Adriaan Johan Marthinus GerickeAge: 88 years1826–1914
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- Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke
| Birth | April 18, 1826 28 25 Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4c5 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE (1914), MOOC 6/9/757 #1750, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-TQ7L?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SDL%3A1598092349 : 28 September 2018), 007845006 > image 855 of 1290; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 8 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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| Death of a paternal grandfather | Johan Godfried Gericke March 21, 1837 (Age 10 years) Age: 96 years Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: a1 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johan Godfried GERICKE (1837), MOOC 6/9/10 #2120, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-M99V-W?mode=g&i=137&cat=331262 image 138/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna Barbara Gerber August 20, 1843 (Age 17 years) Age: 69 years 8 months Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: cf a1 xx Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Barbara GERBER (1843), MOOC 6/9/30 #6339, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-656P?mode=g&i=261&cat=331262 image 262/2225 : accessed 5 March 2017 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 17 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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| Marriage | Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange — View this family May 19, 1851 Husband: 25 years Wife: 24 years Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: cf b4c5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Lange, p36, b8c4. Citation details: Marriage: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE and Dorothea Hester Catharina LANGE (1851), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK8-G95J-W?i=523&cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE (1914), MOOC 6/9/757 #1750, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-TQ7L?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SDL%3A1598092349 : 28 September 2018), 007845006 > image 855 of 1290; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke February 22, 1852 (Age 25 years) Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4c5d1 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lea Jacoba Gericke calculated 1854 (Age 27 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Dorothea Hester Catharina LANGE (1876), MOOC 6/9/156 #3179, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-XCDC?i=194&cat=331262 image 195/2181 : accessed 24 Mar 2017 Citation details: Marriage: Pieter Daniel TERBLANS and Lea Jacoba GERICKE (1873), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-83D9-9?i=439&cat=959223 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 30 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 daughter #3 | Dorothy Catharina Paulina Gericke calculated 1859 (Age 32 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Dorothea Hester Catharina LANGE (1876), MOOC 6/9/156 #3179, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-XCDC?i=194&cat=331262 image 195/2181 : accessed 24 Mar 2017 |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 34 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 38 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 40 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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| Marriage of a child | Johannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira — Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke — View this family September 29, 1873 (Age 47 years) Husband: 21 years Wife: 20 years Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: cf b4c4d1 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johannes Gerhardus FERREIRA (1930), MOOC 6/9/3785 #27993/1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HS3N-7?mode=g&i=290&cat=331262 image 291/1314 : accessed 21 Feb 2017 Citation details: Marriage: Johannes Theodorus Gerhardus FERREIRA and Anna Magdalena Egbertha GERICKE (1873), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-83ZH-7?i=440&cat=959223 : accessed 30 Jan 2019 |
| Marriage of a child | Pieter Daniel Terblans — Lea Jacoba Gericke — View this family September 29, 1873 (Age 47 years) Husband: 24 years Wife: 19 years Citation details: Marriage: Pieter Daniel TERBLANS and Lea Jacoba GERICKE (1873), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-83D9-9?i=439&cat=959223 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 47 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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| Death of a wife | Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange August 9, 1876 (Age 50 years) Age: 49 years Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: cf b4c5 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Dorothea Hester Catharina LANGE (1876), MOOC 6/9/156 #3179, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-XCDC?i=194&cat=331262 image 195/2181 : accessed 24 Mar 2017 |
| Marriage | Susanna Johanna Magdalena Fouche — View this family March 26, 1878 (Age 51 years) Husband: 50 years Wife: 23 years Citation details: Marriage: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE and Susanna Johanna Magdalena FOUCHE (1878), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-43GK-S?cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE (1914), MOOC 6/9/757 #1750, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-TQ7L?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SDL%3A1598092349 : 28 September 2018), 007845006 > image 855 of 1290; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 54 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jacoba Egberta Ferreira October 9, 1881 (Age 55 years) Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2045317 : accessed 4 June 2016 Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: See daughter of b4c5d1 Anna Magdalena Egberta GERICKE *22.02.1852 |
| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 54 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 59 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 father | Johan Christiaan Gericke September 26, 1887 (Age 61 years) Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4 |
