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86 photographs. The first tabs are the family lines; the rest are the other kinds of picture. Every one of them also sits on the page it belongs to - the person, the farm, the burial ground, the story - and this is the way in for a reader who does not already know where to look.

A photograph here is one this project holds and may publish. The gravestone photographs on eGGSA are not copied: those stay on their site and are linked from the burial grounds. Where a picture is marked colourised, the colour was added later and is not part of the record: both versions are here, and the picture opens whichever one is showing.

Oosthuizen & Marincowitz (38)

Marincowitz and Oosthuizen are one group here because the two cross by DESCENT: Tokkie Marincowitz's mother and his father's mother were both Oosthuizens, and the two lines share ancestors back to Ockert Almero Oosthuizen and Adriana Cecilia Venter, the couple this whole record starts from. Tokkie's tie to the van der Merwes is a different kind - marriage, to Maria Magritha van Rensburg, widow of Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe - and so far as the descent recorded here goes there is no shared ancestor on that side.

Izak Abraham Malherbe 1792

  • The back of the Malherbe card, MED-000039. Written across the top in ink: “Isak Malherbe & Katriena Malherbe (geb....
    The back of the Malherbe card, MED-000039. Written across the top in ink: “Isak Malherbe & Katriena Malherbe (geb. Pepler)”. Below it, fainter and in pencil, a second hand has added a line beginning “Ouma” and ending “se Ouma & Oupa”. Izak Abraham Malherbe · 19XX · Family collection

Izak Abraham Malherbe and Katriena Pepler 1792

  • Izak Malherbe and his wife Katriena Pepler, in two portraits made at one sitting and mounted side by side on a...
    Izak Malherbe and his wife Katriena Pepler, in two portraits made at one sitting and mounted side by side on a single card with the corners cut. She sits in a dark dress and a white cap, a small book in her hands; he sits in a frock coat, waistcoat and a high stock. The same painted backdrop and the same lace-covered table stand behind both. Izak Abraham Malherbe · Elizabeth Catharina Louisa Pepler · 186X~ · Family collection

Ockie Oosthuizen 1836

  • Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) as an old man, seated in a studio chair beside a draped table, in a dark frock...
    Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) as an old man, seated in a studio chair beside a draped table, in a dark frock coat and waistcoat with a watch chain. A patterned curtain hangs behind him, a patterned carpet under his feet. Ockert Almero Oosthuizen · 19XX · Family collection

Lettie Hitge 1846

  • Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge (1846-1933), called LETTIE, in a studio portrait: dark hair dressed high with a...colourised
    Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge (1846-1933), called LETTIE, in a studio portrait: dark hair dressed high with a pale flowered ornament, a dark gown with a wide pale panel across the bodice and lace at the throat. Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge · 19XX · Family collection

Frikkie Oosthuizen 1856

  • Frederik Simon Oosthuizen (1856-1936) in a bowler hat, a heavy moustache turned up at the ends, wing collar and...colourised
    Frederik Simon Oosthuizen (1856-1936) in a bowler hat, a heavy moustache turned up at the ends, wing collar and patterned tie, in a dark jacket. Head and shoulders against a plain studio ground. Frederik Simon Oosthuizen · 191X~ · Family collection

Izak Malherbe 1859

Jan Malherbe 1862

Jan Malherbe and Gussie Neser 1862

Almero Oosthuizen and Johanna Fredricka Malherbe 1875

  • A studio portrait of JOHANNA FREDRICKA MALHERBE (1875-1959) and ALMERO JACOBUS HITGE OOSTHUIZEN (1878-1961) with...colourised
    A studio portrait of JOHANNA FREDRICKA MALHERBE (1875-1959) and ALMERO JACOBUS HITGE OOSTHUIZEN (1878-1961) with their first child. She sits at the left in a white lace blouse with a high collar and a dark skirt, a small book in her hands; he stands behind in a three-piece suit with a watch chain and a heavy moustache, one hand on her chair; the child stands on an upholstered stool at the right in a long white dress. A painted backdrop and a fringed cloth behind them. Johanna Fredricka Malherbe · Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen · 190X~ · Family collection

Gert Jan Oosthuizen Marincowitz and Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen 1875

Johanna Fredricka Malherbe 1875

Almero Oosthuizen 1878

Hennie Oosthuizen 1909

Hennie Oosthuizen and Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 1909

Tokkie Marincowitz and Babie Joubert 1918

  • Six young people on the rocks above the sea. Frans Oosthuizen identifies three of them: TOKKIE MARINCOWITZ sits at...colourised
    Six young people on the rocks above the sea. Frans Oosthuizen identifies three of them: TOKKIE MARINCOWITZ sits at the front right in a light jacket; BABIE JOUBERT is behind him in a floral dress; and her sister ANNA is in the middle in a print dress and glasses. The other three - a man at the back and two women - are not identified. Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert · Frances Duminy Joubert · Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · 194X~ · Family collection

