Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise (van Sluijs) Mes (1876 - 1940)

Biography

Marie was born on 12 November 1876 in Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands; she was the daughter of Cornelis Johannis van Sluijs and Gerritje Rouwenhorst.^[1]

• Name: Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise van Sluijs
• Sex: Female
• Birth Date: 12 Nov 1876
• Birthplace: Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Birthplace (Original): Goes
• Father's Name: Cornelis Johannis van Sluijs
• Mother's Name: Gerritje Rouwenhorst

She married Gerrit Mes on 4 June 1902:^[2]

• Name: Gerrit Mes
• Sex: Male
• Age: 27
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
• Birthplace: Haarlem
• Occupation: Arts
• Father's Name: Pieter Mes
• Mother's Name: Margaretha van den Bosch
• Mother's Occupation: Verloskundige
• Spouse's Name: Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise van Sluijs
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 25
• Spouse's Birth Year: (Estimated) 1877
• Spouse's Birthplace: Goes
• Spouse's Father's Name: Cornelis Johannis van Sluijs
• Spouse's Father's Occupation: Directeur van een Electrisch Centraal Station
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Gerritje Rouwenhorst
• Marriage Date: 04 Jun 1902
• Marriage Place: Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Marriage Place (Original): Velsen

Children born of this marriage were:

• Gerrit Marie Mes
• Margaretha Gererde Mes
• Frits Ferdinand Mes

Marie was 64 years old and resident in Bronkhorstspruit when she passed away at Flat No 2, 102 Church Street, Pretoria, on 16 November 1940.^[3][4]

Death of Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise (van Sluijs) Mes

She is buried in the Rebecca Street Cemetery in Pretoria:^[5][6]

• van Sluys, Marie Meg
• Born: 12 Nov 1876
• Died: 16 Nov 1940
• Buried: Rebecca Street Cemetery, Pretoria, District Pretoria, Gauteng, RSA
• Note: Marie Meg van Sluys

Sources

1. ↑ Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCB-MBHS : 16 November 2020), Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise van Sluijs, Birth 12 Nov 1876, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Goes geboorteakten burgerlijke stand, archive 25, inventory number GOE-G-1876, record number 184; Goes geboorteakten burgerlijke stand; Zeeuws Archief
2. ↑ Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM2-FT73 : 22 August 2017), Gerrit Mes and Marie Wilhelmine Adèle Louise van Sluijs, Marriage 04 Jun 1902, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Haarlem, inventory number , record number 46; ; Noord-Hollands Archief
3. ↑ 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:QPN2-J91S : 7 April 2020), Marie Wilhelmina Adele Louise Van Shuys Mes, 1940; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm
4. ↑ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7826-GF6Z : 16 September 2019), Marie Wilhelmina Adele Louise Van Stuys Mes, 16 Nov 1940; citing Death, Pretoria, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal
5. ↑ SA Genealogical Society Graveyard Project, Revision: 17 and before
6. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 1 July 2021