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A record of all the individuals (and their Geni-profiles) who were aged 100 years or more at the time of their death in Southern Africa. (Centenarians)
Listed chronologically (according to date of birth - which could have been outside of Southern Africa).
Don't just add the profile to the project - please also add the profile to the appropriate position in the list. Or ask for help from the project.
— Born in the 1600's —
- Jacobus Cornelisze Botha, b4 (c.1692-c.1791) - close, particularly for the times
— Born in the 1700's —
- Maria Maree (1706-c.1814)
- Jasper Smit (1714-c.1822)
- Philippus Rudolphus Botha (c.1722-c.1825)
- Martha Berthault de St. Jean (1722-1825)
- Pieter van den Berg (1740-1843)
- Theunis Botha (1743-c.1851)
- Hermanus Philipus Potgieter, de Oude (1765-c1871)
- Christoffel Johannes van Dyk (1788-1888)
- Jacobus Potgieter b7c8d3e2 (1788-1890)
- Barend Booysen (1792-1892)
- Stephanus Johannes Marthinus Swanepoel (1793-1897)
- Amerentia Petronella Swanepoel (1797-1897)
— Born in the 1800's —
- Maria Elizabeth Fourie (1801-1901)
- Matthys Johannes Marthinus Johannes de Beer, b7c6d8 (1808-c.1908)
- Nicolaas Salomon Louw (1810-1910)
- Ramonotwane (bef. c.1815 - 1945)
- Cornelia Jacoba Elizabeth Brits (Lombaard) (1825-1925)
- Anna Maria Bester (1829 - 1932)
- Peter Chandler Oom Met Pringle (1830-1951)
- Catharina Maria Jacobs 1831-1935
- Casparus Johannes Reinard Steyn (1836-1937)
- Hester Susanna Frost (1843-1945)
- Matthys Johannes Lourens (1849-1950)
- Sophia Charlotte Van der Merwe (1856-1956)
- Johanna Maria Drotskie (1857-1968)
- William Maurice Leonard (1862-1962)
- Hester Franzina Elizabeth Pauw (le Roux) (1863-1964)
- Michiel Christiaan Opperman (1866-1969)
- Guillaume Francois du Toit (1867-1969)
- Maria Elizabeth Margaretha Venter (1867-1970)
- Johanna Carolina van den Bergh (Smit) (1870-1971)
- Jules Ellenberger (1871-1974)
- Susanna Maria Hofmeyr (1872-1973)
- Jacobus Francois Joubert (1874 - 1979)
- Hermanus Antonie Labuschagne, f8g7 (1874-1980)
- Johanna Maria Magdalena Peyper b2c2d8e6 (1880-1981)
- Thomas Richard Visagie (1880-1983)
- Herold Reitz Murray (1881-1984)
- Maryna driana Terblanche (Strydom) (1882-1984)
- Elizabeth Gertruida Visser (Engels) b3c4d4 (1883-1983)
- Francois Anthonie Benjamin Rall (1883-1985)
- Magdalena Christina Swart (Giliomee) (1885-1990)
- Elsie Sophia Susara Botes (1889-1990)
- Maria Magdalena Steyn (Myburgh) (1891-1994)
- Ilva May Dersley (Timm) (1892-1992)
- Ella Malan (1892-1995)
- Jacobus Johannes "Koos" Bothma (1893-1994)
- Maria Magdalena Taljaard (Neethling) (1896-1996)
- Olive Mabel Pitt Maaske (Fitchett) (1896-1997)
— Born in the 1900's —
- Martha Johanna "Matty" Schabort (Janse van Rensburg) (1900-2001)
- Elizabeth Johanne Hermine Freitag (Dalbock) (1901-2002)
- Jan Abrahamson Duminy (1904-2009 or 2014 ?)
- Col. Robert von Kleist (1907-2007)
- Johanna Catharina Roets (du Toit) (1910-2011)
- Aletta Theunisina de Wet (Swart) (1911-2012)
- Helena Dorothea van Heerden (Botes) (1911-2016)
- Jacoba Marthina Stemmet (Grobbelaar) (1914-2014) {Note: actually less than 3 months short of 100...}
- Lt.Col. Lawrence Hamilton Gordon Shuttleworth, D.F.C. (1914-2018)
- Hendrik Wilhelm Carl Pistorius (1917-2018)
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South Africans' Geni Landing Site. WELKOM CUZZINS!
First port of call for South African GENi
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