Dirk Cornelis Human

Brief Life History of Dirk Cornelis

When Dirk Cornelis Human was born on 15 March 1870, in Hanover, Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa, his father, Dirk Cornelis Human, was 27 and his mother, Maria Susanna Roux, was 21. He married Margaretha Aletta Janse Van Vuuren on 11 March 1895, in Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 January 1966, in Brandfort, Orange Free State, South Africa, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Dirk Cornelis Human
1870–1966
Margaretha Aletta Janse Van Vuuren
1871–1959
Marriage: 11 March 1895
Dirk Cornelis Human
1896–1980
Lucas Jacobus Human
1898–1955
Margaretha Aletta Human
1899–1986
Hans Jacob Petrus Human
1903–1920
Maria Susanna Human
1905–1996
Hester Maria Human
1907–1982
David Johannes Human
1910–1974
Maria Elizabeth Human
1912–1994

Sources (19)

  • Dirk Cornelis Human, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
  • Dirk Cornelis Human, "South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966"
  • Dirk Cornelis Human, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 "

World Events (8)

1872

Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.

1878

Britain claims Walvis Bay.

1897

Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Hugheman, also spelled Hugeman, Hiweman, Howeman, and Huweman, a Middle Dutch pet form of Hugh with the hypocoristic suffix -man. The name was probably introduced to Britain by Flemings after the Norman Conquest. Compare Hugh .

English: occupational name denoting a ‘servant of Hugh’ (see Hugh ).

Perhaps an altered form of German Homann .

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

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