Jan Johannes Hefer (abt. 1845 - 1915)

Ancestors

Husband of Hester Cecilia (Du Plessis) Hefer — married 28 Nov 1869 in Smithfield, Orange Free State

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1915 at about age 70 in South Africa [uncertain]

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Biography

Jan was born about 1846.

Jan was a Boer soldier in the Anglo Boer war.

He was captured at Paardeberg on 27 Feb 1900 and was sent to St. Helena on the ship "Milwaukee", where he became a prisoner of war (Prisoner number: 3837) in Deadwood Camp. Jan passed away in 1915.

Jan Johannes was born about 1845. He was the son of Jan Johannes Petrus Arnoldus Pienaar Hefer and Johanna Catharina Wilhelmina jacoba Swanepoel. He passed away about 1915. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Dalene (Prinsloo) Du Toit.

• Anglo Boer War Museum 2016

• "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLY-S9P : 4 December 2014), Jan Johannes Hefer and Hester Sucilia Du Plessis, 28 Nov 1869; citing p. , Marriage, Smithfield, Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm 1,670,605.

• "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:QPZ4-1LRL : 7 September 2018), Hester Cecilia Du Plessis Hefer, 1921; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm .
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