Willem Hermanus "William Henry" Booyzen
1851–1905 · Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa
| Born | 4 MAY 1851, Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa |
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| Baptised | 31 OCT 1851, Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa |
| Died | 13 SEP 1905, Indwe, South Africa |
| Record | @I110@ |
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Events, as the record has them
- birth4 MAY 1851Cradock, Cape Colony, South AfricaChanged it to 1851 after observing historical record: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-8SD4-8?cc=1478678 : 12 December 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
- death13 SEP 1905Indwe, South AfricaTo be confirmed, not sure
- eventFrom Tersia BooyzenAccording to my dad the story goes that they were living in the Cape Colony and were rebels fighting on the side of the Boer republics at the turn of the century but there were some Booysens who were joiners, fighting on the side of the British, so our great grandfather changed the spelling to Booyzen so as not to be associated with them. Our great great grandfather was shot and killed by the British and all the women and children were put in a concentration camp and the family farm in the Eastern Cape was burned to the ground with Kitchener’s scorched earth policy.After the war our great grea
- baptism31 OCT 1851Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa
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William Henry --> was also known as Had 13 Children
When Kitchener took over command in December 1900, he developed more systematically both Roberts’ scorched-earth policy and the wider practice of population clearance from hostile rural areas. A military engineer of iron resolve, already renowned for his use of ruthless methods, Kitchener had won fame for his campaign to crush the Mahdi’s Dervish army in the Sudan, and as a reward, had been raised to the peerage, choosing the title of Kitchener of Khartoum. He regarded Boer women as being as much of an obstacle in the way of military victory as Boer fighters. ‘The women question is always cropping up,’ he said five days after assuming command. ‘There is no doubt the women are keeping up the war and are far more bitter than the men.’ The position of ‘women left in farms’ continued to exercise him. ‘Every farm,’ he remarked to one of his generals, ‘is an intelligence agency and a supply depot so that it is almost impossible to surround or catch’ the enemy. The solution he devised was the mass removal of Boer women and children from farms into what were called concentration camps. Their removal, he believed, would not only deprive Boer fighters of food and intelligence, it would hasten the end of the war by inducing them to surrender. ‘It was thought that pressure might be brought to bear on the commandos through their womenfolk and that they would not be able to bear separation from their families,’ recalled a British intelligence officer. ‘It was apparently expected that the Boers would be prepared to abandon war for the sake of love.’
Birth: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-8SD4-8?cc=1478678 : 12 December 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
Sources attached in the tree
- Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000065_OYYV643JPHGPL5QCMFMV425JQZLMPYI_OYYV643JPHGPL5QCMFMV425JQZLMPYI/willem-h-booyzen
- Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-14000233_OYYV7SAIJQTOR4JKED43GX4L5YO2CJY_OYYV7SAIJQTOR4JKED43GX4L5YO2CJY/willem-hermanus-booyzen
- Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500060_OYYV7MA3Q3VD6GJWI3CNQAUMCPNL7TI_OYYV7MA3Q3VD6GJWI3CNQAUMCPNL7TI/william-henry-booyzen
- Geni World Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-56313061/willem-henry-booyzen-in-geni-world-family-tree
- Stoter Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6PD3Y6UGZOKI77GKMFYUVEMJTXA-1503354/willem-henry-booyzen
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