Dirk Christoffel Roodt (Diederik Christoffel)

Dirk was born about May 1871 in Steynsburg.  Dirk's father was Jacobus Hermanus Roodt and his mother was Anna Johanna Pretorius (Sophia).  His paternal grandparents were Pieter Hendrik Roodt and Maria Sophia Henning (Lazya). He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Pieter, Hendrikus, Jacobus, Zacharias, Johannes, Hercules, Jan, Wilhelmina, Maria, Anna and Martha.  He died on July 13th, 1952 in "Oithona", Dist. Elliot.