Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna Blignaut, born Gouws (1871-1936)
about 1871-11 – 13 February 1936 · historical
Names
- Given
- Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna
- Surname
- Blignaut
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
- Father
- Cornelis Andries Gouws
- Married
- Charel Jacobus Blignaut
A life in the record
- about 1871-11 born Born
- 13 February 1936 died Died
What we don't know
- 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
[SRC-616] Named on the sterfkennis of Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna Blignaut born Gouws, of Leliefontein, Jansenville, who died 13 February 1936. Born in the JANSENVILLE district; sixty-four years and three months at her death, which puts her birth about November 1871; a huisvrou of LELIEFONTEIN, married out of community of property to Charel Jacobus BlignautL, and she died in the house there on Thursday 13 February 1936. Estate over 300 pounds, with movable and fixed property and a will. HER OWN MOTHER CARRIED THE SAME FOUR NAMES IN THE SAME ORDER, and so does her daughter with Catharina and Susanna transposed. Three generations, four names.
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