Catharina Dorothea de Buys

Catharina was born on April 7th, 1821 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and her baptism took place on February 3rd, 1822 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.  Catharina's father was Coenraad Willem de Buys and her mother was Catharina Dorothea Meiring. She had five brothers and two sisters, named Coenraad, Albertus, Johannes, Johannes, Petrus, Maria and Christina.  She was the fourth youngest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 63 in 1884 in "Ottowa", dist. Herbert.