Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn

Brief Life History of Rosa Hermina Dorothea

When Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn was born on 6 September 1903, in Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, her father, Jacobus Arnoldus Steyn, was 28 and her mother, Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn, was 26. She married Hans Jurgens Steyn on 27 July 1926, in Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 26 July 1992, in Hartswater, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Hans Jurgens Steyn
1900–1980
Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn
1903–1992
Marriage: 27 July 1926
Rosa Hermina Steyn
1927–2000

Sources (8)

  • Rosa Hermina Steyn, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 "
  • Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 "
  • Rosa Hermina Dorothea Steyn, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 "

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World Events (8)

1905

Last Zulu uprising against British.

1909

British Parliament enacts the South Africa Act, proposed constitution of Union of South Africa.

1934

South African parliament enacts Status of Union Act claiming full sovereignty for South Africa.

Name Meaning

1 English: see Steen .

2 South African: (i) apparently a Dutch spelling of the German word Stein ‘stone’, or a Dutch dialect variant of the same word. (ii) In theory it may also represent Stijn, a male given name which was originally an abbreviation of Augustijn.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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