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Gert Adriaan Buys

Male 1826 - 1895  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gert Adriaan Buys was born on 13 Apr 1826 in Doornhoek, Burgersdorp; was christened on 25 Apr 1826 in Cradock; died on 24 Aug 1895 in Franchhoek, Wodehouse.

    Gert married Martha Maria Elizabeth Dorothea Buys about 1857. Martha (daughter of Louis Johannes Buys and Maria (Martha) Elizabeth Dorothea Henning) was born on 29 Jan 1839 in Doornhoek, Cradock district; was christened on Yes, date unknown; died on 4 May 1875 in Kickvorschfontein. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1865; was christened on 24 Sep 1865 in Dordrecht; died on 7 Feb 1937; was buried in Harrismith.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gert Adriaan Buys Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gert1) was born on 31 Aug 1865; was christened on 24 Sep 1865 in Dordrecht; died on 7 Feb 1937; was buried in Harrismith.

    Gert married Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Maartens on 11 Apr 1887 in Barkly-East. Maria was born in 1871 in Barkly-East; died in Aug 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Anna Margaretha Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1888; was christened on 26 Aug 1888 in Barkly-East.
    2. 4. Maria Elizabeth Dorothea Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Apr 1890; was christened on 7 Sep 1890 in Barkly-East.
    3. 5. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1891; was christened on 12 Jul 1891 in Barkly-East; died on 11 Jun 1940; was buried in Harrismith.
    4. 6. Nicolaas Stephanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1893 in Dordrecht; was christened on 5 Nov 1893 in Barkly-East; died on 1 Nov 1957 in Warden; was buried in Harrismith.
    5. 7. Sophia Wilhelmina Fredrika Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1900; was christened on 18 Jan 1901.
    6. 8. Ella Johanna Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1900; died on 2 May 1979 in Alberton; was buried in Primrose cemetry grave 5 block 327 row A.
    7. 9. Lewis Johannes Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Sep 1906; was christened on 11 Nov 1906 in Barkly-East.
    8. 10. Johannes Lodewickus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1908; was christened on 14 Mar 1909.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Anna Margaretha Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 27 Apr 1888; was christened on 26 Aug 1888 in Barkly-East.

    Anna married Abraham Liebrecht Buys on 25 Jul 1907 in Barkly-East. Abraham was born on 17 Mar 1882; was christened on 8 Jul 1882 in Barkly-East. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Maria Elizabeth Dorothea Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 11 Apr 1890; was christened on 7 Sep 1890 in Barkly-East.

    Maria married Carel Johannes Andries Potgieter before 1945 in Barkly-East. Carel was born in 1887 in Aliwal-Noord; died on 14 Jan 1945 in Harrismith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Catharina Wilhelmina Adriana Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 13. Johannes Theodorus Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. Maria Elizabeth Dorothea Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 15. Gert Adriaan Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 16. Frederika Jacoba Andriessa Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1924.
    7. 17. Anna Magrietha Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jun 1926.
    8. 18. Carel Andries Jacobus Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1929.
    9. 19. Johanna Maria Elizabeth Potgieter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1933.

  3. 5.  Gert Adriaan Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 25 May 1891; was christened on 12 Jul 1891 in Barkly-East; died on 11 Jun 1940; was buried in Harrismith.

    Gert married Martha Louisa Fourie about 1916. Martha was born on 17 May 1897; died before 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1917 in Dordrecht; died on 5 Oct 1974 in Durban.
    2. 21. Dawid Barend Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Dec 1920 in Barkly-East; died on 18 Aug 1983 in Vrede.
    3. 22. Nicolaas Stefanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1923 in Barkly-East/Dordrecht; died on 24 Feb 1996; was buried on 28 Feb 1996 in Pretoria-Oos Begraafplaas.
    4. 23. Christiaan Stephanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 May 1925 in Beaufort-Wes; died on 28 Mar 1969 in Voortrekker Hospitaal, Kroonstad; was buried on 1 Apr 1969.
    5. 24. Johannes Lodevicus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 25. "Sus" Buys  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 6.  Nicolaas Stephanus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 8 Jun 1893 in Dordrecht; was christened on 5 Nov 1893 in Barkly-East; died on 1 Nov 1957 in Warden; was buried in Harrismith.

    Nicolaas married Maria Elizabeth Breedt on 5 May 1913. Maria was born on 1 Nov 1891; died on 17 Sep 1920; was buried in Wayhill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. dogter Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1916; died on 4 Oct 1916.
    2. 27. Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1917.
    3. 28. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1918; died on 6 Jun 1940 in Harrismith.

