Maria Smuts Theron
21 August 1917 – 8 November 1987
Names
- Given
- Maria Smuts
- Surname
- Theron
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
- 21 August 1917 born Born
- 1987 buried Buried, Prince Albert NG Kerk memorial wall
- 8 November 1987 died Died
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
[7 Aug 2026] Brought in from a Prince Albert gravestone. eGGSA transcribe the stone as 'Maria Smuts TheronH 1917-1987'; the tree holds a person of that name with both years exact. HOW THEY CONNECT: 3 steps - child of Maria Christoffelina Smuts Theron → child of Pieter Van Der BylM Smuts → child of Michiel SmutsM - who is Michiel SmutsM [PER-001498], already here.
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