General Jacobus Herculaas (Koos) DE LA REY^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1847 - 1914  (66 years)

• Name	Jacobus Herculaas (Koos) DE LA REY
  Prefix	General
  Born	22 Oct 1847	'doornfontein', District Winburg, O.F.S., South Africa   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1914	Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa   [7]
  Person ID	I52	Lichtenburgstam
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Adriaan Johannes Geysbertus DE LA REY,   b. 25 Dec 1812, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 6 Dec 1891, Delareyskraal, Bloemhof  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Adriana Wilhelmina VAN ROOYEN,   b. 12 Apr 1818, George ,   d. 20 May 1913, Schweizer-Reneke  (Age 95 years)
  Married	20 May 1838
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacoba Elizabeth (Nonnie) GREEFF,   b. 28 May 1856, Paarl, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 12 Aug 1923, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1876	Zeerust, Transvaal, South Africa   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Children	1. Susanna Maria Magrieta (Sannie) DE LA REY,   b. 4 Jan 1878, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. 22 Nov 1902  (Age 24 years)   2. Adriana Wilhelmina Margaretha (Ada) DE LA REY,   b. 21 Feb 1879, Manana, Lichtenburg S A ,   d. 22 Dec 1903, "Smaldeel", Winburg District, O.F.S., South Africa  (Age 24 years)   3. Adriaan Johannes Gysbertus (Adaan) DE LA REY,   b. 26 Nov 1880, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. 28 Nov 1899, Jacobsdal, S A  (Age 19 years)   4. Hendrik Adriaan DE LA REY,   b. Jan 1882,   d. Jan-Feb 1882  (Age ~ 0 years)   5. Jacobus Herculaas (Koos) DE LA REY,   b. 11 Dec 1883,   d. 1907  (Age 23 years)   6. Hendrik Adriaan Greeff DE LA REY,   b. 1 Sep 1885, Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. 16 Jan 1959  (Age 73 years)   7. Jacoba Elizabeth Aletta (Pollie) DE LA REY,   b. 19 Feb 1887,   d. 13 Apr 1967  (Age 80 years)   8. Johanna Elizabeth (Hannie) DE LA REY,   b. 12 Jan 1889,   d. 28 Nov 1971  (Age 82 years)   9. Pieter DE LA REY,   b. 6 Jun 1890,   d. Mar 1891  (Age 0 years)   10. Magdalena Maria Margaretha (Lenie) DE LA REY,   b. 20 Feb 1892   11. Hester Gertina DE LA REY,   b. 9 Nov 1893, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. 12 May 1963, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 69 years)   12. Gabriel Johannes (Jannie) DE LA REY,   b. 20 Apr 1896,   d. 19 Apr 1972, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories		Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, *22 October 1847. Part two. Thanks to Natanja Greeff for the article.
  		Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, *22 October 1847. Part one. Thanks to Natanja Greeff for the story.

  
  

• Notes

  According to Meintjies, in "de la Rey, Lion of the West " Koos de la Rey's second name was spelt "Herculaas" by himself but it is misspelt by many others as "Hercules" or "Herculas". There are numerous publications about the colourful life and career of the well-known general J H (Koos) de la Rey, also known as the Lion of the West.

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] Erasmussa.ged. [S129] HAG Ged 120708.ged, Jan Greeff. [S57] Greefdesc 150407.ged, Francois Greef, (www.Greeff.info). [S247] Lichtenburgstam.ged. [S263] SA Genealogie Gespreksgroep, B a r e n d L e a c h , 1 9 M e i 2 0 0 4 m e t v e r w y si n g n a A d r i a a n S n y m a n s e b o e k o o r S i en e r v a n R e n sb urg (Reliability: 3). [S127] De la Rey, Lion of the West, Johannes Meintjies, (ISBN 978-1-920091-05-7), pp 1 (Reliability: 3). [S127] De la Rey, Lion of the West, Johannes Meintjies, (ISBN 978-1-920091-05-7), pp 380 (Reliability: 3). [S124] Nonnie Greeff, Zelda Rowan, (Verhandeling by die Universiteit van Pretoria, 2003), P. 44 (Reliability: 3). [S249] South African Genealogies Vol 02: D-G, J.A. Heese and R.T.J. Lombard, (Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council. 1989.), p518 (Reliability: 3). [S275] Herinneringe van mev de la Rey, de la Rey, Nonnie (Greeff), (Bienedell Uitgewers, Posbus 3095, Pretoria 0001- Februarie 2002), Pp. 38, para. 2 (Reliability: 4). [S249] South African Genealogies Vol 02: D-G, J.A. Heese and R.T.J. Lombard, (Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council. 1989.), Page 518 (Reliability: 3).