Olivier Alexander
Alexander
(Alexander)
de Fin
Born in Smichow, Smichow, Böhmen, Österreich
Ancestors 
Brother of
Karl Jan De Fin, Hermine Auguste (De Fin) Hilbert, Oskar Franz de Fin and Franz Karl de Fin
Husband of
Marie (Boura) De Fin
— married
5 Aug 1903 (to before 1924) in East London, Eastern Cape, Sudáfrica
Husband of
Elisabeth Violetta Johanna Kuit
— married
19 May 1924 in Paarl, Kaapprovinsie, Sudáfrica
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Malmesbury, Malmesbury, Kaapprovinsie, Südafrika [uncertain]
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Biography
Alexander was born in Praga in 1879[1]. He was the son of Franz de Fin and Anna Krützner. In 1900, he was sentenced to a month in jail and a 200 crowns fine after a brawl with a coworker in Pilsen [2]. In 1902 he emigrated to SouthAfrica [3]. He is listed as the modern equivalent of a mechanical engineer. In 1903 he married Marie Boura in East London, East Cape, SouthAfrica.[4] In 1924 he married Elisabeth Kuit [5]. He passed away in 1960, in Southafrica[6][7].
Research Notes
He had 4 children from his 1º marriage (direct communication from grandson).
Sources
- ↑ http://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=F4C9890E8A954B20B26FD49C2562CCB0&scan=62#scan62 Baptism Book of St. Wenceslas (Ss. Philip and James) catholic church in Smichow (today Smíchov, Prag 5, Chequia)
- ↑ Pilsner Tagblatt, 30th Nov. 1900, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=pit&datum=19001130&seite=5&zoom=33&query=%22De%2BFin%22&ref=anno-search
- ↑ Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 133, Image 107
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B1-M3MR?cc=2821281&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6ZHP-TWNP
- ↑ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-Y9JP-D?cc=2821281 : 18 March 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa
- ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-M91R-B?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9TM%3A1598052321 : 31 January 2020), 007735065 > image 300 of 1201; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
- ↑ "South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91P-D36R-K?cc=3732506 : 8 February 2021), > image 1 of 1; National Archives, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
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