Johannes Cornelis Coetzee (1855 - 1899)

Born 1855 in Rietfontein, Lichtenburg, ZAR

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena Elizabeth (Liebenberg) Coetzee — married 24 Apr 1877 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Died 11 Dec 1899 at about age 44 in Kraaipan, Transvaal, South Africa

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Biography

• Johannes is in 1855 gebore. Hy was die seun van Hans Coetzee en Maria Coertzen. Hy is in 1899 oorlede. // Johannes was born in 1855. He was the son of Hans Coetzee and Maria Coertzen. He passed away in 1899.
• Op 12 Oktober 1899 het Generaal de la Rey aan Hansie Coetzee en sy burgers opdrag gegee om die treinspoor by Kraaipan op te breek. Daar skiet hy toe die eerste skoot in die Anglo-Boere Oorlog. Twee maande later, op 11 Desember 1899, sneuwel hy en sy seun, Diederik Dauth, by Scholtznek in die slag van Magersfontein. // On 12 October 1899, General de la Rey instructed Hansie Coetzee and his burgers to break up the railway track at Kraaipan. There he fired the first shot in the Anglo-Boer War. Two months later, on 11 December 1899, he and his son, Diederik Dauth, were killed at Scholtznek in the battle of Magersfontein.

Sources

• From the Document “Van Kampen tot Wes-Transvaal: Die verhaal van ons Familie Coetzee” (“From Kampen to Western Transvaal: The story of our Family Coetzee”) by CJS Coetzee and Ida A. Coetzee, 23 September 1992, Pretoria,137 pages, unpublished. A copy in possession of Jan Geertsema and was received from Hina Hamman in hard copy on 2 June 2023.
• From FamilySearch: Sterfkennis/Death Information
• From FamilySearch: Wedding Document