Catherina Helena Geldenhuys (second wife of P.J. Meiring)
active 1843–1876 · Geldenhuys line · unidentified
Names
- Given
- Catherina Helena
- Surname
- Geldenhuys
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.
What we don't know
- No birth date is recorded.
- No death date is recorded.
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- Nothing dated is recorded about them at all, they are here because another record names them.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[SRC-010, Rose Willis, Klaarstroom cameo] Second wife of Petrus OosthuizenM, married after 21 Nov 1842; ten children. With his first marriage's eleven that is twenty-one children. [TO VERIFY]
*** RE-ATTRIBUTED 31 Jul 2026: NOT an Oosthuizen wife. She is the wife of PETRUS JOHANNES MEIRING (b. Swellendam 30 Nov 1799, d. 2 Jan 1876), the man Meiringspoort is named for. I attached her to Petrus OosthuizenM in error the same day. Row kept because ids are permanent, and she is worth holding: Meiring is a real figure in this district's story. ***
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Open questions
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Who was Petrus Oosthuizen of Klaarstroom, and how is he related?
priority 1 · LEAD-0029
The village at the centre of this project's anchor was laid out on his land in 1858-60 and originally named Petersburg for him. He is not in the model's family. Where does he sit, and is he a descendant of the root couple?
What would settle it The death notice - it names parents, spouses and surviving children.