Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe (b.1867)
20 February 1867 – 25 June 1943
Names
- Given
- Hendrik Lodewyk
- Surname
- Malherbe
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.
A life in the record
- 20 February 1867 born Born
- 25 June 1943 died Died
Stories
- mentioned The war reaches the Koup
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
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.
- 1 other person in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
One of the two brothers who came through the war. Named for his father [PER-000755], who died on 3 January 1901 while it was still being fought. [TREE]
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