Arthur Anthony ADENDORFF
1894 - 1961 (66 years)
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Name Arthur Anthony ADENDORFF Born 15 Jul 1894 Pretoria, Transvaal Republic. 
Christened 19 Jan 1895 Dutch Reformed church, Pretoria. Witnesses were:- Henry John Rattray; Eliza Rattray; A.A. de Villiers; C.C. Jones. Gender Male Fact On marriage in 1919 he was a 24 year old bachelor of 73a Vermeulen Street, Pretoria. He signed as a witness at marriage of his brother-in-law: Hendrik Jacobus le ROUX to Petronella Maria CRONJE in 1927. Note Also known as Aardt Antonie, the name he used on marrying in 1919. Was a witness at marriage of his sister Emily Ann in 1923. Death notice states that he was living on his farm 'Welgegund', district Pretoria. eGGSA website has a photo of his gravestone. Occupation 'Taxidermist'. Worked some of the time at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria where his brother-in-law Fred Noomé was hunter and taxidermist. Military 12th SA Infantry (Pretoria Regt) and 6th SA Horse. see notes Died 7 Mar 1961 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Buried at cemetery on the farm Welgegund near Pelindaba. The cemetery is on the part of the farm that was once owned by James Christian JONES. Many of his family members were buried in this cemetery and the cemetery is still legally owned by the Jones family. Person ID I1332 Margetson Last Modified 3 Mar 2023
Father Michael Joseph ADENDORFF, b. 20 Jul 1854, Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony. , d. 7 May 1920, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. (Age 65 years) Mother Emily Ann JONES, b. 27 Aug 1861, Uitenhage, Cape Colony. , d. 22 Sep 1920, Pretoria district, Transvaal, South Africa. (Age 59 years) Married 9 Sep 1878 Jansenville, Cape Colony. Family ID F905 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Catharina Margaretha le ROUX, b. 30 Apr 1894, Kenhardt, Cape Colony. , d. 10 Mar 1978, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. (Age 83 years) Married 4 Oct 1919 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Children + 1. Lina Emily ADENDORFF, b. 29 Nov 1920, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. , d. 17 Nov 1987, Transvaal, South Africa. (Age 66 years)+ 2. Emily Lina ADENDORFF, b. 19 Sep 1923, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. , d. 5 Jan 2001, Nepean, Ottawa, Canada. (Age 77 years)+ 3. Ivy ADENDORFF, b. 8 Jul 1925, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. , d. 17 Apr 2005, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa. (Age 79 years)Last Modified 20 Sep 2022 Family ID F1007 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones 
Arthur or Aart Anthony, wife Anna and daughter Lina
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Notes - Marriage:- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-Z9YP-F?cat=692992
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-GSJD-5?cc=2727134&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQG2Y-WN7D
Citation
"South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-GSJD-5?cc=2727134 : 5 January 2023), > image 1 of 1; Citing NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria
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No. 5845 Private--enlisted with the 12th SA Infantry (Pretoria Regt) for service in Germand South West Africa on 18th August, 1914. He served with this regiment throughout the campaign & was discharged on 19 August 1915 with the rank of corporal. He re-enlisted with the 6th SA Horse on 5 September 1916 for service in East Africa and departed for Kildini on 18 May, 1916 arriving at destination on 24th May. He served throughout the campaign & returned to SA on His Majesty's Transport Aragon on 11 February, 1917. He was released from service on 17 April, 1917.
He qualified for war medals and listed his father Mr Michael Joseph Adendorff of Brits Station as his next of kin.
Source:- Adendorff Tracks by F.R.D. Adendorff and Y. Christie
- Marriage:- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-Z9YP-F?cat=692992