Willem Johannes Hermanus Botha, b2c4d1e1f3g1h?

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About Willem Johannes Hermanus Botha, b2c4d1e1f3g1h?

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-YWGN-Q?view=i...

Death/Probate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-JQJD-T?cc=252...

Death Notice:

DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 28348 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BOTHA, WILLEM JOHANNES HERMANUS. STARTING 19160000 ENDING 19160000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE ELIZABETH MARIA JOHANNA (BORN PRETORIUS).

This document gives his date of death as 19.1.1916 and his age at that time as 57 years and 4 months. This suggests a date of birth more likely during 1858 than 1859. Referring to the dates of birth of his siblings, 1858 also looks more likely.

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Dates of Birth according to the records of British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (see sources):

The family arrived at the Camp on 26.11.1901, and their respective ages were recorded as follows (with the implied date of birth in brackets):

Willem Johannes Hermanus Botha: 41 years (DOB: 1860)

Elizabeth Maria Johanna Botha: 36 years (DOB: 1865)

and these 6 of the first 7 children (their second child died young)

Elizabeth Maria Botha: 15 years (DOB: 1886)

Theunis Petrus Botha: 12 years (DOB: 1889)

Sophia Magdalena Botha: 7 years (DOB: 1894)

Maria Elizabeth Botha: 5 years (DOB: 1896)

Anna Catharina Susanna Botha: 2 years (DOB: 1899)

Willem Johannes Hermanus Botha: 3 months (DOB: 1901)