Philippus Albertus Myburgh

• Baptism record says he was born April 13, baptised May 13, 1827: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12344-96911-7?cc=1478678 : accessed 18 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Memberships 1788-1834 > image 178 of 227; State Archives, Cape Province.
  

Document no longer available, and the dates are transcribed incorrectly here, but note spelling of Mijburgh: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTM-Q68 : 4 December 2014), Philippus Albertus Mijburgh, 13 Apr 1827, Baptism; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,092.

• Was born at and lived at Elsenburg.
• Marriage registration (transcribed as Jun 4; may be Jun 5, or possibly even January:"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11011-85944-81?cc=1478678 : accessed 24 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Marriages 1846-1857 > image 16 of 39; State Archives, Cape Province.
• This document about son-in-law Sir Harry Hands says that Philip was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony: https://tanniemossie.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cape-town_s-wwi-ma... (For more about the Parliament at the time, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope)
• First wife, Johanna Rynoldina, died at a Melck farm on the west coast.
• Die Myburghs van Suid-Afrika records that he married Jacoba Meyer after Johanna's death, but have not been able to find corroboration of this. She doesn't appear to be buried at the Myburgh family graveyard.
• Photos of Philippus' gravestone at the Myburgh cemetery at Elsenburg: http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=545381 - confirms date of birth, says he was also an elder of his church, and a member of parliament.