Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy (b.1884)
1 October 1884 – 29 January 1938 · Duminy line
Names
- Baptismal name
- Francois Jean van Helslandt
- Given
- Francois Jean van Helslandt
- Surname
- Duminy
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Immediate family
- Brothers and sisters
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- 1879Maria Johanna van Oosterzee Duminy
- 1880Margaret Elizabeth Zeederberg Duminy
- 1882Francoise Jeanne Duminy
- 1886Augusta Wilhelmina Duminy
- 1887Maria Catharina Duminy
- 1889Roeloff Abraham Zeederberg Duminy
- 1892Katharina Maria Duminy
- 1894John Duminy
- 1895Maria Johanna D'Oliviera Stadler Duminy
- 1897Charlotte Florence Margaretha Duminy
- 1899Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk Duminy
- 1900Johannes Knockers van Oorsterzee Duminy
A life in the record
- 1 October 1884 born Born
- 29 January 1938 died Died
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 2 other people in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[SRC-074] Sibling of Frans's great-grandmother Francoise Jeanne DuminyM (PER-000076) and of Maria Johanna, who married into the Zeekoegat Oosthuizens.
[31 Jul 2026] MERGED PER-000680 into this row. PROVEN DUPLICATE, resolved on the FamilySearch id. Both rows carry GM5M-55X; an FS id names one person, so these are one person recorded twice. Created by the 31 Jul 2026 one-degree tree pull, which matched on tree id alone - and 255 model people carry no tree id, so any of them one hop from a tree-linked person was added again. Survivor is the pre-existing row; it carries the prose, sources and land links. Moved across: sex=M; tree id=. Dates sharpened from the merged row: birth_edtf 1884 -> 1884-10-01; death_edtf 1938 -> 1938-01-29. DISAGREEMENTS, kept rather than resolved - the FamilySearch id settles these in one click: display_name: kept 'Francois Jean van Helslandt DuminyL (b.1884)', PER-000680 said 'Francois Jean Van Helslandt Duminy'.
The van Helslandt in the name is inherited, not descended - see PER-000567. [SRC-071]
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Open questions
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Duplicate candidates from the one-degree pull, settled on FamilySearch ids
priority 2 · LEAD-0035
38 people added on 31 Jul 2026 share a name AND a birth YEAR with somebody already in the model, and 32 share a name with no date at all. Are they the same people?
What would settle it A full birth or baptism date on either side of a pair. Name plus YEAR is not enough here and must not be treated as enough.
Elders
FamilySearch profile GM5M-55X