Abraham Frederik Strauss, Pieter Cornelis Strauss, Elizabeth Strauss and Johannes Hendrik Strauss
Wife of
Gert Jacobus Beukes
— married
6 Jun 1916 in Steynsrus, Orange Free State, South Africa
Mother of
Maria Elizabeth (Beukes) van den Berg, Aletta Catharina Beukes, Maria Philippina Charlotte Roets (Beukes) Cronje and Anna Elizabeth Oosthuizen Beukes
Died
at age 79
in Banklaagte, Steynsrus, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 17 May 2020
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Biography
Maria Elizabeth was born in 1891. She is the daughter of Abraham Frederik Strauss and Maria Elizabeth Oosthuizen.
Marriage
- Name: Gert Jacobus Beukes
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 6 Jun 1916
- Event Place: Steynsrus, Free State, South Africa
- Residence Place: Steynsrust
- Sex: Male
- Age: 26
- Marital Status: single
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
- Spouse's Name: Maria Elizabeth Strauss
- Spouse's Residence Place: Steynsrust
- Spouse's Sex: Female
- Spouse's Age: 24
- Spouse's Marital Status: single
- Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
- Note: Banns[1]
Death Notice
- Name: Maria Elizabeth Strauss Beukes
- Father: Abraham Frederik Strauss, deceased
- Mother: Maria Elizabeth Strauss, born Oosthuizen, deceased
- Residence: Avondrus, Steynsrus
- Birth Date: 1 Feb 1891
- Birthplace: Bethlehem
- Date of Death: 26 Sep 1970
- Place of Death: Plaas Banklaagte, Steynsrus
- Marital Status: weduwee
- Pre-deceased Spouse: Gert Jacobus Beukes, died 18 Mar 1969
- Children:
- Maria Elizabeth Beukes, married to Johannes Jacob van den Berg
- Aletta Catharina Beukes, married to Jacobus Johannes Claassen
- Anna Elizabeth Beukes, married to Daniel Jacobus Boshoff
- Maria Philippina Charlotta Roets Beukes,married to George Frederick Cronje
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-4FY9 : 19 November 2020), Gert Jacobus Beukes and Maria Elizabeth Strauss, 06 Jun 1916; citing p. , Marriage, Free State, Suid-Afrika, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LH-QVJB?cc=3040532&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWG82-FN2M Death notice of father added on 17/05/2020 by Stephanus Scheepers
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
Rosalie (Oosthuizen) van Eeden
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DS9414641 [compare], yourDNAportal ROSfa5c37a5, Ancestry member rosalie_kock
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~3.12%
W Van Heerden :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch EQ7135995 [compare]
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