Marthinus Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus van der Westhuizen en Elizabeth Susanna Oosthuizen.
Sy naam kom voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1895.
Uit sy sterfkennis word sy beroep as "Partikulier" aangegee, wat beteken dat hy geen beroep gehad het nie.
Anglo Boere-oorlog:
Natal Rebels
Surname
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Van der Westhuizen
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Name
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Marthinus Jacobus
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Address
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Lincoln, Newcastle
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Charge
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hoogverraad
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Trial Date
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20/12/1900
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Sentence
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boete van £20 of 4 mnde tronkstraf
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Opm
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Age
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Court
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Spesiale magistraat, Newcastle
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Ref ID
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309
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DETAILS OF THE NATAL AFRIKANERS CONVICTED
OF HIGH TREASON DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WARi CASES 1-276: TRIED BY THE SPECIAL
COURT CONSTITUTED UNDER ACT 14 OF 1900
Van der Westhuysen, Marthinus Jacobus. Lincoln, Newcastle 20.12.0 0 Special Magistrate, Newcastle High Treason. Fined ,20 or 4 months imprisonment. Joined the Boers in late 1900. Acted as a small pox guard along the Buffalo River. Took part in operations around Elandslaagte. (https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/22990/14back.pdf?sequence=15&isAllowed=y)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elandslaagte#/media/File:Battle_of_Elandslaagte_Map.png)