Brief Life History of Magdalena Johanna Gertruida - Lenie
When Magdalena Johanna Gertruida - Lenie Venter was born on 8 December 1905, her father, Jan Hendrik Lodewyk Venter, was 31 and her mother, Anna Maria Van Tonder, was 32. She married Dietloff Ziegfried Vermaak on 21 October 1924, in Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died about 1957, in Sterkfontein, Hwange, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, at the age of 53.
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Sources (10)
- Magdalena Johanna Gertruida Venter, "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930"
- Magdalena Johanna Geertruida, "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991"
- Magdalena Johanna Venter in entry for Magdalena Johanna Gertruida Vermaak, "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991"
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World Events (8)
1909
British Parliament enacts the South Africa Act, proposed constitution of Union of South Africa.
1910
Self-governing Union of South Africa established within British Commonwealth.
1922
Communist Party of South Africa established (after 1953, the South African Communist Party).
Name Meaning
German: from a shortened vernacular form of the Italian personal name Bonaventura.
Afrikaans: occupational name from Dutch venter ‘street-trader’.
English: variant of Ventre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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