Josef Jacobus Botes (1859-1951)
1859 – 1951
Names
- Given
- Josef Jacobus
- Surname
- Botes
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
- Engela Susara Botes, born Niehaus 9 August 1880
- Children
- Engela Susara Theron, born Botes
A life in the record
- 1859 born Born
- 9 August 1880 married Married Engela Susara Botes, born Niehaus
- 1951 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
[7 Aug 2026, FROM FAMILYSEARCH] Her husband, married 9 August 1880. His brother-in-law Andreas Stefanus BotesM [PER-001562] married her sister four months later, on 13 December 1880 - two Botes men marrying two Niehaus sisters in one year. [FS]
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Elders
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