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Johannes Christiaan Vorster (1850 - 1929)

Johannes Christiaan Vorster
Born in Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africamap
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Husband of — married 22 Apr 1872 (to Feb 1915) in Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africamap
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Died at age 78 in Britstown, Cape Province, South Africamap
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Biography

Christening: 3 Nov 1850. Dutch Reformed Church, Colesberg. Witnesses: Jan Adriaan du Plessis, Gerbrech Elisabeth van der Walt, Anna Martha du Plessis.

Marriage: 22 Apr 1872. Dutch Reformed Church, Colesberg. Marriage register: Groom 21 years, stock farmer of Ketelfontein. Bride 17 years, from Taijboschfontein, parents' consent. Witnesses: CJJ van der Walt and WJL Booysen.

Death: 14 Jun 1929. The death notice was signed on 8 Aug 1929 by his daughter Maria Aletta Venter, present at death. She made an error by giving her parents' names as parents of her own father whose death notice she signed. He was 78 years 8 months, widower, retired farmer. He left 8 children: Susanna Maria (Steyn), Margaretha Johanna (vd Walt), Wilhelmina Christina (Snyman), Maria Aletta (Venter), Johannes Christiaan, Gerbrecht Elizabeth (du Plessis), Susanna Lodewika Johanna (du Plessis), Hester Sophia Vorster.

Sources

  • South Africa, Cape Province. Dutch Reformed Church. Christening records 1846-1851. Colesberg 1850 book 6 p 1014 image 557 [1]
  • South Africa. Cape Province. Civil registrations. Marriages 1696-1899. Colesberg 1872 entry 10 certificate 4277 image 115 [2]
  • South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989. KAB 23494/1929 image 913 [3]
  • SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES Pretoria Human Science Research Council 1986 [Reprinted by Genealogical Institute of South Africa Stellenbosch 2007




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