Frans Stephanus Botma (1834-1908)
30 December 1834 – 15 April 1908 · Botma line
Names
- Baptismal name
- F.S.
- Given
- Frans Stephanus
- Surname
- Botma
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
- Father
- Lodewyk Bothma
- Married
- Johanna Geertruida Brink 19 December 1854
A life in the record
- 30 December 1834 born Born
- 19 December 1854 married Married Johanna Geertruida Brink
- 15 April 1908 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.
Research notes
[SRC-111] Held the parent portion of Spreeufontein and Toornits Kraal by Amended Title Deed dated 14 March 1899, out of which Lot C / Portion 5 (PAR-000024) was later surveyed and sold to Jacob A. NiehausM in 1909. [FS L255-BGL, 9 Aug 2026] IDENTIFIED. He is FRANS STEPHANUS BOTMA, born in the ROGGEVELD, Ceres, on 30 December 1834 and DIED AT SPREEUFONTEIN, PRINCE ALBERT, ON 15 APRIL 1908 - so the man who took the amended title to the parent portion in 1899 died on that ground nine years later. Name, farm and dates agree across the two records. Married JOHANNA GEERTRUIDA BRINK (PER-001604) at Stellenbosch, 19 December 1854; nine children, including CORNELIS JACOBUS (PER-001505), who was born on Spreeufontein in 1867 and is buried there. His parents are Lodewyk BothmaM (PER-000037) and Elsje Jacoba MaritzM (PER-001605).
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Elders
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