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Hendrik Jacobus Steyn (1878 - 1954)

Hendrik Jacobus Steyn
Born in Heilbron, Orange Free Statemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1903 in Orange Free Statemap
Husband of — married 21 Oct 1908 in Vrede, Orange River Colonymap
Husband of — married 5 Jan 1952 in Standerton, Transvaal, Union of South Africamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 75 in Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africamap
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Biography

Hendrik Jacobus was born on 15 June 1878 in Heilbron, Orange Free State; he was the son of Hendrik Jacobus Steyn and Hendrina Cecilia Herbst.[1]

He was 25 years old when he married 24 year old Johanna Christina Minny with whom he had the following children:

Hendrik Jacobus Steyn, born 20 January 1904
Wilhelmina Gertruida (Steyn) van Biljon, born 23 January 1906
Jan Willem Jacobus Steyn, born 25 August 1907

Johanna passed away with the birth of the third child and he then married Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Pretorius in Vrede on 21 October 1908; he was 30 years old and she 28. Children born of this marriage were:

Petrus Johannes Gerhardus Steyn
Jacobus Frederik Steyn

Jacoba passed away in 1945; he was 73 years old when he married 59-year-old Elizabeth Fredrika (van Heerden) Moodie in Standerton, Transvaal, on 5 January 1952.[2]

Marriage Hendrik Jacobus Steyn to Elizabeth Fredrika (van Heerden) Moodie

Hendrik was 76 years old and living in Standerton when he passed away in the Pretoria General Hospital on 8 June 1954. [3][4][5]

Death Notice of Hendrik Jacobus Steyn

Sources

  1. Baptism register of Hendrik Jacobus Steyn, "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-QJC9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-F99%3A183083201%2C183144301%2C1559164355 : 25 August 2019), Free State > Heilbron > Christenings 1878-1879 > image 9 of 35; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein. Entered on 4 May 2024 by Leon Bezuidenhout.
  2. South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZC9-Q82X : 18 March 2021), Elizabeth Fredrika Moody in entry for Hendrik Jacobus Steyn, 1952
  3. State Archives, Transvaal, TAB, Death Notice, MHG, Hendrik Jacobus Steyn, Surviving Spouse Elizabeth Fredrika (van Heerden) Steyn, formerly Moodie, formerly Skeen, Predeceased Spouse (1) Johanna Christina (Minny), (2) Johanna Jacoba Magdalena (Pretorius) Steyn, Ref 5363/54, 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91P-KQN5-G?i=2141&cat=1162069
  4. South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WXJ5-CGW2 : 12 November 2019), Hendrik Jacobus Steyn, 8 Jun 1954; citing Death, Pretoria, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal
  5. Added by Des Lynch on 19 October 2021




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