Dirk Pieter Jacobus was born in 1863 in Boshof, Orange Free State; he was the son of Hendrik Lourens Botes and Elsie Sophia van der Berg.
He was a Blacksmith in Boshof, aged 24, when he married widow Engela Jacoba Wilhelmina (du Toit) Ford, also 24, in Boshof, Orange Free State, on 7 December 1887.[1]
Marriage Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes to Engela Jacoba Wilhelmina (du Toit) Ford
Children born to Engela were:
Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes
Edmund Botes
Elsie Sophia Botes
Dirk was 49 years old when he passed away in his own home in Boshof, Orange Free State, on 1 December 1912.[2][3]
Death Notice of Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes
He is buried in the Boshof Main Cemetery Old Section:[4][5]
Botes, Dirk Pieter Jacobus
Born: 26 Mar 1863
Died: 1 Dec 1912
Buried: Main Cemetery Old Section, Boshof, District Boshof, Free State, RSA
Note: Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes
Sources
↑ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-Y3Y1 : 18 March 2021), Engela Jacoba Wilhelmina Ford in entry for Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes, 1887
↑ South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TJ9-BPW2 : 23 March 2020), Dirk Pieter Jacobus Botes, 1912; citing Probate, Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004047949
Is Dirk Pieter Jacobus your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
autosomal DNA
test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dirk Pieter Jacobus:
Featured Asian and Pacific Islander connections:
Dirk Pieter Jacobus is
23 degrees from 今上 天皇, 23 degrees from Adrienne Clarkson, 19 degrees from Dwight Heine, 27 degrees from Dwayne Johnson, 21 degrees from Tupua Tamasese Lealofioaana, 24 degrees from Stacey Milbern, 24 degrees from Sono Osato, 30 degrees from 乾隆 愛新覺羅, 25 degrees from Ravi Shankar, 23 degrees from Taika Waititi, 23 degrees from Penny Wong and 23 degrees from Chang Bunker
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.