| Marriage of a grandchild | Michiel Hendrik Koch — Jacoba Egberta Ferreira — View this family April 10, 1900 (Age 73 years) Husband: 30 years Wife: 17 years Source: Marriages - George Publication: NGK records (FamilySearch) Citation details: Marriage: Michiel Hendrik KOCH and Jacoba Egberta FERREIRA (1900), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-83ZL-T?i=1052&cat=959223 : accessed 26 Jan 2019 Source: LT GEDCOM Citation details: https://genes.tronsmit.com/individual.php?pid=I285&ged=LTGedcom |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 74 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 73 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 25 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 27 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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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 77 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 79 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 84 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 85 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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| Occupation | sheep farmer before 1914 (Age 87 years)Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Adriaan GERICKE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22019-26149-17?cc=1779109 : accessed 29 September 2015), 1914 > Mossel Bay > image 157 of 246; National Archives, Pretoria. |
| Residence | before 1914 (Age 87 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Adriaan GERICKE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22019-26149-17?cc=1779109 : accessed 29 September 2015), 1914 > Mossel Bay > image 157 of 246; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: June 20, 1914 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Death | June 15, 1914 (Age 88 years) Age: 88 years 3 months Address: Great Brak River,
District Mossel Bay Cause of death: bronchitis Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4c5 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Adriaan GERICKE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22019-26149-17?cc=1779109 : accessed 29 September 2015), 1914 > Mossel Bay > image 157 of 246; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: June 20, 1914 Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Adriaan Marthinus GERICKE (1914), MOOC 6/9/757 #1750, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-TQ7L?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SDL%3A1598092349 : 28 September 2018), 007845006 > image 855 of 1290; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
- Generation 1
Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke , sheep farmer (before 1914), son ofJohan Christiaan Gericke andLea Jacoba Stander , was born on April 18, 1826 in Geelhoutboom, George, Western Cape and died on June 15, 1914 in Wolwedans, Mossel Bay, Western Cape at the age of 88. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedDorothea Hester Catharina Lange , daughter ofJohan Frederik Lange andAnna Helena van Rensburg , on May 19, 1851 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. She was born on February 21, 1827 and died on August 9, 1876 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape at the age of 49. The second time he marriedSusanna Johanna Magdalena Fouche on March 26, 1878 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. She was born calculated 1855.Children of
Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke andDorothea Hester Catharina Lange :Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke (1852–)Lea Jacoba Gericke (1854–)Dorothy Catharina Paulina Gericke (1859–)
- Generation 2back to top
Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke , daughter ofAdriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke andDorothea Hester Catharina Lange , was born on February 22, 1852. She marriedJohannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira (father’s mother’s second cousin’s step-son’s son), son ofAndries Hercules Ferreira andGeziena Johanna Keyter , on September 29, 1873 in George, Western Cape. He was born on December 12, 1852 in Dist. Mossel Bay, Western Cape and died between September 23, 1930 and September 24, 1930 in George, Western Cape.Children of
Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke andJohannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira :Andries Herklaas Ferreira (–1930)Dorothea Ferreira Gezina Ferreira (–1930)Marthinus Ferreira (–1930)Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940)Johannes Burgers Ferreira Hendrik Esaias Ferreira Salmina Ferreira (–1930)Georgina Ferreira (–1930)Petrus Ferreira (–1930)Esther Ferreira
Lea Jacoba Gericke , daughter ofAdriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke andDorothea Hester Catharina Lange , was born calculated 1854. She marriedPieter Daniel Terblans on September 29, 1873 in George, Western Cape. He was born calculated 1849.Dorothy Catharina Paulina Gericke , daughter ofAdriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke andDorothea Hester Catharina Lange , was born calculated 1859. She marriedPieter Johannes Terblans .
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Jacoba Egberta Ferreira , daughter ofJohannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira andAnna Magdalena Egberta Gericke , was born on October 9, 1881 and died on March 14, 1940 in Acacia District, Beaufort West, Western Cape at the age of 58. She marriedMichiel Hendrik Koch (father’s step-mother’s second cousin’s step-son’s son), son ofJohannes Petrus “Jan” Koch andJohanna Andriëtta Teubes , on April 10, 1900 in George, Western Cape. He was born on October 18, 1867 and died on August 12, 1941 in Osplaas, De Doorns, Western Cape at the age of 73.Children of
Jacoba Egberta Ferreira andMichiel Hendrik Koch :Johannes Gerhardus “Jan” Koch (1901–1972)Michiel Hendrik Koch (1902–1966)Andries Herklaas Koch (1903–1905)Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972)Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003)Jacoba Egberta “Bertie” Koch (1909–1976)Frederick Wilhelm “Frik” Koch (1911–1977)Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976)Petrus Daniel “Piet” Koch (1915–1956)Casper Johannes Koch (1917–1917)Andries Christian David “Dries” Koch (1918–1982)Martinus Gericke “Jeppe” Koch (1921–1998)Ebenhaezer “Eben” Koch (1924–1989)