Gideon Johannes Humphries

Brief Life History of Gideon Johannes

When Gideon Johannes Humphries was born on 27 November 1829, in Bosch Fontein, Cape Province, South Africa, his father, William Stephen Humphries SV, was 33 and his mother, Martha Louisa van der Nest, was 25. He married Cornelia Frederika Van Der Nest on 1 January 1859, in Glen Lynden, Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 17 July 1900, in his hometown, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Gideon Johannes Humphries
1829–1900
Cornelia Frederika Van Der Nest
1831–1889
Marriage: 1 January 1859
Catharina Dorothea Johanna Sophia Humphries
1850–
William Stephen Humphries
1852–
Martha Louisa Humphries
1854–
Cornelia Fredrika Humphries
1856–
Martha Louisa Humphreys
1858–
Cornelius Fredrik Van Der Nest Humphries
1861–1935
Catharina Dorothea Johanna Sophia Humphries
1863–1934
Helena Claudina Humphries
1866–1928
Martha Louisa Humphris
1868–
Gideon Johannes Humphries
1871–
William Stephen Humphries
1874–1946
Heila Anna Maria Humphris
1876–

Sources (43)

  • Gideon Johanes Humphris, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
  • Gideon Johannes Humphris, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 "
  • Gideon Johannes Humphries, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"

World Events (6)

1852

Sand River Convention. Britain recognizes Transvaal as the independent Afrikaner South African Republic.

1856

Xhosa cattle sacrifices lead to famine.

1867

Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): variant of Humphrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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