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Marthinus Christoffel Vorster (abt. 1841 - 1919)

Marthinus Christoffel Vorster
Born about in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africamap [uncertain]
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 22 Jul 1861 (to 1886) in Smithfieldmap
Husband of — married 9 Jun 1886 (to 17 Feb 1895) in Marabastad, Zoutpansbergmap
Husband of — married 18 Nov 1895 in Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africamap
Husband of — married 6 Oct 1914 in Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 77 in Annandale, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africamap
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Biography

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Marthinus Christoffel Vorster is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
Marthinus Christoffel Vorster is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
MARRIAGE Record attached/Huweliks rekord aangeheg
PROBATE Record attached/Sterfte Kennis aangeheg

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Name

Marthinus Christoffel Vorster[1][2][3][4]
Marthienis Christoffel Vorster[5]

Birth

Event date: Estimated 1841 (calculated as per age on probate)[4]
Event place:

Parents

Father: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster[6]
Mother: Susanna Geertruida Magdalena Hendrina Havenga

Baptism

Occupation

Transport Rider[4]

Spouses

1. Dorothea Maria Holliday[1]
2. Susanna Catrina Fourie Janse van Rensburg[5]
3. Catharina Maria Bronkhorst[2]
4. Unknown
5. Cathrina Magdalena Roberts Duvenhage[3][4]

Marriage 1 to Dorothea Holiday

Event Date: 22 Jul 1861[1]
Marriage Place: Caledon, Smithfield, Oranje-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika[1]
Groom: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster[1]
Age: 20[1]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841[1]
Bride: Dorothea Maria Holliday[1]
Age: 18[1]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843[1]

Marriage 2 to Susanna Janse van Rensburg

Event Date: 9 Jun 1886[5]
Event Place: Marabastad, Zoutpansberg[5]
Groom: Marthienis Christoffel Vorster[5]
Age: 45[5]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841[5]
Bride: Susanna Catrina Fourie Janse van Rensburg[5]
Age: 36[5]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850[5]

Marriage 3 to

Event Date: 18 Nov 1895[2]
Event place: Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa[2]
Groom: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster[2]
Age: 54[2]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841[2]
Bride: Catharina Maria Bronkhorst[2]
Age: 29[2]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866[2]

Marriage 4

According to his probate he was married 5 times. 4th spouse currently unknown

Marriage 5

Event Date: 6 Oct 1914[3]
Event place: Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa[3]
Groom: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster[3]
Age: 74[3]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840[3]
Bride: Cathrina Magdalena Roberts Duvenhage[3]
Age: 58[3]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856[3]

Children

From 1st Marriage to Dorothea Maria Holiday:

Marthinus Christoffel Vorster, born 14 Apr 1862[7][8]
Maria Dorothea Elizabeth Vorster, born born 12 Apr 1866[9]
Susanna Gertruida Hendrina Vorster, born born 2 May 1868[10]

From 3rd Marriage to Catharina Maria Bronkhorst:

Cornelia Johanna Gertruida Jacoba Vorster[11][12]
Hendrik Lambert Johannes Vorster[13] born 17 Jan 1897[12]
Barend Petrus Jacobus Vorster[14]

Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1903

Surname: VORSTER[15][16]
Name: MARTINUS CHRISTOFFEL[15][16]
Age: 60[15][16]
Address: NOOITGEDACHT[15][16]
District: ZOUTPANSBERG[15][16]
Field Cornetcy or Commando: Spelonken[16]
Where Captured: LOWVELDT[15][16]
When Captured: 1901/03/25[15][16]
Date of Receipt: 21 Jun 1901[16]
Remarks: Ladysmith[16]
Camp: Onbekend[15]
Country: Onbekend[15]
Ship (To): Onbekend[15]
POW Number: 20620[15][16]
United Kingdom records: List of Boer prisoners of war, Anglo Boer War, numbers 1-32561, 1899-1902. This page: Prisoner numbers 21609 - 20660

Death

Event date: 4 Mar 1919[4]
Event place: Annadale, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa[4]
Age at death: 78 years, 6 months[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Source:
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Source:
    • 3rd Marriage record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHJ-H7HK : 13 December 2020), Martterines Christoffel Voorteso and Catharina Maria Bronkharst, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa; citing Marriage, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Source:
    • 5th Marriage record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP46-TP9B : 27 September 2019), Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Cathrina Magdalena Roberts Duvenhage, Polokwane, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa; citing Marriage, Polokwane, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Source:
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Source:
    • 2nd Marriage record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-TCZR : 3 October 2018), Marthienis Christoffel Vorster and Susanna Catrina Fourie Janse van Rensburg, Marabastad, Zoutpansberg; citing Marriage, , NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Researched and attached 29 Jun 2019 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  6. ↑ Source:
    • Father Probate record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXZ-QRLX : 14 February 2019), Marthinus Christoffel Vorster, 1907; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,367,332. Researched and attached 25 Jan 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  7. ↑ Source:
  8. ↑ Source:
  9. ↑ Source:
    • Daughter Maria Dorothea Elizabeth Baptism record: "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPFC-NQFL : 5 November 2019), Martinus Christoffel Vorster in entry for Maria Dorothea Elisabetha Vorster, 1866. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  10. ↑ Source:
    • Daughter Susanna Gertruida Hendrina Baptism record: "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJH-H4S8 : 5 November 2019), Martinus Christoffel Vorster in entry for Susanna Geertruida Hendrina Vorster, 1868. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  11. ↑ Source:
    • Daughter Cornelia Johanna Gertruida Jacoba Probate record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTV-4STK : 7 April 2020), Marthinus Christoffel Vorster, ; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Source:
    • Spouse Bronkhorst Probate record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQ7-LCZ1 : 17 March 2018), Hendrik Lambert Johannes Bronkhorst in entry for MM9.1.1/QLQ7-LCZB:, ; citing Unspecified, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,367,258. Researched and attached 23 Mar 2019 by Drika Aucamp Brown
  13. ↑ Source:
    • Son Hendrik Lambert Johannes Baptism record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQ7-T7N8 : 17 March 2018), Marthinus Christoffel Vorster in entry for MM9.1.1/QLQ7-T7NH:, ; citing Unspecified, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,367,258. Researched and attached 3 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  14. ↑ Source:
    • Son Barend Petrus Jacobus Baptism record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-QLWF : 7 April 2020), Barend Petrus Jacobus Vorster, 1923; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm. Researched and attached 6 Apr 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  15. ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 Source:
  16. ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 Source:




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Marriage: Marthienis Christoffel Vorster and Susanna Catrina Fourie Janse van Rensburg. 9 Jun 1886
Marriage: Marthienis Christoffel Vorster and Susanna Catrina Fourie Janse van Rensburg. 9 Jun 1886
Probate: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster. 4 Mar 1919
Probate: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster. 4 Mar 1919
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Dorothea Maria Holiday. 22 Jul 1861
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Dorothea Maria Holiday. 22 Jul 1861
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Catharina Maria Bronkhorst. 18 Nov 1895
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Catharina Maria Bronkhorst. 18 Nov 1895
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Cathrina Magdalena Roberts Duvenhage. 6 Oct 1914
Marriage: Marthinus Christoffel Vorster and Cathrina Magdalena Roberts Duvenhage. 6 Oct 1914
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