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Gabriel Hendrik Pieter Steyn

1823.04.11 - 1852.02.21

Gabriel Hendrik Pieter Steyn was born at Paardeberg on 1823.04.11. He married Barbara Magdalena Lombard on 1845.02.03. They had 7 children in 7 years of marriage -- only 5 names are given in his death notice.

1. e1 Gabriel Hendrik 1846.01.25 - 1875.11.24, married Martha Gerendina Catharina Fourie
2. e2 Maria Magdalena 1846.10.?
3. e3 Andries Pieter 1847.07.22 - 1909.12.27, married Aletta Johanna Dorothea Hamman
4. e4 Maria Johanna 1848.07.18 - 1870.02.11
5. e5 Sophia Johanna 1849.08.19 - young
6. e6 Sophia Johanna 1850.10.12
7. e7 Johannes Gerhardus Lombard 1851.11.17

His name is given as Gabriel Pieter Hendrik in the Death Notice 139/778 of Andries Pieter and as Gabriel Hendrik in the Death Notice of Gabriel Hendrik MOOC 6/9/153 2263.

Death Notice MOOC 6/9/57 1301

Name of deceased: Gabriel Pieter Steyn
Birth place: Paardeberg
Names of parents: Gabriel Hendrik Steyn
Sophia Johanna Lombard
Age of deceased: 28 years 10 months 27 days
Condition of life: farmer
Marital status: Married to Barbara Magdalena Lombard
Day of decease: 21 January 1852
Where: At the farm of his father, Riebeekskasteel
Names of children: All minors 1. Gabriel Hendrik
2. Andries Pieter
3. Maria Magdalena
4. Sophia Johanna
5. Johannes Gerhardus Lombard

At Gabriel Hendrik Pieter Steyn's baptism, the following names appear as witnesses:

• Wed wijlen GP Steijn
• Anna Petronella Steyn
• Hendrik Steijn

Barbara Lombard

There is record of a Barbara who remarried Jacobus Louw after Hendrik Steyn's death.

Barbara.... weduwee vd Kaap wyle Hendrik Steijn trou met Jacobus Louw

1800 24 Mei Rol 123 p55

However, it cannot be Barbara Magdalena Lombaard, whose Hendrik (Gabriel Hendrik Pieter Steyn) was born only in 1823, thus 23 years later.

©1999 Jacques Steyn