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.
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↑ 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
↑ 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
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