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Name: VAN DEVENTER, Gideon Gerhardus
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1857 Natal, S. Africa
Death Date: 15 Jan 1915 Nairobi
Last Date: 1915
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Rustverwacht 1876 Martha Maria Magdalena Breytenbach b. 15 Jan 1857 Utrecht, Transvaal, d. 21 Dec 1894 Utrecht, Natal; 2. In Wakkerstroom, Transvaal 21 May 1895 Maria Adriana Swart b. 20 May 1867, d. 19 Jan 1951 Nakuru
Children: 1. Gerrit Johannes (14 Feb 1877 Utrecht, Natal); Anna Susanna (Wessels) (25 May 1878 Utrecht); Elisabeth Adriana (Esselen) (27 Oct 1879 Utrecht-21 July 1935 Bester's Last, Transvaal); Jan Andries (15 Nov 1880 Utrecht); Gideon Gerhardus (6 Feb 1882 Utrecht-1 Aug 1945); Francois Jacobus (25 Dec 1885 Utrecht-18 May 1948 Eldoret); Martha Maria (6 July 1887 Vryheid); Anna Suzanne (5 July 1891 Utrecht); Christian Joseph (5 Sep 1892 Utrecht) 2. Nicolaas Barend (15 Aug 1901); Maria Adriana; Jacobus Gerhardus
Book Reference: Barnes
General Information:
At 39 yrs of age, married Maria Adriana Swart, 21 May 1895 at Marthinus Wesselstroom, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Register of Deaths, Nairobi, Ukamba, p. 105:
Gideon GerHardus van Deventer, Dutch; 59 yrs; Male, Residence: Nairobi; Occupation: [blank]; Death date: 26 Jan 1915, Death place: European Hospital, Nairobi; Cause of death: Subtertian Malaria; B. W. Charrett, Medical Officer of Health, Nairobi
Nairobi South cemetery - Gideon Gerhardus Van Deventer, born 16 April 1857, died 15 Jan 1915 aged 57. Inscription: Gideon Gerhardus / Van Deventer / geb 16 April 1857 / orlede 15 Jan 1915 / in liefde volle herrining / van / sy kinders