    Nicolaas married Ellie Elizabeth Roux on 1 Jan 1921 in Dordrecht. Ellie was born in 9 of 15 Dec 1890 in Maclear; was christened on 11 Sep 1891 in Wesleyan Methodistrict Church, Maclear; died in 9 Sep of Oct 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Sophia Maria Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1923 in Tauhill, Dordrecht.
    2. 30. Nicolaas Stephanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1924 in Tauhill, Dordrecht; was christened in in Barkly-East.

    Nicolaas married Ada Sophia Symms on 18 May 1925. Ada was born on 3 Aug 1902; died on 19 Jul 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Ada Sophia Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1926 in Tauhill, Dordrecht; died about 1996.
    2. 32. Henry Richard Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jul 1928 in Smaldeel, Harrismith; was christened in in Harrismith.
    3. 33. Lodevicus Johannes Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Apr 1935 in Riverside, Harrismith; died on 27 Jul 1958 in Aliwal-Noord.

    Nicolaas married Martha Louisa Fourie after Jun 1940 in Ladysmith. Martha was born on 17 May 1897; died before 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Sophia Wilhelmina Fredrika Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 25 Oct 1900; was christened on 18 Jan 1901.

    Family/Spouse: PN Rousseau. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 8.  Ella Johanna Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 25 Oct 1900; died on 2 May 1979 in Alberton; was buried in Primrose cemetry grave 5 block 327 row A.

    Family/Spouse: Jan Adriaan Vorster. Jan (son of Izak David Vorster and Anna Sophia Johanna du Plessis) was born on 9 Feb 1892; died on 21 May 1964 in Sterkfontein Hospital, Krugersdorp; was buried on 23 May 1964 in Primrose cemetry grave number 5 block 327 row A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Jan Adriaan Vorster  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1934; died on 20 Feb 2012 in Alberton Tuiste vir bejaardes; was buried on 24 Feb 2012 in Gereformeerde Kerk Alberton Wes.

  7. 9.  Lewis Johannes Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 9 Sep 1906; was christened on 11 Nov 1906 in Barkly-East.

    Family/Spouse: Sannie Annandale. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Martha Buys  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 36. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 37. Koos Buys  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 38. Ria Buys  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 10.  Johannes Lodewickus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 27 Feb 1908; was christened on 14 Mar 1909.

    Family/Spouse: Martie NN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Fanie Buys  Descendancy chart to this point died in in Tobruk (WWO 2).


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

    Family/Spouse: Jan Venter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 12.  Catharina Wilhelmina Adriana Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

    Family/Spouse: Hendrik Willem van der Walt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Johannes Theodorus Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  4. 14.  Maria Elizabeth Dorothea Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

    Family/Spouse: Johannes Nicolaas Stassen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 15.  Gert Adriaan Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  6. 16.  Frederika Jacoba Andriessa Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 17 May 1924.

  7. 17.  Anna Magrietha Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 19 Jun 1926.

  8. 18.  Carel Andries Jacobus Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 13 Nov 1929.

  9. 19.  Johanna Maria Elizabeth Potgieter Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maria3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 1 Dec 1933.

  10. 20.  Gert Adriaan Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 15 Aug 1917 in Dordrecht; died on 5 Oct 1974 in Durban.

    Gert married Audrey Mavis Wright on 17 Nov 1956 in Durban. Audrey was born on 25 Mar 1925; died on 15 Mar 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 21.  Dawid Barend Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 3 Dec 1920 in Barkly-East; died on 18 Aug 1983 in Vrede.

    Dawid married Louwisa Louisa Coetzee about 1960 in Harrismith. Louwisa died after Aug 1983. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Johanna Jacoba Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1961.
    2. 41. Martha Louisa Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Oct 1965.
    3. 42. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1956.

  12. 22.  Nicolaas Stefanus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 24 Nov 1923 in Barkly-East/Dordrecht; died on 24 Feb 1996; was buried on 28 Feb 1996 in Pretoria-Oos Begraafplaas.

    Nicolaas married Alida Magaretha Buys in 1947. Alida was born on 26 May 1920/1921; died on 17 Feb 1991; was buried in Pretoria-Oos Begraafplaas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1960.
    2. 44. Johannes Hendrik Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1963.

