Henry Napier Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,10

Born: 4 Nov 1870, Graaf Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa ¹ ^,10 ^,11
Marriage (1): Rosa Johanna Cornelia Vercueil on 3 Apr 1906 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, South Africa ¹ ^,11
Died: 22 Aug 1963 aged 92 ¹ ^,10
Buried: 26 Aug 1963, Plumstead, Cape Province, South Africa

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Rosa Johanna Cornelia Vercueil

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://ancestry24.com/?group=on&s=search&srchName=First+Names&srchSurname=van+ryneveld&submit=%C2%A0

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02859.pdf

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/gallery/cemeteries-cape-province-plumstead/Van_Ryneveld_Henry_Napier.JPG

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91J-BC6F-5?cc=2727134&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPHD-2K1L

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100340765755&lds=1®ion=0®ionfriendly=&juris1=SAfr&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=®ionfriendly=&juris1friendly=South+Africa&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=

Says 1963.

http://ancestry24.com/?group=on&s=search&srchName=First+Names&srchSurname=van+ryneveld&submit=%C2%A0

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02859.pdf

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/gallery/cemeteries-cape-province-plumstead/Van_Ryneveld_Henry_Napier.JPG

And

Van Ryneveld Family History records his death in 1957

bullet Burial Notes:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVY-X3TF?cc=2790463&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPHH-CV8V

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Military Service. ¹⁰ Fought with Boers in the war.

• Sport. ¹⁰ Good Sportsman.

• Web Based Info. http://www.pelteret.co.za/pdf/genealogy/berrange_family_tree.pdf records him as Henry Mafsin Van Ryneveld. This has to be a transposition.

And

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100340765755&lds=1®ion=0®ionfriendly=&juris1=SAfr&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=®ionfriendly=&juris1friendly=South+Africa&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02859.pdf

• General Comment. He worked in the Bank of Africa (?). He was a well-known sportsman, playing rugby, cricket and tennis. He fought with the Boers in the War until he was captured. Family sources had indicated that he had been captured at Paardeberg with the forces of General Cronje, in February 1900. However, this information is different from the British records in the Public Records Office in Kew of prisoners held in Cape Town. Ref. WO 108 305. He is listed as No 12267, from Pretoria, captured at Warmbaths on 22.8.1900. Received in Cape Town 7.Sept. 1900. Lieutenant.
An interesting story appeared in the "History of South African Rugby", compiled by Ivor Difford. The article was written by W.P. Anderson entitled the "Brotherhood of Sport"….
"….When war was declared, the last friend that I saw when leaving the Transvaal for Delagoa Bay was an old Sea Point footballer called Nap van Ryneveld. He was with the Boer commando on Komatipoort station. Naturally there was a certain amount of feeling between the burghers and the refugees (so we were named), but when sportsmen met, we recked not of war.
I was not allowed out of the train, but Nap and I had a chat, and then came the final handclasp of regard and sympathy.
Two years later, I was in my office in Pretoria when an orderly informed me that a Boer prisoner under escort desired to see me. I had him in, and when I looked up from my writing I was confronted by old Nap's smiling face, and those who remember him will recollect that grin. I jumped to my feet and to the amazement of the escourt, warmly grasped his hand. "Nap, where on earth do you come from ?" With a wry smile he replied "Piccadilly Circus - Bushveld"
Poor chap ! He had had a rough time. Little to eat (and he liked a good meal), and toes of his boots yawning. His clothes were tattered and torn. I fixed him up from my scanty wardrobe, and off he marched with a debonair air. "Good bye, I am off to Ceylon " he shouted, and I have never heard of him since. He was a good sort, and, wherever he may be, good luck to him ! "
He was a lovable person, with a fund of stories about his life, with veracity that sometimes needed challenging, such as his telling me that he had met Lobengula with Jamieson when he was in the Police in Rhodesia. He was blind in the last years of his life, but there was still an unmistakable twinkle in his eyes.
The following extract is from Stewart West's book " A Century of Cricket at Newlands" , on the history of Western Province Cricket Club, pages 28 and 29.
A game of cricket was to played at Green Point (Cape Town) and the Military found themselves one short, so they sent over to the POW camp on the Common and were told to get hold of "Nap" as Napier van Ryneveld was known to friend and foe. A wonderful shot and, like his grand-nephew Clive, a grand player of ball games, Nap turned out. On his return to camp, he was greeted with "Where the hell have you been ?" Playing cricket ? Damn it, man, you have missed the boat to Ceylon, so you will have to take the next one… to St. Helena.
And that is apparently where he went : however, AJVR records that he could not find his name amongst the list of such prisoners in the Public Records office in Kew (Ref. WO 108 303)

• Occupation. Cyanider.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T7B-2YZ?i=25&cc=1468076

And

Civil Servant.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-W3K?cc=1468076

Henry married Rosa Johanna Cornelia Vercueil, daughter of Jan Jacobus Andries Vercueil and Helena Catharina Botha, on 3 Apr 1906 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, South Africa ¹.^,11 (Rosa Johanna Cornelia Vercueil was born on 17 May 1887 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, South Africa, died on 30 Aug 1963 in Rondebosch Church, Cape Province, South Africa and was buried on 31 Aug 1963 in Plumstead, Cape Province, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02859.pdf

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91J-BC6F-5?cc=2727134&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPHD-2K1L

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

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