Catharina Elizabeth Johanna Booyens
20 July 1830 – 2 October 1879 · Booyens line
Connection to the Koup
Married into a household on this ground: Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3) (1845-04-14).
Names
- Baptismal name
- Catharina Elizabeth Johanna
- Given
- Catharina Elizabeth Johanna
- Surname
- Booyens
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Married
- Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3) 14 April 1845
A life in the record
- 20 July 1830 born Born
- 14 April 1845 married Married Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3)
- 2 October 1879 died Died
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[SRC-072] Of Van Aardsfontein No. 109, next door to Rietkuil. Married at fifteen. Died on Swanepoelsaanleg 2 Oct 1879 and is presumed buried there; her grave could not be found on a farm visit. Three of her eight children were still minors.
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