Petrus Johannes du PlessisAge: 47 years1851–1899
- Name
- Petrus Johannes du Plessis
- Given names
- Petrus Johannes
- Surname
- du Plessis
Birth | calculated August 1851 25 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Johannes DU PLESSIS (1899), MOOC 6/9/392 #2408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-8SMQ-8?i=1983&cat=331262 image 1984/2166 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
Marriage | Judith Magdalena Maria Grobler — View this family yes Publication: ISBN 0 620 10291 8 Citation details: p 8.14, b6c2d2e7f6 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Johannes DU PLESSIS (1899), MOOC 6/9/392 #2408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-8SMQ-8?i=1983&cat=331262 image 1984/2166 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
Birth of a sister | Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis July 1853 (Age 23 months) Publication: ISBN 0 620 10291 8 Citation details: p 8.13, b6c2d2e7f3 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Christina DU PLESSIS (1914), MOOC 6/9/770 #2856, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-Q99L-R?mode=g&i=1121&cat=331262 image 1122/1277 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 5 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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Marriage of a sibling | Willem Isaak Grobler — Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis — View this family February 14, 1870 (Age 18 years) Publication: ISBN 0 620 10291 8 Citation details: p 8.13, b6c2d2e7f3 |
Death of a paternal grandfather | Jan Louis du Plessis July 23, 1872 (Age 20 years) Age: 70 years 7 months 7 days Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Plessis, p166, b2c4d9e10. |
Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna Elizabeth Hough October 17, 1880 (Age 29 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Plessis, p166, b2c4d9e10. |
War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 5 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 2 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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Economic Event | 1865 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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Economic Event | 1867 (Age 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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Economic Event | 1881 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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Economic Event | 1886 (Age 34 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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Death of a father | Daniël Jacobus du Plessis November 9, 1894 (Age 43 years) Age: 68 years 10 months Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Jacobus DU PLESSIS (1894), MOOC 6/9/335 #2748, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FQ9D-P?mode=g&i=157&cat=331262 image 158/2039 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
Death | July 28, 1899 (Age 47 years) Age: 47 years 11 months Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Johannes DU PLESSIS (1899), MOOC 6/9/392 #2408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-8SMQ-8?i=1983&cat=331262 image 1984/2166 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
- Generation 1
Petrus Johannes du Plessis , son ofDaniël Jacobus du Plessis andAnna Christina van den Heever , was born calculated August 1851 and died on July 28, 1899. He marriedJudith Magdalena Maria Grobler (sister-in-law), daughter ofWillem Isaak Grobler andJudith Magdalena Odendaal ,. She was born on July 23, 1849.