Maria M. E. Zandberg (1878-1963)
1878 – 1963
Name
- Given
- Maria M. E.
- Surname
- Zandberg
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.
Naaste familie
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 1878 gebore Born
- 1963 oorlede Died
Stories
- mentioned Die van der Merwes van die Hantam
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Navorsingsnotas
[11 Aug 2026, SRC-389] THE SECOND WIFE OF PER-000762, and a person this model did not hold. She shares his gravestone in the Brandvlei main cemetery: "Van der Merwe FJW en MME geb Zandberg", read by eGGSA as "MERWE Frans J.W., van der 1863-1956 & Maria M.E. ZANDBERG 1878-1963". SHARING A STONE IS NOT A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, but the reading is strong: his first wife Christina Elisabeth NelM died in 1895, he lived another 61 years, and the woman beside him is 15 years his junior and buried with him under his surname. She outlived him by seven years. ONLY HER INITIALS ARE KNOWN. The stone gives M.M.E.; no full given names, no marriage date, no parents, no children. [TO VERIFY]
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.
Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders — die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak — is in Afrikaans.