Tokkie Marincowitz 1919

  • Anna Margaretha Marincowitz, born Oosthuizen, with her three sons in a photographer's studio against a painted...colourised
    Anna Margaretha Marincowitz, born Oosthuizen, with her three sons in a photographer's studio against a painted garden backdrop. She holds the baby, CHARLES PATRICK "PAT", in a long white gown; TOKKIE sits on a fleece-draped chair in a sailor suit; FREDDIE stands at the right in a matching suit, holding his cap. Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · ds Freddie S Marincowitz · Charles Patrick "Pat" Marincowitz · Anna Margaretha Oosthuizen · 1925~ · Family collection
  • The three Marincowitz brothers in a photographer's studio, all in white shirts and ties. TOKKIE stands behind in...colourised
    The three Marincowitz brothers in a photographer's studio, all in white shirts and ties. TOKKIE stands behind in long trousers with a belt, a hand on the back of a carved chair; PAT sits at the left on a folding bench with bare legs and short socks; FREDDIE sits at the right in shorts and long knitted socks. A painted panel and a window flat behind them. The print is mounted on an album page and inscribed below in ink: "Pat, Tokkie & Freddie." Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · ds Freddie S Marincowitz · Charles Patrick "Pat" Marincowitz · 1932~ · Family collection
  • GERT ANNIS "TOKKIE" OOSTHUIZEN MARINCOWITZ (1919-2003) as a young man, in a three-piece suit and a patterned tie,...
    GERT ANNIS "TOKKIE" OOSTHUIZEN MARINCOWITZ (1919-2003) as a young man, in a three-piece suit and a patterned tie, standing alone in the veld with his hand at his lapel and his dark hair combed straight back. Karoo scrub behind him. Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · 193X~ · Family collection
  • Gert Annis “Tokkie” Oosthuizen Marincowitz kneeling behind a merino ram in full fleece, holding its head up for the...
    Gert Annis “Tokkie” Oosthuizen Marincowitz kneeling behind a merino ram in full fleece, holding its head up for the camera. A show sash lies across the animal’s back. Sheep pens and a second man stand behind. Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · 195X~ · Family collection Also on Rondawel's history: from a widow's mark to today's Marincowitz farm
  • Gert Annis "Tokkie" Oosthuizen Marincowitz (1919-2003) standing in a pen of merinos in a hat, dark glasses and...
    Gert Annis "Tokkie" Oosthuizen Marincowitz (1919-2003) standing in a pen of merinos in a hat, dark glasses and khaki, a wool card in his hand. Two small fair-haired boys sit side by side on the pole rail of the kraal above the sheep - ALMERO the taller, at the left, and FRANS the smaller, at the right. Corrugated-iron pens, a shearing shed, a windpump and prickly pear behind, under a heavy sky. Gert Annis Oosthuizen Marincowitz · Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen · Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen · 1983~ · Family collection

Tokkie Marincowitz and Ria van Rensburg 1919

Freddie Marincowitz and (Emsie) Maria Christoffelina du Toit 1921

  • The Marincowitz headstone of ds Frederik Simon 'Freddie' Marincowitz (2.1.1921 - 7.5.2008) and (Emsie) Maria...
    The Marincowitz headstone of ds Frederik Simon 'Freddie' Marincowitz (2.1.1921 - 7.5.2008) and (Emsie) Maria Christoffelina Smuts nee du Toit (6.9.1923 - 27.3.1993): an open granite book on a base lettered MARINCOWITZ, with Fil. 1:21 for him and a line on her life for the Evangelie. ds Freddie S Marincowitz · (Emsie) Maria Christoffelina du Toit · 2008/.. · Family collection / Frans's genealogy archive

Frances Joubert Oosthuizen 1947

Joubert Oosthuizen 1952

  • Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen at a DeWALT radial-arm saw in his workshop, one hand on a bench he is...
    Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen at a DeWALT radial-arm saw in his workshop, one hand on a bench he is building, looking down at the work. His two sons stand at the right in matching striped jerseys, grinning at the camera - FRANS the smaller, nearer his father, and ALMERO the taller beside him. A springbok mount on the wall, a coil of cable, timber and half-made chairs around them. Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen · Almero Hendrik Oosthuizen · Frans van der Merwe Oosthuizen · 1983~ · Family collection

Joubert Oosthuizen and Karien van der Merwe 1952

  • CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands...
    CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES JOUBERT OOSTHUIZEN and CATHARINA "KARIEN" VAN DER MERWE at the sea as a young couple. She stands at the left in a sleeveless white shift with her hair in a plait over one shoulder, laughing at the camera; he is at the right in a pale knitted shirt and a wristwatch, laughing at her. Surf breaking on rocks behind them. Christiaan Johannes Joubert Oosthuizen · Catharina van der Merwe · 1975~ · Family collection

van der Merwe (4)

