Philippus Jeremias Coetzer, b1c12d6 - Something amiss with Philippus Jeremias Coetzer.

Started by Private on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Private
10/19/2021 at 11:19 PM

Death Notice here: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D5RW-WD?cc=3040532 : 24 August 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.

Philippus Jeremias Coetzer born 1803, died 07/06/1877. Surviving spouse Johanna Petronella Delport. Gives parents as Philippus Jeremias Coetzer and Christina Elizabeth Oosthuizen (erroneous? should it be de Bruyn?). Of the farm Camelot.

The children from first marriage are given as:
Martinus Rudolf
Johannes
Frederick Petrus
Philippus Jeremias
Pieter Willem
Willem Jacobus
Hendrik
Fredericka Wilhelmina Johanna
Christina Elizabeth
Hester Cecilia
The child of the second marriage:
Geviena Martina

i.e. correct children for Philippus Jeremias Coetzer.

However, Death Notice informant is J.H. Vorster. I have a couple in my family tree: Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Christina Elizabeth Vorster. They were married 29/07/1867. Her living status is given as "widow". She died 1909 in Fordsburg, Transvaal of senile decay.

Yet, here we have Christina Elizabeth Van Heerden, b1c12d6e8. Death Notice for Frans Jacob Christoffel van Heerden here: "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-K42R?cc=3040532 : 24 August 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein. She's given as "surviving spouse" in 1903.

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