Magdalena Maryna Maria (Bekker) Knoetze (1873 - 1943)

Born 2 Jun 1873 in Dewetsdorp, Oranje Vrijstaat

Ancestors

Wife of Martin Johannis Knoetze — married 20 Jul 1891 in Boshof, Oranje Vrijstaat

Died 29 Aug 1943 at age 70 in Boshof, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa

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Biography

Magdalena Maryna Maria (Bekker) Knoetze is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

BAPTISM Record attached / Doop rekord aangeheg

MARRIAGE Record attached / Huweliks rekord aangeheg

PROBATE Record attached/Sterfte Kennis aangeheg

Research Notes

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No evidence found of incarceration in Anglo Boer War concentration camps. Source searched: Concentration Camps of the Anglo Boer War Database

Name

Magdalena Maryna Maria Bekker^[1]

Magdalena Maryna Maria Becker^[2]

Magdalena Maryna Maria Knoetze, born Becker^[3][4]

Knoetze Magdelena M.M. nee Becker^[5]

Birth

Event date: 02 Jun 1873^[1][5]

Event place: Dewetsdorp , Oranje Vrijstaat^[3]

Parents

Father: Adriaan Stephanus Bekker^[1][3]

Mother: Magdalena Maryna Maria Pienaar^[1][3]

Baptism

Name: Magdalena Maryna Maria Bekker^[1]

Baptism Date: 07 Sep 1873^[1]

Baptism Place: Edenburg, Oranje Vrijstaat^[1]

Birth Date: 02 Jun 1873^[1]

Father's Name: Adriaan Stephanus Bekker^[1]

Mother's Name: Magdalena Maryna Maria Pienaar^[1]

Spouse

Martin Johannes Knoetze^[2][6]

Marriage

Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1891^[2]

Marriage Place: Boshof, Free State, South Africa^[2]

Name: Martin Johannes Knoetze^[2]

Age: 20^[2]

Birth Year (Estimated): 1871^[2]

Bride: Magdalena Maryna Maria Becker^[2]

Age: 18^[2]

Birth Year (Estimated): 1873^[2]

Children

Had no children according to her and her spouse's probate records^[3][6], however 2 Baptism records found for 2 girls. The assumption then is that both girls must have been deceased at times of parents deaths:

Magdalena Maryna Maria Knoetze, born 24 Jan 1893^[7]

Petronella Jacoba Knoetzee, born 25 Mar 1894^[8]

Death

Event date: 29 Aug 1943^[3][4][5]

Event place: Boshof, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa^[3][4]

Age at death: 70 years, 2 months^[3]70 years^[4]

Headstone

Location: Free State, BOSHOF, Main cemetery^[5][4]

Timeline

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Source:
   • Baptism record: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HL-BXX2 : 20 February 2021), Magdalena Maryna Maria Bekker, 1873. Researched and attached 14 Jan 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Source:
   • Marriage record: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLR-VXL : 4 April 2020), Martin Johannes Knoetze and Magdalena Maryna Maria Becker, 20 Jul 1891; citing p. , Marriage, Boshof, Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm 1,670,494. Researched and attached 6 Sep 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Source:
   • Probate record: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPKK-LTPZ : 23 December 2019), Magdalena Maryna Maria Becker Knoetze, 1943; citing Probate, Boshof, Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004087929. Researched and attached 14 Jan 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Source:
   • Civil Death Record: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8BJ9-W36Z : 2 September 2020), Magdalena Maryna Maria Becker Knoetze, 1943. Researched and attached 14 Jan 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source:
   • Headstone: Free State, BOSHOF, Main cemetery K - Surnames :: Vanne - K KNOETZE Magdelena M.M. nee BECKER 1873-1943. https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3982603. Researched and attached 18 Apr 2023 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source:
   • Spouse's Probate record: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TCV-T82M : 23 March 2020), Martin Johannes Knoetze, ; citing Probate, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004047198. Researched and attached 4 Sep 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
7. ↑ Source:
   • Daughter Magdalena Maryna Maria Baptism record: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-PJCT : 20 February 2021), Martens Johannes Knoetzee in entry for Magdalena Maryna Maria, 1893. Researched and attached 14 Jan 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
8. ↑ Source:
   • Daughter Petronella Jacoba Baptism record: "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-8TMG : 20 February 2021), Martein Johannes Knoetzee in entry for Petronella Jacoba, 1894. Researched and attached 14 Jan 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown