Dawid Sofius ENGELA

1931 - 1967  (36 years)

• Name	Dawid Sofius ENGELA
  Born	30 Oct 1931	Roodepoort, Transvaal
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	359
  Died	25 Nov 1967	Laingsburg, W Cape
  Person ID	I38637	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	David Jacobus ENGELA,   b. 19 Aug 1895, Klerksdorp, Transvaal ,   d. 1 Mar 1962, Randfontein, Transvaal  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sophia Hendrina Fredrika BUYS,   b. 27 Jul 1903, Steynsburg, E Cape ,   d. 6 Oct 1991, Boksburg, Transvaal  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Potchefstroom
  Family ID	F6837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maria Sophia COERTSE
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F6868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alison Ruth MORRISON
  Children	1. Charl Andries Morrison ENGELA   2. Jean Elizabeth Sofie ENGELA
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F6869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Anna Maria Elizabeth FOUCHE,   b. 15 Oct 1934, Wolseley. W Cape ,   d. 28 Nov 1967, Cape Town  (Age 33 years)
  Married	Aug 1967
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F6870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. Born at Florida 2. Matriculated with distinctions att the Voortrekker High School in Boks burg, Transvaal (1947) and then studied Theology for a year at Potchefstro om before switching to music at the University of Witwatersrand but also w orked for the broadcasting corporation as a programme compiler and announc er. Resigned in 1950 to concentrate on his studies and completed his B.M us in 1951 and rejoined the SABC. 3. After his marriage to the famous soprano Mimi Coertze, the couple decid ed to continue their studies overseas and arrived in Vienna in January 19 54 after a tour of Europe. His marriage having failed (divorced 1956), fin ancial difficulties compelled him to return to South Africa where he aga in worked for the SABC until joining the BBC in London (1 September 195 6) where he remained for the next seven years. 4. In 1958 he passed his examination for D.Phil in music history and marri ed a Scottish cantralto Alison Ruth Morrison. This marriage did not last a nd ended after another divorce in January 1967. 5. He left the BBC at the end of August 1963 and took up a post as Mus ic Organiser with the SABC two months later and remained there until his d eath as a result of a car accident three months after his third marria ge to Anna Maria Elizabeth Fouche who also died as a result of the acciden t. 6. He was a British national at the time of his death and lived at 2A Klo of Nek Road,Tamboerskloof, Cape Town. 7. He left choral arrangements, published articles and about fifty composi tions. 8. Buried in Boksburg, Transvaal in the B cemetery where his name appea rs as Sophius 9. ANC H2536/1953 10Cape Estate 1968/00884 11. Copy of First marriage certificate 12. Copy of published article outlining his achievements (Source not recor ded)