Andrew Oosthuizen Botes

1898 – 1976

Names

Given: Andrew Oosthuizen
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.

A life in the record

1898 born Born
1976 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

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. grandson. HIS SECOND NAME IS HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN SURNAME - Maria Johanna OosthuizenM [PER-000408] - the same habit that gave Hendrik Willem STORM Niehaus his. [FS]

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