Jacoba Ritchie ErlankAge: 37 years1866–1904
- Name
- Jacoba Ritchie Erlank
- Given names
- Jacoba Ritchie
- Surname
- Erlank
- Married name
- Jacoba Ritchie Cloete
| Birth | August 27, 1866 42 39 Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Citation details: Baptism: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1866), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VS82-N?i=13&cat=1156624 : accessed 12 July 2019 Note: Year of birth on gravestone is incorrect
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| Baptism | September 9, 1866 (Age 13 days) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Citation details: Baptism: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1866), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VS82-N?i=13&cat=1156624 : accessed 12 July 2019 |
| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 4 months) 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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| Birth of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank October 28, 1868 (Age 2 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d13 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1868-1904), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3346271 : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Birth of a sister | Else Lasya Erlank August 6, 1871 (Age 4 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d14 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Birth of a sister | Johanna Adriana Erlank August 6, 1871 (Age 4 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d15 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Abraham Pretorius — Maria Elizabeth Erlank — View this family December 9, 1872 (Age 6 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p424, b5c3d5e4f5g2. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Ritchie March 22, 1873 (Age 6 years) Age: 82 years Address: Caledon Street,
Graaff Reinet Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Thomas RETCHIE (1791-1873), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=50513 : accessed 13 Oct 2015 Text: RETCHIE Thomas 1791-1873 Source: eGSSA Documents Citation details: Death notice: Thomas RITCHIE (1873), MOOC 6/9/143 #9249, http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=268119 : accessed 20 Oct 2015 Date of entry in original source: March 24, 1873 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Death of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank April 14, 1873 (Age 6 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 7 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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| Birth of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank August 28, 1874 (Age 8 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d16 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Citation details: Baptism: Anna Maria Elizabeth ERLANK (1874), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VSC5-G?cat=1156624 : accessed 27 Feb 2021 |
| Death of a brother | Johan Jacobus Erlank August 5, 1877 (Age 10 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (Age 12 years) Age: 77 years Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Andries Gustaaf ERLANK (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6622/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W388-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1698 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 14 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 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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| Baptism of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank September 29, 1874 (Age 8 years) Citation details: Baptism: Anna Maria Elizabeth ERLANK (1874), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VSC5-G?cat=1156624 : accessed 27 Feb 2021 |
| 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 | Susanna Sophia Ritchie May 26, 1887 (Age 20 years) Age: 59 years 10 months Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Albert Grobbelaar du Toit — Janet Elizabeth Erlank — View this family before 1891 (Age 24 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1868-1904), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3346271 : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Johannes Jurgens Lombaard — Maria Elizabeth Erlank — View this family after 1895 (Age 28 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 |
| Occupation | teacher 1897 (Age 30 years)Citation details: Marriage: Willem Jacobus CLOETE and Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1897), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-R95T-H?i=490&cat=244034 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete April 30, 1899 (Age 32 years) Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Sophia Ritche Cloete June 8, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Willem Jacobus Cloete 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| 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 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Residence | 1904 (Age 37 years) Address: Smith Street,
Barkly East Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9728-5415-34?cc=1779109&wc=31DM-T36:139964701,140029801 : accessed 24 September 2015), 1904 > Barkly East > image 78 of 125; National Archives, Pretoria. |
| 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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| Death of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank March 28, 1904 (Age 37 years) Age: 35 years 5 months Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d13 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1868-1904), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3346271 : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Johanna Francina “Dollie” Cloete July 9, 1904 (Age 37 years) Citation details: Johanna Francina DELPORT (CLOETE), D015/M12 |
| Death | July 30, 1904 (Age 37 years) Age: 33 years 11 months Address: Smith Street,
Barkly East Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9728-5415-34?cc=1779109&wc=31DM-T36:139964701,140029801 : accessed 24 September 2015), 1904 > Barkly East > image 78 of 125; National Archives, Pretoria. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1904), MOOC 6/9/506 #2460/1904, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W9B4-B?mode=g&i=1076&cat=331262 image 1077/2096 : accessed 22 Feb 2017 Note: Gravestone gives 29 July, while all other sources give 30 July.
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- Generation 1
Jacoba Ritchie Erlank , teacher (in 1897), daughter ofAndries Gustaf Erlank andSusanna Sophia Ritchie , was born on August 27, 1866 and died on July 30, 1904 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 37. She marriedWillem Jacobus Cloete (mother’s step-mother’s great-great-nephew), son ofCornelius Willem Petrus “Lang Kerneels” Cloete andJohanna Sophia Burgers .Children of
Jacoba Ritchie Erlank andWillem Jacobus Cloete :Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete (1899–1967)Sophia Ritche Cloete (1900–1905)Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981)- Private
Johanna Francina “Dollie” Cloete (1904–1985)
- Generation 2back to top
Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete , son ofWillem Jacobus Cloete andJacoba Ritchie Erlank , was born on April 30, 1899 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape and died on February 26, 1967 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal at the age of 67. He marriedJohanna Hendrina Grobler “Babes” Welgemoed (great-great-grandfather’s wife’s great-great-niece), daughter ofHendrik Paul Welgemoed andElizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed .Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete andJohanna Hendrina Grobler “Babes” Welgemoed had 2 children.Willem Jacobus Cloete , son ofWillem Jacobus Cloete andJacoba Ritchie Erlank , was born in 1901 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape and died on March 23, 1981 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape at the age of 80. He marriedPetronella Johanna “Piekie” de Villiers (uncle’s third cousin’s step-daughter), daughter ofRoelof Stephanus de Villiers andElizabeth Gertruida Catharina Groenewald , in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape. She was born on January 6, 1907 in Caledon, Western Cape and died on January 31, 1973 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape at the age of 66.Willem Jacobus Cloete andPetronella Johanna “Piekie” de Villiers had none children.- The details of this family are private.
Johanna Francina “Dollie” Cloete , daughter ofWillem Jacobus Cloete andJacoba Ritchie Erlank , was born on July 9, 1904 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape and died on October 31, 1985 in Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 81. She marriedGert Christiaan “Boet” Delport (niece’s mother-in-law’s fifth cousin), son ofGert Christian Jurgens Delport andClementina Letitia Johanna Berry .Children of
Johanna Francina “Dollie” Cloete andGert Christiaan “Boet” Delport :Gert Cloete Delport (1935–2009)- Private
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Jacobus Andreas “James” Reeders , farmer (in 1984), son ofHenri Jacobus Reeders andPrivate , was born on February 18, 1927 and died on July 18, 1993 at the age of 66.Children of
Jacobus Andreas “James” Reeders :Henri Jacobus “Jaco” Reeders (1960–1997)- Private
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Gert Cloete Delport , engineer (before 1984), son ofGert Christiaan “Boet” Delport andJohanna Francina “Dollie” Cloete , was born on January 24, 1935 and died on July 6, 2009 in Shere, Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 74.Gert Cloete Delport had 4 children.- The details of this family are private.