Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna Gouws, born Blignaut
? – 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
- Maria Johanna Catharina Susanna
- 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 mother, already dead in February 1936. SHE IS A BLIGNAUT WHO MARRIED A GOUWS, and her daughter is a Gouws who married a Blignaut: the two families exchange in both directions across one generation.
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