Johannes Bernardus KEMPEN^{[1, 2, 3]}

1845 - 1926  (80 years)

• Name	Johannes Bernardus KEMPEN
  Born	20 Dec 1845	Yzervarkspoort, Loxton
  Christened	5 Oct 1846	Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Jun 1926	Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
  Person ID	I9324	PedigreeFAGreeffEsagi
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Willem Hendrik Marthinus Abraham KEMPEN,   b. 31 Jul 1818, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 Jan 1901, Yzervarkspoort, Loxton  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Anna Margaretha Stoffelina WILDERS,   b. 2 Jul 1821, Quaggasfontein Farm, Victoria West, South Africa ,   d. 31 May 1875, Yzervarkspoort Farm, Victoria West, South Africa  (Age 53 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1838	Victoria West, Cape, South Africa   [1]
  Notes	Married: Alt Marriage: Willem Hendrik Marthinus Abraham KEMPEN Date: 2 Jul 1838 Location: Victoria West, SA Notes: He married his cousin, the child of his mother's sister.
  Family ID	F26038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Cecilia Francina DU TOIT,   b. 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Dec 1876	Fraserburg, Cape, South Africa
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F26118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Cecilia Francina Du TOIT,   b. 27 Dec 1849, Vinkfontein, Fraserburg ,   d. 6 Jun 1916, Cypress Street, Victoria West  (Age 66 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1876	Fraserburg, Cape, South Africa
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F123186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JB farmed at Beyersfontein. I was told, as a child, that my great grandfather was a huge man and that he had to bend to walk through the doors at the farm house at Beyersfontein. In later years friends of mine were now the owners of that farm and I found that the height of the doors were only 6 feet and that I had to bend to walk through!JB eventually retired to Krugersdorp where some of his children lived. He handed the farm over to his son Johannes Bernardus who in turn passed it down to his son, Johannes Eben. It is rumoured that the latter became very religious and donated the farm to the church. In later years the TORR family farmed there. In the year 2000 I visited Victoria West and filled in JB and ACF's grave which had caved in.Willem Hendrik(Marthinus Abraham) and Jacoba Magdalena Claassens lie buried alongside the grave of JB and ACF

  
  

• Sources

  [S224] du Plooy.paf (Reliability: ). [S458] Trever se Van Rensburgs, Frikkie Jansen van Rensburg (Reliability: ). [S286] Kempen.ged, Francois Greeff, (http://www.greeff.info/) (Reliability: ).