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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- 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 "
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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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