Ruben Schoeman
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Ruben Jacobus Hosea Schoeman (1835 - 1899)

Ruben Jacobus Hosea Schoeman
Born in Queenstown, Kaapkoloniemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 5 Feb 1857 (to 15 Aug 1878) in Dordrecht, Cape Colonymap
Husband of — married 26 Dec 1878 in Barkly, Wodehouse, Cape Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 64 in Barkly East, Cape Colony, South Africamap
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Biography

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Ruben was the ninth child and eighth boy of Daniel Wilhelmus Schoeman who was baptized at Drakenstein on 11 May 1797 and died at Vlekpoort, Cradock on 15 August 1874. His mother was Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman (Jordaan) daughter of Johannes Petrus Jordaan and Anna Maria Jordaan (de Lange), baptized on 30 April 1797 and died at Besamieshoek on 2 February 1867. The marriage took place at Graaf Reinet on 8 September 1816.

Ruben was born at Queenstown on 6 January 1835 and baptized at Glen Lyden on 5 May 1835. He was a farmer and died at Barkly East on 24 August 1899. He married Magdalena Johanna Botha, born at Somerset East in 1841 and daughter of Jacobus Petrus Johannes Botha and Dorothea Regina Botha (Coetzer) at Barkly East on 26 December 1856 and the couple registered 8 children. 1. Dorothea Regina Schoeman 2. Anna Johanna Maria Schoeman 3.Daniel Wilhelmus Scheman (Died early) 4. Jacobus Petrus Johannes Schoeman 5. Magdalena Johanna Schoeman 6.Ruben Jacobus Hosea Schoeman 7. Maria Johanna Susanna Schoeman 8. Margaretha Debora Schoeman.

She died on 15 August 1878 at Wodehouse.

Ruben then married Maria Johanna Louisa May in 1878, who married Andries Johannes Taylor Roodt again on 20 September 1907 after the death of Ruben. Three children, one boy, and two daughters were registered from this marriage. The children from this marriage are: 1. Daniël Wilhelmus Schoeman 2. Wilhelmina Augusta Maria May Schoeman 3. Louisa Johanna Maria Schoeman

Ruben was a farmer (on Caerlaverock, district Barkly East) and he died on 24 August 1899 at Barkly East, aged 64 years 7 1/2 months.


  • Fact: Probate (1918) Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa

Sources

  • 1.Schoeman H J van S; Die Schoeman Geslagregister; 2002. ISBN 0-620-29135-4; Bladsy 580, 12637; a3 Daniel Jochem Schoeman x Martha Margaretha Estherhuyzen; Bladsy 701, 15415 a3b3,c3,d9; Ruben Jacobus Hosea Schoeman.
  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 July 2019, 18:19), entry for Ruben Jacobus Hosea Schoeman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR1P-JSM); contributed by various users.
  • [1] Marriage record on 5 Feb 1857 in Dordrecht, Cape Colony to Magdalena Johanna Botha. Added on 28 July 2023 by Ewald Schmidt
  • [2] Marriage record to Maria Johanna Louisa May on 26 Dec 1878 in Barkly, Wodehouse, added on 14 October 2021 by Ewald Schmidt
  • Family records

[3] Daughter's death certificate gives name.

  • [4] His death notice




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Dankie vir die foto Danie! Dis nou lekker om te sien hoe 'n mens se direkte voorouer gelyk het!
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