Jan Daniel LEONARD^{[1, 2]}

1891 - 1949  (57 years)

• Name	Jan Daniel LEONARD  [3]
  Born	13 Apr 1891
  Christened	11 Oct 1891	Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk, Volksrust (Transvaal)   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Mar 1949
  Buried	11 Mar 1949	Volksrust Begrafplaas
  Association	Hendrik Daniel SASSENBERG (Relationship: Fort Opperman was built on Oppermanskraal (Opperman's Kraal) close to Jan D)
  Notes	1) 57 years, 10 months 2) Occupation: Messelaar. 3) Lived: Schoonstraat 76, Volksrust. 4) Place of death: Hospital, Volksrust. 5) Cause of death: Primary corsinoma left lung Source: Death Notice. Fort Opperman wat gebou is op die koppie geleë op Oppermanskraal (Opperman's Kraal), die plaas wat aan die Kleynsmit's behoort het en aan Dassieklip gegrens het, kon vanaf Dassieklip gesien word. Oupa Griezel se pa was met 'n Kleysmit getroud. Oppermanskraal het voorheen aan Hendrick Daniel Sassenberg, wat op stadium 'n veldkornet was, behoort. Bouwerk aan Fort Opperman het in Jan 1901 begin en is in Maart 1901 voltooi. Die fort moes die belangrike Sandspruit Stasie beskerm en die stasie was binne reikafstand van die kanon in die fort. Die fort was een van min wat meer as een vloer gehad het. BRONNE: Geelvink Produksies BOOK: WAR RECORD OF THE YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT 1900-1902 FROM REGIMENTAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES. by Alexander Kearsey 1903. Containing sketch of Fort Opperman.
  Person ID	I513	LC Joubert
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward (Eduard) Johannes LEONARD, a1b5c5,   b. 20 Jun 1861, Oranje Vrystaat ,   d. 10 Mar 1900, Newcastle Hospitaal  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Susanna Gertruida (Geertruida) LABUSCHAGNE, b2c4d6e1f7g1,   b. 3 Sep 1860,   d. 9 Sep 1929, Dassieklip, Sandspruit, Distrik Volksrust  (Age 69 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1884	Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa   [5]
  	She is indicated as from Ladysmith, Natal at time of marriage
  Family ID	F168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie Aletta Cecilia GRIEZEL,   b. 6 Mar 1895, Burgershoop ,   d. 3 Mar 1976, Germiston  (Age 80 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1913
  Children	1. Maria Elizabeth Francina LEONARD,   b. 7 Aug 1915,   d. 9 May 1990, Elsburgweg, Germistion  (Age 74 years)   2. Susanna Gertruida LEONARD,   b. 27 Sep 1920,   d. 26 Jul 2016, Newcastle  (Age 95 years)   3. Eduard Johannes (Hendrik?) LEONARD
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Jan Daniel LEONARD Husband of Elsie Aletta Cecilia GRIEZEL

  
  

  Histories

  Fort Opperman - Opperman's Kraal - One of the first blockhouses erected

  
  

  Albums

  Jan Daniel Leonard born 1893 (4)

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] FAMILYSEARCH, PROBATE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-17QH?cid=fs_copy. [S18] FAMILYSEARCH, DEATH NOTICE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7F7T-95MM?cid=fs_copy. [S106] DEATH NOTICE - Jan Daniel LEONARD (d.1949), (TAB/MHG/REF:1487/49). [S18] FAMILYSEARCH, BAPTISM https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQH-LSM3-K?view=index&action=view. Doopseël [S18] FAMILYSEARCH, MARRIAGE https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-M3QJ-Y?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQG2W-TMGN&action=view.