  13. 23.  Christiaan Stephanus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 15 May 1925 in Beaufort-Wes; died on 28 Mar 1969 in Voortrekker Hospitaal, Kroonstad; was buried on 1 Apr 1969.

    Christiaan married Maria Magdalena Deysel on 11 Jul 1953 in Landdros, Harrismith. Maria was born on 9 Feb 1936 in Schweizer-Reinecke; died on 13 Nov 1970 in Pretoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Maria Magdalena Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1954.
    2. 46. Gert Adriaan Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1957.
    3. 47. Hendrik Petrus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Mrt/Jun 1959; died on 21 Apr 1998 in Hoogland Medikliniek, Bethlehem; was buried after 21 Apr 1998 in Petrus Steyn.
    4. 48. Martha Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1965; died on 10 Feb 1965.
    5. 49. Christiaan Stephanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct/Dec 1966.

  14. 24.  Johannes Lodevicus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  15. 25.  "Sus" Buys Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gert3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  16. 26.  dogter Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 4 May 1916; died on 4 Oct 1916.

  17. 27.  Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 11 Jan 1917.

    Family/Spouse: Willem Naude. Willem died in 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Maria married PN Venter before 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 28.  Gert Adriaan Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 6 Nov 1918; died on 6 Jun 1940 in Harrismith.

  19. 29.  Sophia Maria Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 4 Jan 1923 in Tauhill, Dordrecht.

    Family/Spouse: Abraham Willem Visser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 30.  Nicolaas Stephanus Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 1 Oct 1924 in Tauhill, Dordrecht; was christened in in Barkly-East.

    Family/Spouse: Elzabe Maria Marx. Elzabe was born on 10 Mar 1924 in Geelhoutboom; was christened in in Loerie; died about 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Pieter Andreas Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Mar 1950 in Lady Grey; was christened in in Lady Grey.
    2. 51. Georg Frederik Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1951 in Lady Grey; was christened in in Lady Grey.
    3. 52. Nicolaas Stephanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1955 in Port Elizabeth; was christened in in NG church Port Elizabeth Wes.
    4. 53. Hermina Hercula Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1957 in Aliwal-Noord; was christened in in Jamestown, district Aliwal-Noord.

  21. 31.  Ada Sophia Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 20 Jun 1926 in Tauhill, Dordrecht; died about 1996.

    Family/Spouse: Dennis Leahy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Cecil Hopkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 32.  Henry Richard Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 1 Jul 1928 in Smaldeel, Harrismith; was christened in in Harrismith.

    Henry married Elizabeth Magdalena Catharina van Tonder on 31 May 1952 in Harrismith. Elizabeth was born on 4 Mar 1933 in Uitenhage. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Nicolaas Stefanus Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1953 in Bethlehem; was christened in in Harrismith; died on 29 Mar 1983.
    2. 55. Petronella Catharina Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1955 in Bethlehem.
    3. 56. Petrus Johannes Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jul 1957 in Ficksburg; was christened in in Viljoenskroon.
    4. 57. Henry Richard Buys  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1962 in Standerton; was christened in in Warmbad.

  23. 33.  Lodevicus Johannes Buys Descendancy chart to this point (6.Nicolaas3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 11 Apr 1935 in Riverside, Harrismith; died on 27 Jul 1958 in Aliwal-Noord.

  24. 34.  Jan Adriaan Vorster Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ella3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) was born on 31 Dec 1934; died on 20 Feb 2012 in Alberton Tuiste vir bejaardes; was buried on 24 Feb 2012 in Gereformeerde Kerk Alberton Wes.

    Jan married Getruida Christina Venter on 24 Sep 1960. Getruida (daughter of Cornelius Johannes Gerhardus Venter and Helena Eizabeth de Beer) was born on 20 Aug 1939 in Rustenburg; died on 5 Oct 2018 in Tuiste van bejaarden, Alberton.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 58. Jan Adriaan Vorster  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Sep 1961 in Germiston.
    2. 59. Gerhardus Cornelius Vorster  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Nov 1963; died on 6 Apr 2020 in Scottburgh, Natal, South Africa.
    3. 60. Jacobus Stephanus Vorster  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jun 1968.

  25. 35.  Martha Buys Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  26. 36.  Gert Adriaan Buys Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  27. 37.  Koos Buys Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  28. 38.  Ria Buys Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1)

  29. 39.  Fanie Buys Descendancy chart to this point (10.Johannes3, 2.Gert2, 1.Gert1) died in in Tobruk (WWO 2).



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