Samuel Karel Erlank1810–
- Name
- Samuel Karel Erlank
- Given names
- Samuel Karel
- Surname
- Erlank
- Also known as
- Samuel Carl Erlank
| Birth | July 2, 1810 52 33 Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b6 |
| Birth of a sister | Maria Catherina Lucretia Erlank September 8, 1813 (Age 3 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b7 |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Town founded | 1812 (Age 17 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 8 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Marriage of a sibling | Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank — Susanna Sophia Wilke — View this family June 4, 1820 (Age 9 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3. |
| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Marriage of a sibling | Andries Gustaf Erlank — Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff — View this family April 6, 1823 (Age 12 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Maria Catharina Jacoba BISSCHOF (1836), MOOC 6/9/9 #1700, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-6QFL?i=1871&cat=331262 image 1871-2/2202 : accessed 4 March 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: Marriage: Andries Gustaf ERLANK and Anna Maria Cathia Jac BISHOF (1823), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDG7?i=103&cat=959223 : accessed 11 Apr 2020 |
| Death of a father | Gustav Erlank August 27, 1823 (Age 13 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: a |
| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 14 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Death of a sister | Francina Carolina Gustava Erlank December 26, 1832 (Age 22 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b1 |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 24 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Marriage of a sibling | Andries Gustaf Erlank — Anna Catharina Susanna Minnaar — View this family November 25, 1836 (Age 26 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: Marriage: Andries Gustaf ERLANCK and Anna Catharina Susanna MINNAAR (1836), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDZN?cat=959223 : accessed 11 Apr 2020 |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 46 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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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 50 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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| Death of a brother | Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank July 28, 1878 (Age 68 years) Age: 79 years 8 months 15 days Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Jonas Michael Johannes ERLANK (1878), MOOC 6/9/164 #5624/1878, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W38W-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 628 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Death of a brother | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (Age 68 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 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 90 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 89 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 41 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 43 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 | 1865 (Age 54 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 56 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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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 63 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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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 70 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 75 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 93 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 95 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 99 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 101 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 104 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 107 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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| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 119 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 | yes Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b6 |
- Generation 1
Samuel Karel Erlank , son ofGustav Erlank andCatharina Maria Wilke , was born on July 2, 1810.