Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen

17 August 1909 – 27 June 1979 · Oosthuizen line

Connection to the Koup

Lived on Vischat in this district (1979).

marriage Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 1946-05-25
event Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen marries Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert1946-05-25

Names

Baptismal name: Hendrik Lodewijk Malherbe
Called: Hennie
Given: Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe
Surname: Oosthuizen

The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.

Photographs

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen — Family collection

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe “Hennie” Oosthuizen (1909-1979) and his wife Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert (1915-1974), sitting... — Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe “Hennie” Oosthuizen (1909-1979) and his wife Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert (1915-1974), sitting together against a flowering hedge. He is in a soft felt hat and an open-necked shirt, she in a printed summer dress; both wear the heavy spectacle frames of the period. — Family collection

Johanna Fredricka Oosthuizen, born Malherbe (1875-1959), seated with her five children in a photographer's studio... — Johanna Fredricka Oosthuizen, born Malherbe (1875-1959), seated with her five children in a photographer's studio against a painted backdrop. Standing behind her, the eldest, Ockert Almero; at her right, Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe; beside her in a sailor suit, Almero Jacobus Hitge; seated to the right, Isabella Zulch; on the floor at her left, Aletta Catharina. Her husband, Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen (1878-1961), is not in the frame. Inscribed in ink on the mount, bottom right: “M.F Swanepoel P.A.” — Family collection

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe "Hennie" Oosthuizen (1909-1979) kneeling on the grass with three of his children: FRANCES... — Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe "Hennie" Oosthuizen (1909-1979) kneeling on the grass with three of his children: FRANCES stands at his left in a white dress with a bow in her hair, ALMERO stands at his right in a jersey and shorts, and the baby JOUBERT lies across his arms. A child's tricycle and a pole fence behind, a windpump on the skyline. — Family collection

The same photograph of Hennie Oosthuizen and three of his children, colourised. — Family collection

Hennie Oosthuizen lying full length on the bare ground in shirtsleeves, his hat beside him, with two small boys in... — Hennie Oosthuizen lying full length on the bare ground in shirtsleeves, his hat beside him, with two small boys in sun-hats climbing over him. Behind them the homestead: a whitewashed house with two chimneys, a vine on a wire-and-pole pergola along the stoep, and a dog crossing the yard. — Family collection

The same photograph of Hennie Oosthuizen and two of his sons, colourised. — Family collection

Hennie Oosthuizen at a farm gate with his son JOUBERT, about a year old, sat up on the top rail in a bib and a... — Hennie Oosthuizen at a farm gate with his son JOUBERT, about a year old, sat up on the top rail in a bib and a knitted cap and laughing at the camera. A girl in a checked dress stands at the left edge, mostly out of frame. Open veld and low hills run away behind the gate. — Family collection

The same photograph at the gate, colourised. — Family collection

Hennie Oosthuizen in a hat and dark glasses pulling a home-made box cart with a small girl sitting in it, laughing;... — Hennie Oosthuizen in a hat and dark glasses pulling a home-made box cart with a small girl sitting in it, laughing; a baby stands holding the side of the cart, and ANNA TOBIA JEANNE JOUBERT kneels behind them in a print dress and glasses. A stone wall, young trees and open ground behind. — Family collection

The same photograph with the box cart, colourised. — Family collection

A seesaw on the sand at Herolds Bay, a plank over a drum. A girl leans on the low end holding a baby; two small boys... — A seesaw on the sand at Herolds Bay, a plank over a drum. A girl leans on the low end holding a baby; two small boys sit astride the high end; a man in a shirt and trousers stands behind them and a second man in swimming trunks steadies the boys. Surf, rocks and the wooden steps up to the houses behind. — Family collection

The same photograph on the beach at Herolds Bay, colourised. — Family collection

Three generations around this person

Ockert Almero Oosthuizen 1836 Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge 1846

Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen 1878

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe 1828 Isabella Johanna Jacoba Zulch 1837

Johanna Fredricka Malherbe 1875

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen 1909 Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert m. 25 May 1946 Henriëtta Elsie van den Berg 1915

Frances Joubert Oosthuizen 1947 Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen (1950-1965) 1950 Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen 1952 Hendrik Malherbe Oosthuizen (b.1957) 1957

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Immediate family

Father: Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen
Mother: Johanna Fredricka Malherbe
Brothers and sisters: 1904Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (b.1904)

1906Isabella Zulch Oosthuizen

1908Aletta Catharina Oosthuizen

1912Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen (b.1912)
Married: Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 25 May 1946, Henriëtta Elsie van den Berg
Children: 1947Frances Joubert Oosthuizen

1950Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen (1950-1965)

1952Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen

1957Hendrik Malherbe Oosthuizen (b.1957)

