Stephanus Jacobus Hart (1839 - 1914)

Born 31 May 1839 in Somerset East, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Cottingham) Hart — married 16 Sep 1863 in Queenstown, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1914 at age 74 in Cathcart, Cape Province, Union of South Africa

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Biography

Stephanus Jacobus was born in Somerset East on 31 May 1839; he was the son of Robert Hart and Johanna Christine (Meintjies) Hart.

He was a farmer, 24 years old, when he married 17 year old Mary Jane Cottingham in Queenstown, Cape Colony, on 16 September 1863.^[1]

Marriage Stephanus Jacobus Hart to Mary Jane Cottingham

The following children were born of this marriage:

Horace Newton Hart, b 30 Jun 1864, d 14 Jul 1935 (Age 71 years)

Sidney Lawrence Hart, b 19 Mar 1866, d 21 Jun 1922 (Age 56 years)

Ida May Hart, b 16 Nov 1867, d 25 Sep 1952 (Age 84 years)

William Osborne Hart, b 29 Jan 1870, d 18 May 1926 (Age 56 years)

Annie Margaret Hart, b 6 Feb 1872

Mary Lillian Hart, b 14 Dec 1874

Georgia Eulalie Hart, b 22 Apr 1877, d 27 Nov 1961 (Age 84 years)

Lylie Blanch Hart, b 30 Apr 1879, d 18 Jul 1916 (Age 37 years)

Stephanus Meintjies Hart, b 29 Oct 1880, d 6 Oct 1969 (Age 88 years)

Muriel Violet Hart, b 9 Apr 1882

Gladys Elaine Hart, b 9 Nov 1884, d 16 Jan 1964 (Age 79 years)

Pearl Hart, b 23 Nov 1886, d 9 May 1964 (Age 77 years)

There is a brilliant photograph of Stephanus and his family at Happy Valley, taken c. 1900, in the Archives.

http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=972113

Those shown are - Gladys Hart ( later married Tom Bourchier Bowker) , Jules Green, Myrtle Hart, Meintjies Hart, Eulalie Hart (later married Miles Bowker), a Miss Barnes, Mary Hart, Amy Hart (daughter of son Newton, adopted by Mary), Stephanus Hart, Pearl Hart, Lylie Hart, Leo Barnes (later married Amy).

Added on 4 Jun 2018 by Ian McArthur

Stephanus was 74 years old when he passed away in his own home on his farm 'Happy Valley' near Cathcart, Cape Colony, on 22 February 1914.^[2][3]

Death Notice of Stephanus Jacobus Hart

He is buried in the Happy Valley Farm Cemetery with Mary:^[4][5]

Hart, Stephanus Jacobus

Born: 21 May 1839

Died: 22 Feb 1914

Buried: The Happy Valley 147, Rural, District Cathcart, Eastern Cape, RSA

Note: Stephanus Jacobus Hart

Sources

1. ↑ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D92D-PNW2 : 1 February 2021), Stephanus Jacobus Hart, 1863
2. ↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP45-JTZ8 : 27 April 2020), Stephanus Jacobus Hart, 1914
3. ↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-6S2Y : 10 March 2021), Stephanus Jacobus Hart, 22 Feb 1914, Cathcart, Cape Province, South Africa; citing National Archives, Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,925,612
4. ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project, Revision: 17 and before
5. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 3 April 2021