Johannes Augustus Bresler

Baptismal Witnesses : Johannes Augustus Bresler / Wilhelmina Susanna Jacoba ( nee Steyn ) His Grandparents. - At the time of his Marriage, Johannes was aged 20 years and a ' Veeboer ' Cattle Farmer living on the farm ' Strydpoort ' in the Harrismith District. His wife Elizabeth Petronella Christina de Jager was aged 18 years and from the farm ' Rondehoek ' Harrismith District.They were Married by Ds A.A. van Lingen on 11 May 1883 at the NG Kerk, Harrismith, OFS. - Marriage Witnesses : P.C.de Jager / J.D.Theron - He also lived in Vrede and applied for Compensation after the Boer War in 1903 for their destroyed Farm in the Potchefstroom District. In 1902 his brother in law, P.L. Venter applied to stay with Johannes in Pretoria while on parole. May have died in 1914 in the Transvaal, his wife was Alida Francina Margrietha Kruger. Strydpoort Farm No : 189 of 2796 Morgen 3705 Square Roods and owned by Matthys Johannes Koen - Vrede District of the Orange Free State -On the Free State Voters List from 1889 to 1900, Johannes was listed as a ' Veeboeren ' ( Cattle Farmer ) from the Farm ' Lekkerleg ' Vrede District of the Orange Free State Farm No : 424 of 403 Morgen - Anglo Boer War History - Banished to Diyatalawa Concentration Camp in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) Prisoner ID no : 149 375

BritseKonsentrasiekamp:Standertonhttp://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/149375/Johannes Augustus Bresler/ StatusType: prisoner-of-war Notes: from Ceylon family in camp - { Transvaal Civil Deaths, Pretoria - Johannes Augustus Bresler passed away on 25 August 1943 at his residence, 38 Railway Street, Boksburg, Transvaal. He was aged 79 years, a pensioner and a retired general farmer and who died of carcinoma of the prostrate and secondary in the liver with Dr B.J. Engelbrecht attending. Informant : S.C. Oosthuizen - Person who caused burial. Death Notice signed at Boksburg on 26 August 1943 - No of Entry : 836/43 }