Jacob Louis van Deventer (1874 - 1922)

Born 13 Jul 1874 in Ficksburg Oranje Vrijstaat

Ancestors

Husband of Prinsina Petronella Aletta (Booysen) van Deventer — married 8 Feb 1899 in Pretoria, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Died 27 Aug 1922 at age 48 in Silkaatsnek, Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa

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Biography

Jacob Louis van Deventer is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Jacob Louis van Deventer is Notable.

Birth

Event date: 13 Jul 1874 ^[1]

Event Place:

Baptism

Suffix: Sir^[2]

Name: Jacob Louis van Deventer ^[1][2]

Event Date: 11 April 1875 ^[1]

Event Place: Ficksburg Oranje Vrijstaat^[1]

Father's Name: Christoffel van Deventer ^[1][2]

Mother's Name: Johanna Bekker ^[1][2]

Witnesses: None listed

First Marriage

Groom: Jacob Louis van Deventer ^[2][3]

Age: 24 years ^[3]

From the Oranje Vrijstaat^[3]

Bride: Prinsina Petronella Aletta Booysen^[2]Prinsina Petronella Aletta Booÿsen^[3]

Age: 19 years ^[3]

From Pretoria^[3]

Event Date: 8 Feb 1899^[3]

Event Place: Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa ^[3]

Second Marriage

Groom: Jacob Louis van Deventer ^[2][4]

Occupation: inspector General in Defence Forces ^[2][4]

Age: 47 years old widower^[4]

Bride: Maria Cornelia Snyman^[2][4]

Age: 31 years old widow^[4]

Event Date: 10 Dec 1921^[4]

Event Place: Reitz, Bethlehem, Oranjge Free State, Union of South Africa^[4][2]

No children^[2]

Death

Event Date: 27 Aug 1922

Event Place: Silkaatsnek, Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa ^[2]

Notes

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General van Deventer, July 1917 - 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Jacob Louis van Deventer KCB CMG DTD (18 July 1874 – 17 August 1922) was a South African military commander.

Van Deventer was born in Ficksburg in the Orange Free State. He began his military career in the Transvaal republican forces in Pretoria on 21 February 1896, and fought in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). He was physically a very big man standing almost 2 m tall. A serious wound at the end of the Anglo Boer War affected his ability to speak. Van Deventer was skilled at guerrilla tactics.

He returned to military service in World War I, and commanded a Union Defence Forces formation in the South West Africa Campaign (1914-1915). In the German East Africa Campaign (1916-1918), he commanded a South African Overseas Expeditionary Force mounted brigade, then a division, and finally (1917-1918) all the British imperial forces in the region (though, allegedly, he could hardly speak English). He was knighted twice for his services.

After the war, he was a part-time inspecting officer. He was made a Grand Officer of the Portuguese Military Order of Aviz in 1921. In 1922, he commanded a mounted brigade in operations to crush the Rand Revolt on the Witwatersrand. He married Maria Cornelia Snyman, born 5 May 1890. He died later in Pretoria in 1922.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism Jacob Louis van Deventer 11 April 1875 : 4 November 2016, Free State > Ficksburg > Christenings 1869-1881 1881-1894 > image 41 of 190; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein. Seen and entered May 4, 2020 by Desireé Schekierka
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice Sir Jacob Louis van Deventer 27 Aug 1922: 7 April 2020, > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. . Seen and entered April 24, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch Marriage Jacob Louis van Deventer and Prinsina Petronella Aletta Booÿsen 8 Feb 1899: 27 September 2019, > image 1 of 1; Citing NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Seen and entered April 24, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch Marriage Jacob Louis van Deventer and Maria Cornelia Boshoff Snijman 10 Dec 1921: 21 May 2014, Free State > Reitz > Marriages 1909-1932 > image 510 of 924; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein. Seen and entered April 24, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka