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Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch, 1921–1998 (aged 76 years)

Name
Martinus Gericke /Koch/
Given names
Martinus Gericke
Surname
Koch
Nickname
Jeppe
Birth June 25, 1921 53 39
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955
Citation details: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ3-GP6 : 27 December 2014), Martinus Gericke Koch and Maria Magdalena Van Staden, 09 Feb 1954; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 02812; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,635 : accessed 17 Jul 2016
Text:

Ouderdom: 32 Gebore 25.6.1921

Quality of data: secondary evidence
Source: South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955
Citation details: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZS-X7Y : 27 December 2014), Martinus Gericke Koch and Susanna Catharina Van Der Merwe, 16 Feb 1948; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 01770; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,593 : accessed 16 Jul 2016
Text:

Geboorteland provinsie plek: Oudsthoorn, Kaapprovinsie

Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984)
Citation details: Martinus Gericje KOCH, K012/K18
Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 8 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression i…

The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. Source: Wikipedia

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira
between September 23, 1930 and September 24, 1930 (aged 9 years) Age: 78 years
George, Western Cape, South Africa

Address: Hospital, George
Cause: acute lobar pneumonia
Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
Citation details: Death registration Johan Gerhardus FERREIRA: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22084-11393-20?cc=1779109 : accessed 6 October 2015), 1930 > George > image 313 of 415; National Archives, Pretoria.
Date of entry in original source: September 24, 1930
Text:

23 Sep 1930

Quality of data: primary evidence
Death registration: Johan Gerhardus Ferreira (1930)
Source: Gericke Family Tree
Citation details: cf b4c4d1
Text:

24 Sep 1930

Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989
Citation details: Death notice: Johannes Gerhardus FERREIRA (1930), MOOC 6/9/3785 #27993/1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HS3N-7?mode=g&i=290&cat=331262 image 291/1314 : accessed 21 Feb 2017
Date of entry in original source: October 8, 1930
Text:

24 Sep 1930

Death notice: Johannes Gerhardus FERREIRA (1930)
Death of a motherJacoba Egberta Ferreira
March 14, 1940 (aged 18 years)
Acacia District, Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2045317 : accessed 4 June 2016
Gravestone: Jacoba Egbertha Koch (1940)
Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
Citation details: Death registration Jacoba Egberta FERREIRA: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159394-172310-19?cc=1779109 : accessed 25 September 2015), 1940 > Beaufort West > image 82 of 381; National Archives, Pretoria
Date of entry in original source: March 15, 1940
Text:

Carcinoma of the spine

Quality of data: primary evidence
Death Registration: Jacoba Egberta Koch (1940)
Source: Parish registers, NGK Beaufort West
Citation details: Burial: Jacoba Egberta KOCH (1940), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-YKXG?i=98&cat=1152816 : accessed 9 Jan 2020
Burial: Jacoba Egberta KOCH (1940)
Burial of a motherJacoba Egberta Ferreira
March 15, 1940 (aged 18 years)
Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa

Address: Old cemetery, Corner of Blyth and Van Wyk Street, Beaufort West
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2045317 : accessed 4 June 2016
Gravestone: Jacoba Egbertha Koch (1940)
Source: Parish registers, NGK Beaufort West
Citation details: Burial: Jacoba Egberta KOCH (1940), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-YKXG?i=98&cat=1152816 : accessed 9 Jan 2020
Burial: Jacoba Egberta KOCH (1940)
Death of a fatherMichiel Hendrik Koch
August 12, 1941 (aged 20 years) Age: 73 years
Osplaas, De Doorns, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
Citation details: Death registration Michael Hendrik KOCH: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9718-39131-91?cc=1779109 : accessed 25 September 2015), 1941 > Worcester > image 468 of 790; National Archives, Pretoria.
Date of entry in original source: August 12, 1941
Quality of data: primary evidence
Death Registration: Michiel Hendrik Koch (1941)
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: Gravestone: MH KOCH (1868-1941), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1173673 : accessed 25 Sep 2015
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Gravestone: MH KOCH (1868-1941)
Source: LT GEDCOM
Text:

14 AUG 1941

War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 24 years)

Note: Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II)
Death of a wifeSusanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe
February 6, 1951 (aged 29 years) Age: 24 years
Mokopane, Limpopo, South Africa

Address: Hospitaal Potgietersrust, Transvaal
Source: South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955
Citation details: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ3-GP6 : 27 December 2014), Martinus Gericke Koch and Maria Magdalena Van Staden, 09 Feb 1954; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 02812; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,635 : accessed 17 Jul 2016
Text:

Persoonlike staat: Wewenaar => BEF 1954

Quality of data: secondary evidence
Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954
Citation details: Death registration: Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1951), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-RQYZ-5?cc=2998108 : 6 August 2019), > image 1 of 1; Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal : accessed 7 May 2021
Death registration: Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1951)
Death of a brotherPetrus Daniel Piet Koch
June 2, 1956 (aged 34 years) Age: 40 years 10 months
Paul Roux, Free State, South Africa

Source: South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006
Citation details: Death notice: Pieter Daniël KOCH (1956), VAB 721/56 No. D 18/4/57, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998H-B7QB?i=314 : accessed 6 Dec 2018
Text:

Sterfplek: In motorkar op pad van Paul Roux na Senekal O.V.S. 12 myl uit Paul Roux.

Death notice: Pieter Daniël KOCH (1956)
Source: LT GEDCOM
Text:

Sasolburg

Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 39 years)
South Africa

Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. Source: [Wi…

Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. Source: Wikipedia

Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961 (aged 39 years)

Note: South Africa becomes a republic. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Afr…

South Africa becomes a republic. Source: Wikipedia

Death of a brotherMichiel Hendrik Koch
1966 (aged 44 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Source: National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS)
Citation details: Death notice: Machiel Hendrik KOCH (1966), TAB MHG #9212/66 : accessed 10 Oct 2020
Text:

KOCH, MACHIEL HENDRIK. PREDECEASED SPOUSE MARY ELENA LOUISA KOCH. SURVIVING SPOUSE ELZIE JACOBA KOCH.

Death of a brotherJohannes Gerhardus Jan Koch
April 10, 1972 (aged 50 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Death of a sisterAnna Magdalena Egbertha Koch
September 28, 1972 (aged 51 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Death of a sisterJacoba Egberta Bertie Koch
January 1976 (aged 54 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Death of a brotherBurgher Ferreira Koch
November 1976 (aged 55 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Death of a brotherFrederick Wilhelm Frik Koch
October 17, 1977 (aged 56 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM
Death of a brotherAndries Christian David Dries Koch
February 5, 1982 (aged 60 years)

Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: Gravestone: Andries C.D. KOCH (1918-1982), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3021085 : accessed 14 Oct 2015
Gravestone: Andries C.D. KOCH (1918-1982)
Occupation
police officer
before 1984 (aged 62 years)

Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984)
Citation details: Martinus Gericje KOCH, K012/K18
Residence before 1984 (aged 62 years)
48, Bertha Street, Regents Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984)
Citation details: Martinus Gericje KOCH, K012/K18
Death of a brotherEbenhaezer Eben Koch
October 11, 1989 (aged 68 years)

Source: Funeral notices
Citation details: Ebenhaezer KOCH (1924-1989)
Funeral notice: Ebenhaezer KOCH (1989)
Cremation of a brotherEbenhaezer Eben Koch
October 16, 1989 (aged 68 years)

Source: Funeral notices
Citation details: Ebenhaezer KOCH (1924-1989)
Funeral notice: Ebenhaezer KOCH (1989)
Historical Event
Nelson Mandela released from prison
February 11, 1990 (aged 68 years)

Note: Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_in_South_Africa)
Historical Event
First General Elections
April 27, 1994 (aged 72 years)
South Africa

Note: Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_general_election,_1994)
Burial of a fatherMichiel Hendrik Koch
De Doorns, Western Cape, South Africa

Address: Ou NG Kerk begraafplaas, De Doorns
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: Gravestone: MH KOCH (1868-1941), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1173673 : accessed 25 Sep 2015
Gravestone: MH KOCH (1868-1941)
Death April 6, 1998 (aged 76 years)

Source: LT GEDCOM