Benjamin François Duminy
5 February 1839 – 26 April 1892 · Duminy line
Connection to the Koup
Took part in something recorded here: Benjamin François Duminy awarded the South Africa Medal (1879).
Names
- Baptismal name
- Benjamin François
- Given
- Benjamin François
- Surname
- Duminy
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.
Immediate family
- Brothers and sisters
- Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1853)
- Married
- Elizabeth Sophia Louw 24 August 1863
- Children
A life in the record
- 5 February 1839 born Born
- 24 August 1863 married Married Elizabeth Sophia Louw
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1879
event
Benjamin François Duminy awarded the South Africa Medal
Bar 1877-78, as a civil practitioner in the 9th Cape Frontier War. He had qualified in medicine at Aberdeen in 1861.
- 26 April 1892 died Died
What we don't know
- 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.
Sources
- "Benjamin François Duminy" - medal provenance and Duminy descendant genealogyprivate compilation21pp
Research notes
Frans's 2x-great-granduncle - eldest of the fourteen children of Francois Jean van Helslandt DuminyL (1818-1908) and Maria Johanna Emerentia van Oosterzee. Medical practitioner, qualified Aberdeen 1861; town councillor in East London and Dordrecht; farmer of substance in the Dordrecht district. Married Elizabeth Sophia LouwH, Durbanville, 24 Aug 1863. Awarded the South Africa Medal 1877-79 (bar 1877-78) as a civil practitioner in the 9th Cape Frontier War. [SRC-071]
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Elders
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