Born 13 Feb 1872 in Cape Colony

Wife of Hendrik Coenraad Kukkuk — married 14 Apr 1896 in Ficksburg, Free State

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1938 in Bethel, Transvaal, South Africa

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Biography

Surname variations:

In various registers and documents the surname of Maria Elizabeth Magdalena has been spelled in several ways:

Baptism register: Germeshuys.

Marriage register: Germishuyzen but she signed M.E.M. Germishuys and one of the witnesses signed DB Germishuys.

Death registration: Germishuysen

Death notice: Germishuizen

Mutual will: Germishuizen but she signed it M.E.M. Germishuys.

In the baptism registers of her brothers Daniel Burgert Jacobus and Michiel Burgert Johannes, the surname is Germishuys.

The Cape archives index to death notices 1834-1912 is a case in point regarding the various ways this surname was spelled: [1]

Baptism:

14 Apr 1872. Dutch Reformed Church, Napier.

Baptism register:

"Kinderen: Maria Elizabeth Magdalena

Ouders: Germeshuys, Barend Daniel Jacobus. Matthee, Franscina Johanna

Getuigen: Michiel Burgert Matthee, Maria Franscina Gildenhuys, Petrus Theunis Johannes Germeshuys, Maria Elizabeth Magdalene Matthee, Jurie Johannes Blom, Martha Hendrika Magdalena Blom".

Marriage:

Hendrik Coenraad Kukkuk

South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 14 Apr 1896

Event Place Ficksburg, Orange Free State, South Africa

Residence Place Jakhalsfontein Ficksburg

Age 28

Marital Status Single

Spouse's Name Maria Elizabeth Magdalena Germishuys

Spouse's Residence Place Gouverneurskop Ficksburg

Spouse's Age 24

Spouse's Marital Status Single

"South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-FDXZ : 4 November 2016), Hendrik Coenraad Kukkuk and Maria Elizabeth Magdalena Germishuys, 1896. [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 15 Jan 2017]

Death:

Maria Elizabeth Magdalena Kukkuk died on 11 Jul 1938 Bethel, South Africa, birth name Germishuizen ; husband Hendrik Coenraad Kukkuk; 4 children ^[1]

Hendrik died in 1942 ^[2]

Sources

• South Africa, Cape. Dutch Reformed Church. Baptisms 1866-1872 Rings of Swellendam and Albanie. Napier 1872 book 36 p 802-803 image 675 [2]
• South Africa. Transvaal. Civil Registration Deaths 1869-1954. Bethal 1938 entry 112-38 image 1122 [3]
• http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=807433 ^[3]
• "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-909-48693-19424-20?cc=1910846 : accessed 12 May 2016), Free State > Ficksburg > Marriages 1875-1903 > image 363 of 422; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein. ^[3]
• http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=807433 ^[3]

1. ↑ Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC1-YM9F
2. ↑ http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=807430
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Added by Jo Fourie, 6 October 2015

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