Helena Johanna (Smuts) Laurie
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Helena Johanna (Smuts) Laurie (1903 - 1933)

Helena Johanna Laurie formerly Smuts
Born in Riebeek Westmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of , [half], [half] and [private sister (1920s - unknown)] [half]
Wife of — married 7 Jun 1927 in Cape Townmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 30 in Kroonstadmap
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Profile last modified | Created 10 Nov 2016
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Biography

Helena Smuts was the daughter of Boudewyn de Vries Smuts. At the time of her mother's death in 1913, when Helena was ten years old, the family was living on the farm Klipfontein, north of Moorreesburg.

Husband is a clerk with Standard Bank at Kroonstad.
Died aged 30 years 5 months on 30th September 1933 at 58 Brand Street, Kroonstad.
Parents: Boudewyn de Vries Smuts of Moorreesburg and Hester Cecelia M. Smuts born Kitshoff, deceased.
Children: John Albertyn Pilford Laurie born 30th June 1929, Boudewyn de Vries Laurie born 2nd September 1931, both minors.
Signed at Kroonstad on 9 October 1933 by J.A.P. Laurie, husband present at death.

Baptism

Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Cape Province), 1899-1920 Baptisms 1902-1903 Piquetberg through Vyheid

Sources

  • Gravestone. See uploaded image.
  • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK4P-V5R : 4 December 2014), John Albertyn Pilfold Laurie and Helena Johanna Smuts, 07 Jun 1927, Marriage; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,197,945.
  • Death Notice VAB: MHG 25350 LAURIE, HELENA JOHANNA. NOOIENSVAN: SMUTS. EGGENOOT: JOHN ALBERTYN PILFORD LAURIE. 1933. See uploaded image, containing the following information. Seen and entered by Laurie-474 13:05, 20 December 2016 (EST).


Research Notes

  1. The information about her gravestone on NAAIRS contains several errors, and this source has now been removed since the photograph is available on eGGSA and has been uploaded.
  2. Her estate papers contain her husband's name several times, sometimes written with third name Pilford and sometimes with Pilfold.
  3. Her father on NAAIRS: MOOC 6/9/21596 5415/53 SMUTS, BOUDEWYN DE VRIES. ESTATE PAPERS. 1953 Not available from FamilySearch on 20 Dec 2016.






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