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1. | Matthys Daniël Johannes GREEFF (son of Matthys Daniël Johannes (Boet) GREEFF and Judith Sarah Johanna UYS). |
2. | Matthys Daniël Johannes (Boet) GREEFF was born on 21 Jul 1921 (son of Matthys Daniel Johannes GREEFF and Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET); died on 9 May 1982 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa. Matthys married Judith Sarah Johanna UYS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Judith Sarah Johanna UYS
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4. | Matthys Daniel Johannes GREEFF was born on 6 Jul 1882; was christened on 19 Nov 1882; died on 8 Aug 1963. Other Events:
Notes: Matthys came from another branch of the Greeff tree. He served in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1903) under General Koos de la Rey when he was 17, was wounded three times and suffered permanent partial loss of the use of his right leg as a result. Matthys married Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET on 6 Dec 1906 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Susanna (daughter of Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET and Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF) was born on 26 Jul 1886; was christened on 24 Oct 1886 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 27 May 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Susanna Maria (Sannie) DE WET was born on 26 Jul 1886; was christened on 24 Oct 1886 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa (daughter of Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET and Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF); died on 27 May 1966. Other Events:
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10. | Petrus Arnoldus (Piet, Oompie) DE WET was born on 15 May 1859; was christened on 24 Jul 1859 in Robertson, Cape, South Africa (son of Pieter Francois DE WET and VAN ZYL); died on 17 Sep 1932 in Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. Other Events:
Notes: A1b1c2d5e1f2g4 Petrus married Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF in 1883. Margaretha (daughter of Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF and Suzanna Maria REDELINGHUYS) was born on 12 Nov 1868 in Zemanangombe, Damaraland; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1938 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Margaretha Suzanna (Grieta) GREEFF was born on 12 Nov 1868 in Zemanangombe, Damaraland; was christened in in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa (daughter of Hendrik Adriaan GREEFF and Suzanna Maria REDELINGHUYS); died on 5 Jul 1938 in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, Lichtenburg. Other Events:
Notes: Born in Bechuanaland (Botswana), in an ox-waggon. A Damara woman helped with the birth. Her older sister, Lenie, wrote memoirs about her childhood in which she describes Grieta's birth. She wrote (translated freely):
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