Kola van der Merwe 1888

  • Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe (1888-1961), called KOLA, in old age: a dark suit, a white shirt and a tie,...
    Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe (1888-1961), called KOLA, in old age: a dark suit, a white shirt and a tie, hair combed back off a high forehead, looking down and to one side. A close crop off a larger print - a white shape at his shoulder is somebody standing beside him, cut away. Jacobus Johannes Gideon van der Merwe · 195X~ · Family collection

Kittie Bruijn 1894

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe 1924

Frans Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Merwe and Ria van Rensburg 1924

Joubert & Duminy (7)

Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy and Maria Johanna Emerentia Van Oosterzee 1818

  • The weathered headstone of Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy and Maria Johanna Emerentia Duminy born van Oosterzee...
    The weathered headstone of Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy and Maria Johanna Emerentia Duminy born van Oosterzee - clasped hands carved above, 'geb 3.10.1822, overl 2.2.1906' legible for her, his dates weathered beyond reading; 'Rust mijn ziel uw God is Koning.' Photographed 2 July 2006. Francois Jean van Helslandt Duminy · Maria Johanna Emerentia Van Oosterzee · 1908/.. · Family collection / Frans's genealogy archive

Margaretha Elizabeth Zeederberg 1857

  • MARGARETHA ELIZABETH ZEEDERBERG (1857-1897) in an oval mount under glass: head and shoulders, dark hair dressed high...colourised
    MARGARETHA ELIZABETH ZEEDERBERG (1857-1897) in an oval mount under glass: head and shoulders, dark hair dressed high and full at the front, a dark high-necked dress with a wide white bow at the throat and a brooch pinned at its centre. Photographed as it hangs, so the glass carries reflections. Margaretha Elizabeth Zeederberg · 189X~ · Family collection

Christiaan Wilhelm Johannes Joubert and Francoise Jeanne Duminy 1881

Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert 1915

  • Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert (1915-1974) sitting on the rocks at the water's edge, laughing, in a pale short-sleeved...
    Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert (1915-1974) sitting on the rocks at the water's edge, laughing, in a pale short-sleeved blouse and a cream skirt. TABLE MOUNTAIN STANDS ACROSS THE BAY BEHIND HER, seen from the north - the view from Bloubergstrand. Anna Tobia Jeanne Joubert · 194X~ · Family collection Also on Four grandparents, four countries, from 1684

Babie Joubert 1918

Not yet identified (5)

Martha Margaretha Jacomina Oosthuizen 1873

  • Martha Margaretha Oosthuizen (1873-1951), probably: an elderly woman in a dark high-collared dress, seated before a...
    Martha Margaretha Oosthuizen (1873-1951), probably: an elderly woman in a dark high-collared dress, seated before a tapestry backdrop, holding open an album leaf of mounted photographs. Martha Margaretha Jacomina Oosthuizen · 193X~ · Family collection

Unidentified

  • Framed portrait sketch of a bearded man in a frock coat, found under decades of dust in an attic on Klueplaas...
    Framed portrait sketch of a bearded man in a frock coat, found under decades of dust in an attic on Klueplaas (Middelwater), Klaarstroom, by Pieter Olckers, July 2026. Probably drawn for or from a photograph; dress dated on style to the 1870s-early 1880s. No name survives on the backing. One possibility is Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (PER-000005, 1836-1922, born and died on Middelwater). Middelwater · 187X~ · Pieter Olckers
  • Framed portrait sketch of a woman in a dark high-necked dress with white collar and lace cap, companion piece to...
    Framed portrait sketch of a woman in a dark high-necked dress with white collar and lace cap, companion piece to IMG-0004, same provenance (Klueplaas/Middelwater attic, found by Pieter Olckers, July 2026). One possibility is Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge (PER-000139, 1846-1933), wife of Ockert Almero Oosthuizen. Middelwater · 187X~ · Pieter Olckers
  • Three children in a studio, 1908: a boy standing in a buttoned jacket, a girl seated in a white bonnet and dress,...
    Three children in a studio, 1908: a boy standing in a buttoned jacket, a girl seated in a white bonnet and dress, and a baby in a christening gown on the chair - Ockie, Belle and Ette. Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (b.1904) · Isabella Zulch Oosthuizen · Aletta Catharina Oosthuizen · 1908~ · Family collection / Frans's genealogy archive
  • Two women in a garden. An old woman with white hair sits in a wicker chair in a white blouse and long dark skirt, a...colourised
    Two women in a garden. An old woman with white hair sits in a wicker chair in a white blouse and long dark skirt, a wide straw hat on her lap; a younger woman stands behind her in a striped wrapper, one hand at her shoulder. A house with a verandah shows through the trees, and a peach or apricot tree hangs over them. Photographed from the negative, which is inscribed along the edge: "P.A. Dec. 4, 1925". · 1925-12-04 · Family collection

Places and farms (14)

Gravestones (13)

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