Dawid was born in 1894. He passed away in 1954
"Cape Province, South Africa Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-Q9R1-3 : April 14, 2024), image 775 of 1619; Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Cape Province). Working out if this is correct
"Vereeniging, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-L7XH-4 : April 16, 2024), image 231 of 270; South Africa. Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths..
"South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7F6B-P9ZM : Sat Mar 09 13:03:16 UTC 2024), Entry for David Smit, Nov 1954.
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