John Frederick Van Ryneveld
(1923-1996)

John Frederick Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,10

Born: 6 Feb 1923 ² ^,10
Marriage (1): Chrisma Coetzee on 1 Mar 1954
Died: 31 May 1996, Bronkhorst Spruit, Transvaal, South Africa aged 73 ² ^,10

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Spouses/Children:

1. Chrisma Coetzee

Linda Anne Van Ryneveld
Pierre Johan Van Ryneveld+
Estelle Louise Van Ryneveld

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

10936/96 - Van Ryneveld, John Frederick, 1923-02-06, 2302065018085, Spitskop, P.O. Box 100, Bronkhorstspruit, 1996 - 05-31. First National Trust, P.O. Box 40076, Arcadia.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._17446_-_27_Sep_1996_5_171

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02861.pdf

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/death-records-results.php?id=3351269

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/research/ff-name-surname-results.php

bullet Death Notes:

10936/96 - Van Ryneveld, John Frederick, 1923-02-06, 2302065018085, Spitskop, P.O. Box 100, Bronkhorstspruit, 1996 - 05-31. First National Trust, P.O. Box 40076, Arcadia.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._17446_-_27_Sep_1996_5_171

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/death-records-results.php?id=3351269
Says died in Pretoria. He died of lung cancer.

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

• Estate. 10936/96 - Van Ryneveld, John Frederick, 1923-02-06, 2302065018085, Spitskop, P.O. Box 100, Bronkhorstspruit, 1996 - 05-31. First National Trust, P.O. Box 40076, Arcadia.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._17446_-_27_Sep_1996_5_171

• Military Service. ¹⁰ Pilot in SAAF in WW2. Took part in Berlin Airlift.

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02861.pdf

• General Comment. ² He was at school at Bishops, participated in boxing and played rugby for the 1st XV. Joined the South African Air Force in 1943 and got his wings as a pilot. Flew Marauders in Italy in the war campaign there. After the war, he took part in the Berlin airlift after Russia had cut the town off from the Allies. Then he went to Rhodesia and joined the Royal Rhodesian Air Force. After a heart attack, he was grounded and decided to go into Hotel Management for a short spell. Then to Atlas Aircraft Corp.in Kempton Park. When his father died , he moved out to the farm Spitzkop (near Bronkhorstspruit) where he farmed a commercial breed of cattle crossbreeding with Afrikander, Simmentaler and Bonsmara herds. He and Chrsima lived in the Lodge, which had been the orderly rooms of the Engineering Corps during the second world war.
In February 1996, severe floods washed away one of the 2 old Bailey bridges built by the Engineers in 1942, which was the only access to the farm over the Wilge river. Chrisma was airlifted to Swartkops Air Base, but John insisted on staying behind. However, 2 weeks later airlifted off, making the front page of the Pretoria News being the son of the Founder of the SAAF

• General Comment. Copy of his mother, Enid Kathleen Helen Henwood's, Death Notice dated 27 July 1957 in RAB's possession.

John married Chrisma Coetzee on 1 Mar 1954. (Chrisma Coetzee was born on 23 Apr 1925 and died on 24 Oct 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa ².)

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.identitynumber.org/death-records-results.php?id=3351269

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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

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