Birth Name: Jacobus Johannes Fouché
Date of Birth: 6 June 1898
Place of Birth: Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa
Date of Death: 23 September 1980
Place of Death: Bellville, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Ethnicity: Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Danish, Swiss-German, Portuguese], Small Amounts of African [Angolan, Khoikhoi, Ethiopian], Indian, English, Bengali, remote Timorese, Malagasy, Indonesian, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, Swiss-French
Jim Fouché was a South African Politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968-1975
Jim’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his eighth great-grandfather, Philippe Fouché Who was born In Suèvres, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Some of His ancestors were slaves from present day Bangladesh, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Angola, India, Indonesia, East Timor and China.
Jim’s 10th Great Grandmother was Krotoa a Khoikhoi interpreter (also known as Eva)
Jim’s paternal grandfather was Stephanus Phillipus Fouche (the son of Stephanus Phillipus Fouche and Engela Elizabeth Hugo). Stephanus was born in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Jim’s paternal grandmother was Johanna Fouche (the daughter of Gustavus Wilhelmus Fouché and Johanna Swanepoel). Johanna was born in Cape Province, South Africa.
Jim’s maternal grandfather was named Rynhardt Petrus Steynberg (The son of, Abraham Jacobus Steynberg And Johanna Catharina De Winnaar). Rynhardt was born in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.
Jim’s maternal grandmother was named Elizabeth Johanna Jacomina Snyman (The Daughter of Francois Jacobus Johannes Snyman And Maria Elisabeth Johanna Prinsloo). Elizabeth was born in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.
Ancestry/Genealogy:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L5LQ-FKJ
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222345853/jacobus-johannes-fouché
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