Petrus Lafras Meyer (1887 - 1951)

Born 26 Jun 1887 in Humansdorp, Cape Province, South Africa

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Magdalena (Gouws) Meyer — married 26 May 1922 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa

Husband of Johanna Maria Elizabeth (Senekal) Schutte — married 7 Dec 1946 in Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1951 at age 63 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa

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Biography

• Petrus Lafras was born in 1887. He is the son of Pieter Lafras Meyer and Maria Magdalena Heyns.
• When Petrus Lafras Meyer was born on 26 June 1887, in Western Cape, South Africa, his father, Petrus Lafras Meyer, was 33 and his mother, Maria Susanna Magdalena Heyns, was 28. He married Elizabeth Magdalena Gouws on 26 May 1922, in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Ventersburg, Orange Free State, South Africa in 1922. He died on 22 February 1951, in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, at the age of 63.
• Petrus Lafras Meyer Baptism in South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970^[1]
• Petrus Lafras Meyer Birth in South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970^[2]
• Petrus Lafras Meyer Baptism in South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K2K-RL1W : 20 April 2023), Petrus Lafras Meyer, 1887.
2. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:62ZD-FDKY : 23 July 2023), Petrus Lafras Meyer, 1887.

• Death Notice of Petrus Lafras Meyer, "South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XHRS-Q2J?cc=1407787&wc=Q8W9-9LB%3A1058033201%2C1058281001 : 21 May 2014), 1951 > no 274-323 > image 50 of 194; Master of the Free State High Court, Bloemfontein.
• Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989,"South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P993-Y?cc=3040532 : 26 June 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein
• ==Son, Willem Johannes Meyer, born 18/8/1958 informed [Botha-586]1Ria Lenard via email on 15 February 2021==*
• Baptism Petrus Lafras Meyer and birth Humansdorp, Cape Province, South Africa 26 Jun 1887, {https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-Q9KL-N?cc=1478678}, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-Q9KL-N?cc=1478678 : 22 August 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. [Added by [Botha-5861] on 26 October 2021 ]^[3].
• Petrus Lafras Meyer marriage 26 May 1922 Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa born abt 1888 Elizabeth Magdalena Gouws born abt 1893, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69HW-9NL?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-YWG%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C50282101%2C50602701 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Marriages 1913-1922 > image 69 of 69; State Archives, Cape Province. [Added by [Botha-5861] on 23 February 2022 ]^[4]
• Petrus Lafras Meyer born abt 1888 marriage to Elizabeth Magdalena Gouws born abt 1893; 26 May 1922 Stellenbosch, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika, South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-G71Z-6?cc=2821281 : 6 July 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. [Added by [Botha-5861] on 23 February 2022 ]^[5]
• "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KKG-B493 : Thu Oct 26 16:33:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Petrus Lafras Meyer and Maria Susanna Heyns, 11 Jul 1886.