Jan Melchior Petrus Botes (1879-1967)
1879 – 1967
Names
- Given
- Jan Melchior Petrus
- Surname
- Botes
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
- Brothers and sisters
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- 1858Wilhelmina Christina Johanna Botes
- 1861Andries Stephanus Botes (1861-1956)
- 1862Anna Magdalena Botes (1862-1923)
- 1864Christina Johanna Botes (1864-1966)
- 1867Elsje Catharina Botes (b.1867)
- 1868Judith Maria Kruger, born Botes
- 1871Susanna Elizabeth Combrink, born Botes
- 1874Michiel Josias Botes
- 1877Catharina Dorothea Botes (1877-1973)
- 1880Margaretha Elizabeth Botes (1880-1970)
- 1882Hester Cornelia Swanepoel, born Botes
A life in the record
- 1879 born Born
- 1967 died Died
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 1 other person in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
Part of the household of Jan Melchior Petrus BotesL [93TP-ZNC] and Christina Johanna De WitM [LVPM-7TL]. Brought in as the key to the Botes gravestones: this project holds 78 Botes stones and had identified three. THE JOIN TO THIS FAMILY IS A MARRIAGE - their son Michiel Josias BotesM [PER-000491] married Maria Johanna OosthuizenM [PER-000408], who is already here. Per 9a the Botes are a TOOL for stitching stones on this ground, not a family to follow outward. son, named for his father. [FS]
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.
Elders
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