Cornelis Andries Gouws
? – before 1936 · historical
No birth date is recorded for this person. The family puts an outer limit on it: born no later than 1855, because their child born 1871, so at least 16 years earlier. That is a hard limit, it cannot be otherwise. It is an upper bound and not a birth year, and nothing in the model records it as one.
Names
- Given
- Cornelis Andries
- Surname
- Gouws
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
A life in the record
- before 1936 died Died
What we don't know
- No birth date is recorded.
- 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
[SRC-616] Named on the sterfkennis of Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna Blignaut born Gouws, of Leliefontein, Jansenville, who died 13 February 1936. Her father, already dead in February 1936. Nothing further is held.
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