Willem Jakobus JoubertAge: 87 years1847–1935
- Name
- Willem Jakobus Joubert
- Given names
- Willem Jakobus
- Surname
- Joubert
| Birth | February 17, 1847 22 23 Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Joubert, p151, b5c4d1e7f7g4. Text: 15 FEB 1847 Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1492, b5c7d1e7f7g3. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Estate file: Alida Elizabeth Johanna CLOETE (1911), MHG #31922/1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-69C6-C?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BX5%3A1590242507 : 16 December 2016), 007805983 > image 428 of 1224; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Anna Magdalena Haasbroek April 12, 1858 (Age 11 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p48, #805, b5c4d3[e4]. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 9 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 14 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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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 17 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 19 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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| Marriage | Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete — View this family May 23, 1870 Husband: 23 years Wife: 23 years Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Joubert, p151, b5c4d1e7f7g4. Text: 21 MAY 1870 Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1492, b5c7d1e7f7g3. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Estate file: Alida Elizabeth Johanna CLOETE (1911), MHG #31922/1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-69C6-C?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BX5%3A1590242507 : 16 December 2016), 007805983 > image 428 of 1224; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Citation details: Marriage: Willem Jacobus JOUBERT and Alida Elizabeth Johanna CLOETE (1870), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-WKNB?i=586&cat=244034 : accessed 24 Apr 2020 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Johannes Stephanus Joubert October 21, 1871 (Age 24 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1493, b5c7d1e7f7g3h1. |
| Baptism of a son | Johannes Stephanus Joubert November 25, 1871 (Age 24 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1493, b5c7d1e7f7g3h1. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Cornelia Maria Joubert about 1873 (Age 25 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p77, #1508, b5c7d1e7f7g3h2. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 26 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 grandfather | Gideon Daniël Joubert December 12, 1874 (Age 27 years) Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Joubert, p150, b5c7d1e7. Text: 13 DEC 1874 Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p53, #904, b5c7d1e7. |
| Birth of a son #3 | Christiaan Cornelis Cloete Joubert about 1877 (Age 29 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p77, #1516, b5c7d1e7f7g3h3. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Francina Elizabeth Joubert December 28, 1878 (Age 31 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1530, b5c7d1e7f7g3h4. |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Birth of a daughter #5 | Anna Lozea Joubert June 5, 1881 (Age 34 years) Publication: images, FamilySearch Citation details: Baptism Anna Lozea JOUBERT: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12414-12588-56?cc=1392488 : accessed 11 October 2015), South Africa > Cape > Barkly East > Baptisms 1873-1886 > image 95 of 181; The Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Stellenbosch, Cape Town. Date of entry in original source: February 14, 1882 Quality of data: secondary evidence Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1532, b5c7d1e7f7g3h5. |
| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 33 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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| Baptism of a daughter | Anna Lozea Joubert February 14, 1882 (Age 34 years) Address: NG Kerk,
Barkly East Publication: images, FamilySearch Citation details: Baptism Anna Lozea JOUBERT: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12414-12588-56?cc=1392488 : accessed 11 October 2015), South Africa > Cape > Barkly East > Baptisms 1873-1886 > image 95 of 181; The Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Stellenbosch, Cape Town. Date of entry in original source: February 14, 1882 Text: Witnesses: Daniel Francois Cloete, Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels, Cornelis Willem Cloete Anna Lozea Cloete Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Wilhelmina Jacoba Joubert November 11, 1884 (Age 37 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1538, b5c7d1e7f7g3h6. |
| Birth of a son #7 | Willem Jacobus Joubert about 1886 (Age 38 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1539, b5c7d1e7f7g3h7. |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 38 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 | Johannes Stephanus Joubert September 13, 1897 (Age 50 years) Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Joubert, p151, b5c4d1e7f7. Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1489, b5c7d1e7f7. |
| Death of a daughter | Francina Elizabeth Joubert August 8, 1901 (Age 54 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1530, b5c7d1e7f7g3h4. |
| Death of a son | Willem Jacobus Joubert about 1901 (Age 53 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p78, #1539, b5c7d1e7f7g3h7. |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 53 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Death of a mother | Cornelia Maria du Toit October 1, 1902 (Age 55 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1489, b5c7d1e7f7. |
| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 4 years) 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 6 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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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 58 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 63 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 64 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
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| Death of a daughter | Cornelia Maria Joubert August 20, 1915 (Age 68 years) Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p77, #1508, b5c7d1e7f7g3h2. |
| Death of a wife | Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete March 23, 1917 (Age 70 years) Age: 70 years 4 months Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1492, b5c7d1e7f7g3. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Alida Elizabeth Johanna CLOETE (1917), MHG #31922/1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-69D6-9?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BX5%3A1590242507 : 7 September 2018), 007805983 > image 427 of 1224; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 67 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa Note: Spanish flu: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world
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| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 82 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/MgHbRM Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
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| Death | 1935 (Age 87 years) Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Joubert, p151, b5c4d1e7f7g4. Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1492, b5c7d1e7f7g3. |
- Generation 1
Willem Jakobus Joubert , son ofJohannes Stephanus Joubert andCornelia Maria du Toit , was born on February 17, 1847 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape and died in 1935 at the age of 87. He marriedAlida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete (first cousin), daughter ofChristiaan Cornelis Cloete andAlida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert , on May 23, 1870 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape. She was born on November 12, 1846 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 23, 1917 in Belfast, Mpumalanga at the age of 70.Children of
Willem Jakobus Joubert andAlida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete :Johannes Stephanus Joubert (1871–1949)Cornelia Maria Joubert (1873–1915)Christiaan Cornelis Cloete Joubert (1877–1937)Francina Elizabeth Joubert (1878–1901)Anna Lozea Joubert (1881–)Wilhelmina Jacoba Joubert (1884–1945)Willem Jacobus Joubert (1886–1901)