Springorum Families in South-Africa

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, members of the Springorum family left Europe and began new lives in South Africa. Like many migrants of their time, they were drawn by opportunity, work, and the promise of a different future.

In places such as the Transvaal and the Cape, the name Springorum appears in civil records, church registers, and family memories — small traces of a branch that grew far from its Westphalian and Amsterdam roots.

Today, according to available surname distribution sources, approximately 73 people bearing the name Springorum are living in South Africa.

This page explores who these South African Springorums were, where they settled, and how their story connects to the wider Springorum family history.

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From Germany:

• Reinhard Springorum (1593-1666)
  • Johannes Springorum (1625-1694)
    • Caspar Reinhard Springorum (1660-1731)
      • Johann Bernhard Springorum (1696-1778)
        • Johann Bernhard Springorum (1726-1790)^[1]
          • Hermann Heinrich Wilhelm Springorum (1790-1867)
            • Wilhelm August Hermann Springorum (1830-1909)
              • Carl Hermann Wilhelm Springorum (1857-1911) ⚭ Maria Anna (De Gier)
                • Maud Amelia Sybilla Springorum (1885-1956) ⚭ John Henry Burn
                • Charlotte Augusta Georgina Springorum (1887-1960) ⚭ Walter Humphrey James
                • Amelia Maria Springorum (1889-1976) ⚭ Frank Louis Broadbridge
                • August Friedrich Wilhelm Springorum (1890-1942) ⚭ Friederike Wilhelmine Maria Hilda Röttcher (Cane Planter)
                  • Iris Hilda Springorum (1918-?) ⚭ Roy William Kirkland
                  • Maureen Springorum (1921-?)
                  • Garnet William Springorum (1923-?) (also written as Garnes) ⚭ Eileen Margaret Troy
                  • Robert Arthur Springorum (1929-?) ⚭ Valerie Marie Latter
                • Gerardine Marie Springorum (1891-1926) ⚭ Gustav Fuller Deal
                • Vera Springorum (1894-1975)
                • Irene Springorum (1896-?) ⚭ Alfred Sydney Steel
                • Friedrich (Fritz) De Gier Springorum (1898-1979) ⚭ Sarah Susannah Kniphouse
                  • Frederick Springorum (1925-?) ⚭ Francina Stoffelina de Lange
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                  • Daphne Vera Springorum (1926-2015) ⚭ Cornelius Douw Cronje
                  • Milicent Maria Springorum (⚭ Uzzell)
                  • Elaine Lily Springorum
                  • Ronald Walter Springorum (1931-1962) ⚭ Yvonne Nellie
                    • Anthony Donald Springorum (1955-1961)
                    • Sarah Ardene Springorum (1958-1958)
                  • Walter Carl Springorum (1931-2013) ⚭ Maureen Leley/Leslie Gibbons
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Other migrations to South Africa

• Reinhard Springorum (1593-1666)
  • Johannes Springorum (1625-1694)
    • Johann Georg Springorum (1664-1706)
      • Bernhard Friedrich Springorum (1693-?)
        • Bernhard Gottfried Springorum (1740-?)
          • Johann David Springorum (1760-?)
            • Johannes Abraham Springorum (1777-1849)
              • Johannes Caspar Springorum (1812-1893)
                • Heinrich Springorum (1839-1898)
                  • August Springorum (1869-1933)
                    • Lina Springorum (1901-1990) Migrated to South Africa Otto Ernst Schneider (1897-1967)

South African Springorums that cannot be placed in Family Tree yet

• Gavin Richard Springorum (1956-2000), ⚭ Cromhout

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• Gerard Springorum (from Germany), ⚭ meisei Biko (?-1993)

From Amsterdam:

• Johannes Gerardus Maria (Jan) Springorum
  • Juriana Catharina Maria (Jeannie) Springorum (1930-2012) ⚭ Hölzel, migrated to South Africa

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Passenger Lists of Springorums traveling to South-Africa

Family Carl Springorum and Maria de Gier travels to South-Africa

6 October 1893 · Southampton, Hampshire, England

In 1893, Carl Hermann Wilhelm Springorum emigrated to South Africa. The passenger list records him travelling together with his wife and five children, confirming that this was a full family relocation rather than an individual migration. This document marks the formal beginning of the South African branch of the Springorum family.

Reference: Family Carl Springorum and Maria de Gier travels to South-Africa

Mr and Miss Springorum travelled to South-Africa.

7 April 1906 · Southampton, Hampshire, England

In 1906, a Mr and Miss Springorum travelled to South-Africa.

Reference: Mr and Miss Springorum travelled to South-Africa.

Miss Springorum traveling to South-Africa

4 February 1921 · Southampton, Hampshire, England

In 1921, Miss Springorum, 26 years old, travelling first class to South-Africa alone.

Reference: Miss Springorum traveling to South-Africa

Mr W. Springorum and A. Springorum traveling to South-Africa

13 September 1951 · Southampton, Hampshire, England

In 1951, Mr W. Springorum (51) and Mr A. Springorum (24, Sugar Grower) travelling to South-Africa together.

Reference: Mr W. Springorum and A. Springorum traveling to South-Africa

Next: The Very First Springorums in Amsterdam (< 1750)