Jacobus Casparus Adendorff

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Jacobus Casparus Adendorff

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wepener, Orange Free State.
Death: November 26, 1918 (41)
Rouxville, Orange Free State.
Immediate Family:

Son of Johan Georg Adendorff and Maria Susanna Adendorff
Husband of Martha Margaretha van der Merwe
Father of Gezina Johanna Adendorff; Jan George Adendorff and Frans Jacobus Adendorff
Brother of Rachel Sophia Elizabetha Jacoba van Straten; Christiaan Machiel Adendorff; Jan George Adendorff; Marthinus Christoffel Adendorff and Anna Elisabeth Adendorff

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About Jacobus Casparus Adendorff

Baptised on 14th October, 1877 in Wepener with witnesses:- Christoffel Lombard; Anna Elizabeth Adendorff; Jacobus Casparus Botha and Engela Carolina van Tonder. Home address was Highlands.



Baptism record:- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-TLKD?i=91&wc=...


marriage record:- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-8JH8?mode=g&i=250&wc=3...


On marriage he was 29 years old and his residence was 'Grootdam'. [farm name?] Died at home on his farm 'Grootdam', district of Rouxville aged 41 years and 5 months.


Probably the Jacobus Adendorff captured by British at Fouriesburg on 30th July, 1900 during the Boer War. From Kleinfontein, Wepener and aged 23. Sent to Diyatalawa camp in Ceylon aboard SS RANEE and his prisoner number was 7481.


===Prisoners of War AOB == Added by AR Swanepoel

Database ID: 6565
POW Number: 7481
Surname: ADENDORFF
Name: JACOBUS
Age: 23
Address: KLEINFONTEIN
District: WEPENER
Where Captured: FOURIESBURG
When Captured: 1900/07/30
Camp: DIYATALAWA
Country: CEYLON
Ship (to): RANEE
Ship (from): N/A


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Jacobus Casparus Adendorff's Timeline

1877
June 1, 1877
Wepener, Orange Free State.
1908
April 3, 1908
Orange Free Colony.
1910
February 20, 1910
Rouxville, Orange Free State.
1918
January 27, 1918
Orange Free State.
November 26, 1918
Age 41
Rouxville, Orange Free State.