Maria Elizabeth ErlankAge: 74 years1849–1924
- Name
- Maria Elizabeth Erlank
- Given names
- Maria Elizabeth
- Surname
- Erlank
| Birth | April 10, 1849 24 21 Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 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 | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank May 25, 1851 (Age 2 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLW-LT8 : 4 December 2014), Anna Maria Elisabeth Erlank, 24 Nov 1851, Baptism; citing p. , Richmond, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,505 : accessed 27 Jan 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Number of children | Abraham Pretorius — View this family 11 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Abraham PRETORIUS: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9719-25400-13?cc=1779109 : accessed 10 October 2015), 1895 > Steynsburg > image 55 of 64; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: November 11, 1895 Text: 6 male: 40y, 35y, 31y, 20y, 15y and 10y; 4 female: 38y, 34y, 23y, 21y; and one female deceased at 7m. Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Baptism of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank November 24, 1851 (Age 2 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLW-LT8 : 4 December 2014), Anna Maria Elisabeth Erlank, 24 Nov 1851, Baptism; citing p. , Richmond, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,505 : accessed 27 Jan 2017 |
| Birth of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank October 5, 1853 (Age 4 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d5 Note: In lieu of Thomas Erland born also on 5 Oct 1853 I am choosing 5 Oct 1853 as the actual birth date and dismissing the 5 Aug 1853 possibility indicated in the source
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| Birth of a brother | Thomas Erland Erlank October 5, 1853 (Age 4 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d4 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 brother | Johan Jacobus Erlank September 7, 1855 (Age 6 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 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 brother | David Ritchie Erlank September 23, 1857 (Age 8 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d7 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 | Susanna Sophia Erlank November 5, 1859 (Age 10 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d8 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 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 7 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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| Birth of a sister | Hester Christina Johanna Adriana Erlank October 14, 1860 (Age 11 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d9 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 | Hester Christina Johanna Adriana Erlank August 11, 1862 (Age 13 years) Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1752111 : accessed 5 June 2016 Date of entry in original source: 1930 Quality of data: secondary evidence Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d10 (ongetroud) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Hester Christina Johanna Adriana ERLANK (1930), MOOC 6/9/3694 #26047/1930, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-Z66G?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-91W%3A1598062321 : 28 September 2018), 007735890 > image 691 of 1309; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Text: CAL AUG 1861 |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 11 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 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Birth of a sister | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank August 27, 1866 (Age 17 years) 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 of a sister | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank September 9, 1866 (Age 17 years) 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 17 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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| Birth of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank October 28, 1868 (Age 19 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 22 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 22 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 | Abraham Pretorius — View this family December 9, 1872 (Age 23 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 23 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 24 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank August 28, 1874 (Age 25 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 28 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (Age 29 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 31 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Death of a mother | Susanna Sophia Ritchie May 26, 1887 (Age 38 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 41 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 |
| Death of a husband | Abraham Pretorius November 2, 1895 (Age 46 years) Cause: apoplexy Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Abraham PRETORIUS: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9719-25400-13?cc=1779109 : accessed 10 October 2015), 1895 > Steynsburg > image 55 of 64; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: November 11, 1895 Text: Grootvley, Steynsburg Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p424, b5c3d5e4f5g2. |
| Marriage | Johannes Jurgens Lombaard — View this family after 1895 (Age 45 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 51 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 50 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 (Age 2 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 4 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 | September 1873 (Age 24 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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| Baptism of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank September 29, 1874 (Age 25 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 31 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 36 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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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 54 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 54 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 |
| Death of a sister | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank July 30, 1904 (Age 55 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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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 56 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 61 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 62 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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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 65 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 68 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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| Death | February 11, 1924 (Age 74 years) Address: 23 Porter Street,
Queenstown Cause of death: cerebral haemorrhage Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Maria Elizabeth ERLANK: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21985-72273-47?cc=1779109 : accessed 30 September 2015), 1924 > Queenstown > image 115 of 972; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: February 11, 1924 Quality of data: primary evidence |
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Maria Elizabeth Erlank , daughter ofAndries Gustaf Erlank andSusanna Sophia Ritchie , was born on April 10, 1849 and died on February 11, 1924 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape at the age of 74. She married 2 times. The first time she marriedAbraham Pretorius (mother’s father’s sister-in-law’s uncle’s grandson), son ofJohannes Lodewikus “Louw” Pretorius andEngela Helena Lombard , on December 9, 1872 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape. He was born on July 4, 1834 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape and died on November 2, 1895 in Grootvlei, Steynsburg, Eastern Cape at the age of 61. The second time she marriedJohannes Jurgens Lombaard after 1895 in Steynsburg, Eastern Cape.