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BOTBIJL, Pieter Stoffel

Born: 1903 12 13
Died: 1997 09 06

Contractor


Born in Haarlemmermeer, North-Holland, the Netherlands. He worked, on his arrival in South Africa in 1936, in Queenstown. In 1937 he established himself as a contractor in Pretoria. He was a member of the Master Builders Association there. He was responsible for many contracts for the Transvaal Provincial Administration as well as the Department of Public Works, building projects across the then Transvaal. He also undertook many private developments including the buildings for his own company, blocks of flats and office buildings.

He was married to Jantje Botbijl, nee Bronsema (1903-1978). Their memorial stone is at the Pretoria West Crematorium.

References

Ploeger, Jan. 1994. Nederlanders in Transvaal 1850-1950. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp 48-49