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Person PER-000087

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

  1. 20 July 1830 born Born
  2. 14 April 1845 married Married Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3)
  3. 2 October 1879 died Died

What we don't know

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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