g.3. Marthinus Jacobus VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, geb. 22/01/1864, ged. 01/05/1864

g.3.  Marthinus Jacobus, geb. 22/01/1864, ged. 01/05/1864, Weenen, oorl. 18/12/1927, Villiers, OVS, dist. Frankfort x 26/06/1888, Vryheid, Nieuwe Republiek, Tvl. met Magdalena Petronella Catharina Stoffelina MARITZ, geb. 1870, Natal, oorl. 24/04/1945, Villiers, dist. Frankfort, d.v. Carel Frederik Maritz en Christina Petronella de Winnaar.  MPCSM xx Pieter Johannes Dietrichsen.

 Marthinus Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus van der Westhuizen en Elizabeth Susanna Oosthuizen.

Sy naam kom voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1895.

Uit sy sterfkennis word sy beroep as "Partikulier" aangegee, wat beteken dat hy geen beroep gehad het nie.

Anglo Boere-oorlog:
Natal Rebels
Surname
Van der Westhuizen
Name
Marthinus Jacobus
Address
Lincoln, Newcastle
Charge
hoogverraad
Trial Date
20/12/1900
Sentence
boete van £20 of 4 mnde tronkstraf
Opm
Age
Court
Spesiale magistraat, Newcastle
Ref ID
309

DETAILS OF THE NATAL AFRIKANERS CONVICTED OF HIGH TREASON DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WARi CASES 1-276: TRIED BY THE SPECIAL COURT CONSTITUTED UNDER ACT 14 OF 1900

 Van der Westhuysen, Marthinus Jacobus.  Lincoln, Newcastle 20.12.0 0 Special Magistrate, Newcastle  High Treason.   Fined ,20 or 4 months imprisonment. Joined the Boers in late 1900. Acted as a small pox guard along the Buffalo River. Took part in operations around Elandslaagte.  (https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/22990/14back.pdf?sequence=15&isAllowed=y)

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