Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen

7 January 1952 – ? · Oosthuizen line

Connection to the Koup

Married into a household on this ground: Catharina van der Merwe (1975).

Names

Baptismal name: Christiaan Johannes Joubert
Called: Joubert
Given: Christiaan Johannes Joubert
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 "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

The four children of Hennie Oosthuizen and Anna Joubert, on the werf. FRANCES stands in the middle in a tartan skirt... — The four children of Hennie Oosthuizen and Anna Joubert, on the werf. FRANCES stands in the middle in a tartan skirt holding the baby HENDRIK; ALMERO is at the left in a dark jersey and shorts, JOUBERT at the right in a lighter one. A pepper tree and the corner of a whitewashed outbuilding behind. — Family collection

The same photograph of the four Oosthuizen 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

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

Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen at a DeWALT radial-arm saw in his workshop, one hand on a bench he is... — Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen at a DeWALT radial-arm saw in his workshop, one hand on a bench he is building, looking down at the work. His two sons stand at the right in matching striped jerseys, grinning at the camera - FRANS the smaller, nearer his father, and ALMERO the taller beside him. A springbok mount on the wall, a coil of cable, timber and half-made chairs around them. — Family collection

CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands... — CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands at the left in a sleeveless white shift with her hair in a plait over one shoulder, laughing at the camera; he is at the right in a pale knitted shirt and a wristwatch, laughing at her. Surf breaking on rocks behind them. — Family collection

Three generations around this person

Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen 1878 Johanna Fredricka Malherbe 1875

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen 1909

Christiaan Wilhelm Johannes Joubert 1881 Francoise Jeanne Duminy 1882

Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 1915

Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen 1952 Catharina van der Merwe m. 1975

Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen 1978 Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen 1979 Mia Magriet Oosthuizen 1984

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Immediate family

Father: Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen
Mother: Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert
Brothers and sisters: 1947Frances Joubert Oosthuizen

1950Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen (1950-1965)

1957Hendrik Malherbe Oosthuizen (b.1957)
Married: Catharina van der Merwe 1975
Children: 1978Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen

1979Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen

1984Mia Magriet Oosthuizen

A life in the record

7 January 1952 born Born
1975 married Married Catharina van der Merwe

What we don't know

No death date is recorded.
No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.

A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.

Research notes

Frans father (LIVING)

[16 Aug 2026] CALLED JOUBERT, which is his third given name and is how the family and his own filenames name him. MED-000106 has him at about twenty-three with Karien van der Merwe, three years before their first son.

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 OosthuizenM 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.
Searching a noemnaam against display_name finds nobody priority P3 · LEAD-0314
Closed on the day it was opened, on a false premise.

What would settle it Frans's word that she should be in, and her full name.

Elders

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