Dirk Daniel Joubert (b.1913)
6 July 1913 – 11 August 1992 · Joubert line
Names
- Baptismal name
- Dirk Daniel
- Called
- Niel
- Given
- Dirk Daniel
- Surname
- Joubert
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Photographs
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Immediate family
- Mother
- Francoise Jeanne Duminy
- Brothers and sisters
A life in the record
- 6 July 1913 born Born
- 11 August 1992 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 grandmother Anna Tobia Jeanne JoubertM (PER-000078).
[31 Jul 2026] MERGED PER-000608 into this row. PROVEN DUPLICATE, resolved on the FamilySearch id. Both rows carry GZCV-5VF; 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 1913 -> 1913-07-06; death_edtf 1992 -> 1992-08-11. DISAGREEMENTS, kept rather than resolved - the FamilySearch id settles these in one click: display_name: kept 'Dirk Daniel JoubertL (b.1913)', PER-000608 said 'Dirk Daniel JoubertL'.
[15 Aug 2026, FAMILY] KNOWN AS NIEL JOUBERT, recorded in `noemnaam` per 5b - Dirk Daniel on paper, Niel in life. He is the boy in the sailor suit in MED-000058, seven years old in 1920.
HE OWNED SPIER, the wine farm at Stellenbosch, at some point in his life [FAMILY]. Frans is the source and no document has been seen here; the year, the manner of acquisition and how long he held it are all unrecorded. [TO VERIFY]
OUT OF THIS DISTRICT AND DELIBERATELY NOT FOLLOWED. Stellenbosch is not the Koup and Spier is not this project's ground; this is here because he is Frans's grandmother's brother, and 9a gives origin and outward ground a bounded record rather than a second book.
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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.
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Which wine farm did Anna and Babie Joubert grow up on - is it Sonop, now Kanu?
priority 2 · LEAD-0202
Which farm did Christiaan Wilhelm Johannes JoubertM and Francoise Jeanne DuminyM hold, and is it the property now called Kanu? Their son Dirk Daniel "Niel" Joubert later owned SPIER at Stellenbosch, which may or may not be connected.
What would settle it A deed, a valuation roll, or a firm family recollection naming the farm.
Elders
FamilySearch profile GZCV-5VF