Gideon Stephanus CloeteAge: 72 years1867–1939
- Name
- Gideon Stephanus Cloete
- Given names
- Gideon Stephanus
- Surname
- Cloete
| Birth | 1867 44 37 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: Gideon Stephanus CLOETE (1867-1939), b1c1d4e8f10g6h8, https://strydom.incolor.com/geslagsregisters/cloete/114_e8.htm : accessed 23 Dec 2018 |
| Economic Event | 1867 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 of a sibling | Johannes Stephanus Naudé — Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete — View this family before 1870 (Age 3 years) 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 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Willem Jakobus Joubert — Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete — View this family May 23, 1870 (Age 3 years) 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Cornelis Willem Cloete June 26, 1872 (Age 5 years) Age: 79 years 7 months 16 days Address: Plasket Street,
Graaff-Reinet Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: b2c1d4e8f9 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelis Willem CLOETE (1872), MOOC 6/9/140 #8319, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-CGGZ?mode=g&i=1427&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017 Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p52, #893, b5c7d1e6. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 6 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 maternal grandfather | Gideon Daniël Joubert December 12, 1874 (Age 7 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. |
| Marriage of a sibling | Cornelius Willem Petrus “Lang Kerneels” Cloete — Francina Elizabeth Cloete — View this family April 18, 1878 (Age 11 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1929), MOOC 6/9/3624 #24488/1929, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSR1-J?i=891&cat=331262 : accessed 18 Feb 2017, image 892/1527 Text: AFT 1877 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Francina Elizabeth CLOETE (1921), MOOC 6/9.2202 #3585, "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-KSY5-N?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K1%3A1598032435 : 11 October 2018), 007731710 > image 725 of 749; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 14 Jan 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Cornelis Willem Petrus CLOETE and Fransina Elizabeth CLOETE (1878), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-43L1-T?i=263&cat=244034 : accessed 15 Jan 2020 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 14 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 19 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 mother | Alida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert January 21, 1893 (Age 26 years) Age: 63 years 4 months Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416116 : accessed 1 June 2016 Publication: ISBN: 978-0-9921833-0-1 Citation details: Vol 1, p94, #1923, b5c7d1e7f10. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Alida Elizabeth Johanna JOUBERT (1893), MOOC 6/9/313 #254/1893, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W9HP-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S86%3A1598082396 : 28 September 2018), 007844963 > image 595 of 2039; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
| Marriage of a parent | Christiaan Cornelis Cloete — Louisa Johanna Catharina Kriel — View this family August 9, 1893 (Age 26 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Text: AFT 1893 Citation details: Marriage: Christian Cornelius CLOETE and Louisa Johanna Catharina KRIEL (1893), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVF-Q39C-6?i=1144&cat=959223 : accessed 9 Feb 2020 |
| Death of a brother | Johannes Hendrik Cloete December 21, 1896 (Age 29 years) Age: 32 years 1 month Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Johannes Hendrik CLOETE (1864-1896) and Chris CLOETE (1892-1918), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416041 : accessed 23 Dec 2018 Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: e8f9g6h9 13 NOV 1930 cf S8 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johannes Hendrik CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/360 #26/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FSV9-R?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8T%3A1598092308 : 12 September 2017), 007844969 > image 633 of 2176; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Dec 2018 |
| Death of a father | Christiaan Cornelis Cloete August 20, 1897 (Age 30 years) Age: 75 years 5 months Address: Durban Street,
Aliwal North Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: e8f9g6 in http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/214_e8.htm : accessed 1 June 2016 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9726-34519-45?cc=1779109 : accessed 27 September 2015), 1897 > Aliwal North > image 145 of 220; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: August 21, 1897 Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 34 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 32 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 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 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 37 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 39 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 43 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 45 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 sister | Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete March 23, 1917 (Age 50 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 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Cornelius Willem “Zoontjie” Cloete — Maria Jacoba “Polly” Mostert — View this family after 1917 (Age 50 years) Citation details: http://www.ladygrey.co.za/index_files/JoubertsPassBuilders.htm : accessed 11 Oct 2015 Text: in 1926, moes hy ook sy tweede vrou, op die ewe jeugdige ouderdom van slegs 61 jaar, in die Bamboeshoek-dode-akker gaan wegbere. |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 47 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 51 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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| Marriage of a sibling | Christiaan Cornelius Cloete — Petronella Gertruida Weitz — View this family August 26, 1921 (Age 54 years) Husband: 68 years Wife: 43 years Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christian Cornelis CLOETE (1926), KAB MOOC 6/9/3053 #13099, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-YWMR?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-922%3A1598032477 : 11 October 2018), 007731771 > image 571 of 728; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 9 Oct 2020 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Christian Cornelis CLOETE and Petronella Gertruida WEITZ (1921), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SP-Q9FS?cc=1935348&wc=Q8GM-RTM%3A231791301%2C231863401 : 19 May 2016), Aliwal North > Marriage records 1917-1923 vol 1/2/1/1/4 > image 85 of 124; Western Cape Archives, Cape Town : accessed 9 Oct 2020 |
| Death of a sister | Francina Elizabeth Cloete November 3, 1921 (Age 54 years) Age: 61 years 11 months Cause: carcinoma, epidemic influenza, heart failure Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Francina Elizabeth CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22055-1534-51?cc=1779109 : accessed 30 September 2015), 1921 > Barkly East > image 333 of 340; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: November 3, 1921 Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Francina Elizabeth CLOETE (1921), MOOC 6/9.2202 #3585, "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-KSY5-N?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K1%3A1598032435 : 11 October 2018), 007731710 > image 725 of 749; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 14 Jan 2020 |
| Death of a brother | Christiaan Cornelius Cloete October 23, 1926 (Age 59 years) Age: 73 years 6 months Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Christian Cornelis CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22085-77720-79?cc=1779109 : accessed 31 October 2015), 1926 > Aliwal North > image 258 of 328; National Archives, Pretoria. Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE (1853-1926), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416122 : accessed 23 Dec 2018 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Christian Cornelis CLOETE (1926), KAB MOOC 6/9/3053 #13099, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-YWMR?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-922%3A1598032477 : 11 October 2018), 007731771 > image 571 of 728; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 9 Oct 2020 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Cornelius Willem “Zoontjie” Cloete — … Humphrey — View this family after 1926 (Age 59 years) Citation details: http://www.ladygrey.co.za/index_files/JoubertsPassBuilders.htm : accessed 11 Oct 2015 Text: Sy tweede vrou sterf in 1926 en hy is 'n weduwee wanneer hy sterf in 1930 |
| Death of a brother | Daniël Francois Cloete June 30, 1929 (Age 62 years) Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: e8f9g6h3 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Daniël Francois CLOETE (1855-1929), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416089 : accessed 11 Oct 2015 |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 62 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 of a brother | Cornelius Willem “Zoontjie” Cloete July 11, 1930 (Age 63 years) Age: 73 years Address: Bamboeshoek,
Lady Grey Cause: cardiac failure (12d), arteriosclerosis (5y), cerebral haemorrhage (3y) Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: e8f9g6h4 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Cornelis Willem CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22056-20667-65?cc=1779109 : accessed 11 October 2015), 1930 > Lady Grey > image 31 of 67; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: July 11, 1930 Text: retired farmer, widower Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelis Willem CLOETE (1930), MOOC 6/9/3738 #27036, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-TSDN-G?i=93&cat=331262, image 94/734 : accessed 18 Feb 2017 |
| Death | April 8, 1939 (Age 72 years) Source: The South African Family Cloete Publication: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/cloet_mn.htm Citation details: Gideon Stephanus CLOETE (1867-1939), b1c1d4e8f10g6h8, https://strydom.incolor.com/geslagsregisters/cloete/114_e8.htm : accessed 23 Dec 2018 |
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Gideon Stephanus Cloete , son ofChristiaan Cornelis Cloete andAlida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert , was born in 1867 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape and died on April 8, 1939 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape at the age of 72.