Thomas Erland ErlankAge: 74 years1853–1928
- Name
- Thomas Erland Erlank
- Given names
- Thomas Erland
- Surname
- Erlank
| Birth | October 5, 1853 29 26 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 sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank October 5, 1853 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
|
| Birth of a brother | Johan Jacobus Erlank September 7, 1855 (Age 23 months) 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 3 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 6 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 3 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
|
| Birth of a sister | Hester Christina Johanna Adriana Erlank October 14, 1860 (Age 7 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 8 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 7 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
|
| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 11 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
|
| Birth of a sister | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank August 27, 1866 (Age 12 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
|
| Baptism of a sister | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank September 9, 1866 (Age 12 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 13 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
|
| Birth of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank October 28, 1868 (Age 15 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 17 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 17 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 19 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 19 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 19 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 19 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
|
| Birth of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank August 28, 1874 (Age 20 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 |
| Baptism of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank September 29, 1874 (Age 20 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 |
| Death of a brother | Johan Jacobus Erlank August 5, 1877 (Age 23 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (Age 25 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 27 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
|
| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 27 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
|
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 32 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.
|
| Death of a mother | Susanna Sophia Ritchie May 26, 1887 (Age 33 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 37 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 41 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 47 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
|
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 46 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
|
| 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.
|
| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 2 months) 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
|
| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 50 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
|
| Death of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank March 28, 1904 (Age 50 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 50 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.
|
| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
|
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
|
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 58 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
|
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 60 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
|
| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 64 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
|
| Death of a sister | Maria Elizabeth Erlank February 11, 1924 (Age 70 years) Address: 23 Porter Street,
Queenstown Cause: 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 |
| Death of a sister | Susanna Sophia Erlank December 16, 1925 (Age 72 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d8 |
| Death | about 1928 (Age 74 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d4 |
- Generation 1
Thomas Erland Erlank , son ofAndries Gustaf Erlank andSusanna Sophia Ritchie , was born on October 5, 1853 and died about 1928 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.