Magdalena Pieternella (18) married Petrus Jacobus Neveling (26), a blacksmith residing at Mafeking on 30 Jan 1912 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Mafikeng, Cape Province. Consent for the marriage was given by the bride's parents BJ Bester and CJ De Jong. The ceremony was performed by Geo Robinson, the rector of Mafeking and was witnessed by MH Le Roux and JH Neveling. Neither the bride or groom had been married before.[1]
Her mom died in 1934 and Magdalena is named in the probate[2]
↑ 1.01.1 "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:84S7-MN3Z : 11 July 2020), Magdalena Catharina Petronella Christiana Bester in entry for Petrus Jacobus Neveling, 1912.
↑ 2.02.12.2 "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:QP8L-Z192 : 7 April 2020), Klara Elizabella De Jonge Bester, 1934; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm .
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