Charles Matthews1843–
- Name
- Charles Matthews
- Given names
- Charles
- Surname
- Matthews
Birth | about 1843 38 35 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010390219 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
Town founded | 1844 (Age 12 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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Birth of a brother | Joseph Matthews about 1845 (Age 2 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010390219 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
Birth of a sister | Sarah Matthews 1849 (Age 6 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010390219 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
Census | March 30, 1851 (Age 8 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010413096 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
Birth of a brother | Edward Matthews about 1852 (Age 9 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 |
Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 14 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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Death of a father | Thomas Matthews 1860 (Age 17 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: BET 1852 AND 1861 Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 Text: On the death of his father in 1860 ... |
Census | April 7, 1861 (Age 18 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016 |
Marriage of a sibling | Frederick Matthews — Rachel Hart Mills — View this family between July 1862 and September 1862 (Age 19 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1862%2f3%2faz%2f001240%2f007 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 18 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 22 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 24 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 30 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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War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 37 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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Economic Event | 1886 (Age 43 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 brother | Henry Matthews about January 5, 1901 (Age 58 years) Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 Text: We recorded last week the death, after a prolonged illness, of Mr. Henry Matthews, of Cecily Hill, an old and respected inhabitant of the town. |
Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 58 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 56 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 9 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 11 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 | 1881 (Age 38 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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Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 61 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 63 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 67 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 69 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 71 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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Epidemic | 1918 (Age 75 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 86 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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War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 96 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 118 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
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Historical Event | May 31, 1961 (Age 118 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
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Death | yes |
- Generation 1
Charles Matthews , son ofThomas Matthews andMary … , was born about 1843 in Coates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.