Susanna Sophia ErlankAge: 66 years1859–1925
- Name
- Susanna Sophia Erlank
- Given names
- Susanna Sophia
- Surname
- Erlank
| Birth | November 5, 1859 35 32 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 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 months) 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 2 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 16 months) 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 13 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 13 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 13 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 14 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 14 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 17 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (Age 19 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 21 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 21 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 26 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 27 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 31 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 35 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d2 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 41 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 39 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 44 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 44 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 44 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 46 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 50 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 52 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 54 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 58 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 of a sister | Maria Elizabeth Erlank February 11, 1924 (Age 64 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 | December 16, 1925 (Age 66 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d8 |
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Susanna Sophia Erlank , daughter ofAndries Gustaf Erlank andSusanna Sophia Ritchie , was born on November 5, 1859 and died on December 16, 1925 in Johannesburg, Gauteng at the age of 66.