Aletta Catharina Hands, Lady, OBE

Aletta Catharina Hands (Myburgh), Lady, OBE
Also Known As:	"Aletta Catharine Hands"
Birthdate:	June 03, 1859
Birthplace:	Elsenburg, Nr Klapmuts, Western Cape, Cape Province, South Africa
Death:	1935 (75-76) Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Philippus Albertus Myburgh and Johanna Rynoldina Myburgh Wife of Sir Harry Hands, KBE Mother of Doris Louise Myburgh Atkinson; Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands; Philip Albert Myburgh Hands and Kenneth Charles Myburgh Hands Sister of Ryk Hendrik Myburgh; Tobias Johannes Myburgh; Philippus Albertus Myburgh, b2c3d2e12f2g3; Louisa Adriana Myburgh; Anna Catherina Myburgh and 4 others

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Last Updated:	April 27, 2022

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Baptism record gives birth date of 3 June 1859: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11710-62655-45?cc=1478678 : accessed 18 January 2016), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1835-1859 > image 225 of 248; State Archives, Cape Province.
Marriage to Harry Hands in Worcestershire in 1886 recorded in this user genealogy: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3SKC-NTV
Husband's death certificate shows Aletta's death as 1935.
Photo of grave here gives death date of 2 June 1935: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140976997 and also appears to show a memorial for their son (Major) P.A.M. Hands, d. 1951
Shown on a user-submitted family tree on FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3SKC-NTV

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1859	June 3, 1859	Birth of Aletta Catharina Hands, Lady, OBE Elsenburg, Nr Klapmuts, Western Cape, Cape Province, South Africa
	June 20, 1859	Baptism of Aletta Catharina Hands, Lady, OBE Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1887	1887	Birth of Doris Louise Myburgh Atkinson
1888	July 26, 1888	Birth of Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands Claremont, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1890	March 18, 1890	Birth of Philip Albert Myburgh Hands Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1892	March 22, 1892	Birth of Kenneth Charles Myburgh Hands Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1935	1935 Age 75	Death of Aletta Catharina Hands, Lady, OBE Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
	1935 Age 75	Burial of Aletta Catharina Hands, Lady, OBE

Aletta Catharina Hands (Myburgh), Lady, OBE