Petrus Jacobus Malherbe (b.1871)
28 March 1871 – 16 July 1938
Names
- Given
- Petrus Jacobus
- Surname
- Malherbe
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.
A life in the record
- 28 March 1871 born Born
- 16 July 1938 died Died
Stories
- mentioned The war reaches the Koup
What we don't know
- 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.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
The other brother who came through the war; died at Plumstead, Cape Town. [TREE]
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