James Caithness Marincowitz

18 June 1866 – 1934 · Marincowitz line

Names

Baptismal name: James Caithness
Given: James Caithness
Surname: Marincowitz

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: Ger(H)olm Marincowitz
Mother: Hester Carolina Adriana Hitge
Brothers and sisters: 1845Nicolaas James Marincowitz

1847Thomas Frederick Marincowitz

1850Gerolm Stephanus Johannes Marincowitz

1852George Conrad Marincowitz

1855Mary Louisa Marincowitz

1857Vincent Jan Adriaan Marincowitz

1860Charles Frederik Marincowitz (b.1860)

1863Herbert Vincent Marincowitz

1869Lucrezia Geraldine Annetta Marincowitz
Children: Anna Cornelia Marincowitz

A life in the record

18 June 1866 born Born
1934 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.

Research notes

[SRC-074] Son of Gerolm of Trieste. "Caithness" is a Scottish county - another name worth chasing.

29 Jul 2026: linked to tree (matched on name + birth year during the farm-relatives pull).

[SRC-008] 31 Jul 2026, from the SAG descendant report: birth date refined from 1866 to 1866-06-18.

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

A 1907 petition names James Caithness Marincowitz of Vrolykheid, suing his wife for restitution of conjugal rights priority 2 · LEAD-0185
NAAIRS (supplied by Frans in chat indexes a Cape Supreme Court motion: PETITION OF JAMES CAITHNESS MARINCOWITZ OF VROLYKHEID, DIVISION OF PRINCE ALBERT, FOR LEAVE TO SUE HIS WIFE JOHANNA DOROTHEA CORNELIA ELIZABETH COETZEE BY EDICTAL CITATION FOR RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. Is the petitioner PER-000195 (b. 18 Jun 1866, d. 1934), and what does the file say about the household on Vrolikheid in 1907?

What would settle it The CSC file itself. It will name the marriage date and place, the desertion account, and where she was thought to be - household detail for Vrolikheid in 1907 that no farm paper carries.

Elders

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