Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen

21 September 1979 – ? · Oosthuizen line

Names

Given: Frans van der Merwe
Surname: Oosthuizen

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Photographs

Gert Annis "Tokkie" Oosthuizen Marincowitz (1919-2003) standing in a pen of merinos in a hat, dark glasses and... — Gert Annis "Tokkie" Oosthuizen Marincowitz (1919-2003) standing in a pen of merinos in a hat, dark glasses and khaki, a wool card in his hand. Two small fair-haired boys sit side by side on the pole rail of the kraal above the sheep - ALMERO the taller, at the left, and FRANS the smaller, at the right. Corrugated-iron pens, a shearing shed, a windpump and prickly pear behind, under a heavy sky. — 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

Three generations around this person

Hendrik Lodewyk Malherbe Oosthuizen 1909 Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 1915

Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen 1952

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1924 Maria Magritha van Rensburg 1928

Catharina van der Merwe 1953

Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen 1979 Christa Gelderblom m. 21 March 2009

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Immediate family

Father: Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen
Mother: Catharina van der Merwe
Brothers and sisters: Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen, Mia Magriet Oosthuizen
Married: Christa Gelderblom 21 March 2009

2 further children are not published, living, or not shown to be deceased. They are counted here rather than left out, so the family does not appear to stop.

A life in the record

21 September 1979 born Born
21 March 2009 married Married Christa Gelderblom

Stories

mentioned From Modder Fonteyn to the Koup, 1809-1841

What we don't know

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

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Research notes

[TREE] Added 29 Jul 2026 under the people-related-to-the-land rule: child Catharina van der MerweM (PER-000031). Thin record; dates as in the tree.

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Elders

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