Helena Elspeth Pienaar
(1900-1983)

Helena Elspeth Pienaar

Born: 9 Jun 1900
Marriage (1): Michiel Matthys Smuts Du Toit
Died: Sep 1983 aged 83

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Michiel Matthys Smuts Du Toit

bullet Birth Notes:

Copy of her mother - Hester Cornelia Pienaar nee Van Ryneveld's Death Notice dd 6 Feb 1908 in RAB's possession. Her birthdate is recorded as 9 Jun 1900.

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 7830/60
PART 1
DESCRIPTION DU TOIT, MICHIEL MATTHYS SMUTS.
STARTING 19600000
ENDING 19600000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE HELENA ELSPETH DU TOIT (BORN PIENAAR).

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3189665

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

• General Comment. Copy of her father - Schalk Willem Pienaar's Death Notice dd 21 Mar 1930 in RAB's possession.

• General Comment. Copy of his mother - Hester Cornelia Pienaar nee Van Ryneveld's Death Notice dd 6 Feb 1908 in RAB's possession. His birthdate is recorded as 9 Jun 1900.

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=75&query=%2Bgivenname%3Ahester~%20%2Bsurname%3A%22van%20ryneveld%22%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22South%20Africa%22

Helena married Michiel Matthys Smuts Du Toit. (Michiel Matthys Smuts Du Toit died in 1960.)

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

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