John Alexander
Gilfillan
Born in Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Brother of
Martha Johanna (Gilfillan) Pullen, Adam Gilfillan, Willem Jacobus Gilfillan, Sophia Cecilia Gilfillan, Hester Johanna (Gilfillan) Brenkman, Jacobus Daniel Gilfillan, Rachel Charlotte Munro (Gilfillan) Louw and Anna Mary Agnes (Gilfillan) Grobler
Husband of
Louisa Jacoba (Schutte) Gilfillan
— married
27 Dec 1897 in Cradock, Cape Colony
Died
at age 61
in Premier Mine, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
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Biography
John Alexander was born in the Cape Colony on 3 August 1871; he was the son of John Alexander Gilfillan and Hester Johanna (van Heerden) Gilfillan.
He was 27 years old when he married 24-year-old Teacher Louisa Jacoba Schutte in the home of BJ Janse van Rensburg at Driefontein, Cradock, Cape Colony, on 27 December 1897.[1]
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| Marriage John Alexander Gilfillan to Louisa Jacoba Schutte |
Children born of this marriage were:
- John Alexander Gilfillan
- Louisa Apollonia Gilfillan
- Christiaan Ernst Gilfillan
John worked as an Accounts Clerk at Premier Mine when he passed away in the Premier Mine Hospital on 26 August 1932; he was 61 years old.[2][3]
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| Death Notice of John Alexander Gilfillan |
He is buried in the Cullinan Main Cemetery.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH4-M7ML : 30 July 2021), Louisa Jacoba Schutte in entry for John Alexander Gilfillan, 1897
- ↑ 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:QPKP-7SP3 : 7 April 2020), John Alexander Gilfillan, 1932; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm
- ↑ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:74DX-ZLPZ : 16 September 2019), John Alexander Gilfillan, 26 Aug 1932; citing Death, Premier Mine, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal
- ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 22 February 2022
- www.1820settlers.com
- [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 6 Apr 2016]
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