A life in the record

17 August 1909 born Born
12 September 1909 event Hendrik Lodewijk Malherbe Oosthuizen baptised at Prince Albert
Born 17 August 1909, baptised four weeks later by ds David Wilcocks. Six witnesses, four of them MALHERBES - the mother's people had come. Among them stood HENDRIK LODEWIJK MALHERBE himself, the man the child was named for. The fifth generation of this family read from an original register, and the
12 September 1909 occasion Baptism at Prince Albert
25 May 1946 married Married Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert
25 May 1946 event Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen marries Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert
[SRC-074] At Bellville. Frans's paternal grandparents. Through her the line reaches back to the Duminys and to François Renier Duminy.
1979 buried Buried, Prince Albert NG Kerk cemetery
27 June 1979 died Died
undated land Lived on it, Vischat

Ground they are on record on

Vischat lived on it · undated

Who stood with them

Who signed at a baptism, a will or a survey is not incidental. It is the clearest surviving record of which families stood close to which.

stood for them Isabella Johanna Malherbe baptism · 12 September 1909 · mother's mother?
dates known, no other trace here
stood for them Catharina Louisa Malherbe baptism · 12 September 1909 · mother's family
no other trace in this model
stood for them Hendrik Lodewijk Malherbe baptism · 12 September 1909 · mother's father?
dates known, no other trace here
stood for them Muriel Reinet Malherbe baptism · 12 September 1909 · mother's family
no other trace in this model
stood for them Lambertus Petrus Johannes Louw baptism · 12 September 1909
no other trace in this model
stood for them Elizabeth Wilhelmina Louw baptism · 12 September 1909
no other trace in this model
stood for them Ds D. Wilcocks baptism · 12 September 1909 · officiating minister
no other trace in this model

Stories

subject Four grandparents, four countries, from 1684
subject The Oosthuizens of the Koup
mentioned The Jouberts and Duminys of the winelands
ancestor The Oosthuizens of the Koup
mentioned Bruid van 1946 het droogte op Klaarstroom leer ken

Sources

FamilySearch Family Tree - Oosthuizen direct line FamilySearchperson pages 972X-2LJ, LZ1Q-GDF, LDQC-R1B, LDQC-R17, LDQC-RTX and their family views
Baptism, 12 September 1909: Hendrik Lodewijk Malherbe Oosthuizen, Prince Albert FamilySearch; NG Kerk Prins Albert doop register (catalogued by FamilySearch under a wrong waypoint - see notes)ark 3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-97ZS-3; image 166 of 406; Image Group Number 008150240; register page 481, entry 128

Research notes

Vischat; Frans grandfather

29 Jul 2026 [SRC-089] BAPTISM REGISTER READ, PRINCE ALBERT, entry 128: born 17 August 1909, baptised 12 September 1909 by DS D. WILCOCKS - the same minister who consecrated the Zeekoegat church two years earlier (STO-0006). SIX WITNESSES, FOUR OF THEM MALHERBES: Isabella Johanna, Catharina Louisa, HENDRIK LODEWIJK and Muriel Reinet MalherbeM, with Lambertus Petrus Johannes LouwM and Elizabeth Wilhelmina LouwM. He is named for a man standing at his own font. Noemnaam recorded as Hennie [TO VERIFY].

[11 Aug 2026, MED-000021] THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM. A studio portrait in a three-piece tweed suit and round spectacles, a man of about thirty, so of the 1930s or early 1940s. It carries no inscription; the identification is the family's own and rests on that. [FAMILY, ] HE FARMED, AND FRANS'S RECOLLECTION IS THAT HE WOULD RATHER HAVE TAUGHT. His youngest brother Almero (PER-000168) was born at Droogekloof, wanted to farm, and became a headmaster. [FAMILY] He wanted to farm, why my grandfather woudl have prefered to teach. That 'why' is 'while', confirmed by Frans the same day: the two brothers each spent a life the other wanted. He farmed at Vischat on Rondabel; his youngest brother taught, and ended a headmaster at the Cape.

These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.

Open questions

Where exactly is Vischat / 'fisgat', and what is its real name? priority 2 · LEAD-0018
Vischat is where Frans's grandfather Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe OosthuizenH farmed until 1979 and where his father CJJ grew up, yet the model has no ground for it: no extent, no geometry, no ownership row, no document. Which parcel does it actually sit on, and is the name Vischgat/Visgat?

What would settle it The purchase deed - it will name the parcel Vischat forms part of. Failing that, a topo sheet showing the werf, or CJJ simply saying which farm it was on.
Vischat, Vischgat or Visgat, and where does the name come from? priority 3 · LEAD-0024
The place is now located (PLC-000034, on Rondabel). What is its actual name, and does any document use it?

What would settle it Any document or map using the name, or CJJ simply saying it.
Almero Oosthuizen, retired headmaster, born at Droogekloof [IDENTIFIED] priority P1 · LEAD-0346
A published source names an Almero Oosthuizen born at Droogekloof in the Prince Albert district and living at Durbanville in 1999. Who is he, and is his Droogekloof the werf on Middelwater that Frans's father grew up on?

What would settle it Frans naming him, or a birth or baptism record giving Droogekloof.

Elders

FamilySearch profile LDQC-RTX