Alida Maria Pitzer (widow of Marthinus Bekker, then wife of P.J. Meiring)
? – 21 November 1842 · Pitzer line · unidentified
Name
- Given
- Alida Maria
- Surname
- Pitzer
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.
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 21 November 1842 oorlede Died
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Geen geboortedatum is aangeteken nie.
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Navorsingsnotas
[SRC-010, Rose Willis, Klaarstroom cameo] First wife; eleven children. The cameo gives her given name only partly - it reads '...da Maria nee Pitzer', so a name ending in -da is lost in the scan. [TO VERIFY]
*** RE-ATTRIBUTED 31 Jul 2026: NOT an Oosthuizen wife. She is the wife of PETRUS JOHANNES MEIRING (b. Swellendam 30 Nov 1799, d. 2 Jan 1876), the man Meiringspoort is named for. I attached her to Petrus OosthuizenM in error the same day. Row kept because ids are permanent, and she is worth holding: Meiring is a real figure in this district's story. ***
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders — die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak — is in Afrikaans.
Oop vrae
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Who was Petrus Oosthuizen of Klaarstroom, and how is he related?
prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0029
The village at the centre of this project's anchor was laid out on his land in 1858-60 and originally named Petersburg for him. He is not in the model's family. Where does he sit, and is he a descendant of the root couple?
Wat dit sou uitmaak The death notice - it names parents, spouses and surviving children.