Magdalena Maria van Wyk
2 May 1835 – 4 February 1899 · van Wyk line
Married into the family
Connection to the Koup
Married into a household on this ground: Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen (b.1828) (1850-06-10).
- event Maria Johanna Oosthuysen baptised at Beaufort1869-03-14
Names
- Baptismal name
- Magdalena Maria
- Given
- Magdalena Maria
- Surname
- van Wyk
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
- Father
- Abraham Van Wyk
- Mother
- Magdalena Maria Cloete
- Married
- Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen (b.1828) 10 June 1850, Hendrik Jacobus Burger van der Westhuizen
A life in the record
- 2 May 1835 born Born
- 10 June 1850 married Married Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen (b.1828)
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14 March 1869
event
Maria Johanna Oosthuysen baptised at Beaufort
Born 14 December 1868, baptised 14 March 1869. Witnesses Nicolaas Flok, Maria Johanna van Wyk and Hildje Susanna Maria Flok. The register spells the family Oosthuysen.
- 4 February 1899 died Died
What we don't know
- 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.
Sources
- Baptism of Maria Johanna Oosthuysen, Beaufort, 14 March 1869FamilySearch, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994"Doopregister, Beaufort, ff. 5-66/5-67, second entry in the left column
Research notes
[SRC-073] Daughter of Abraham van Wyk and Maria Magdalena Cloete. Widowed on Middelwater in 1871; remarried at Prince Albert 14 Dec 1874 to Hendrik Jacobus Burgert van der Westhuizen.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Open questions
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When did Maria Johanna Botes born Oosthuizen actually die?
priority 2 · LEAD-0020
Her 1976 death is withdrawn as manufactured from a probate date range. She was born 14 Dec 1868 and married Michiel Josias BotesM on 1 Jul 1895. When did she die, and under what surname was her estate filed?
What would settle it A death notice or estate file under Botes. Failing that, the wording of Andrew's 1976 file on whether his mother predeceased him.
Elders
FamilySearch profile L1GF-M7J