Anna Helena van Rensburg–
- Name
- Anna Helena van Rensburg
- Given names
- Anna Helena
- Surname
- van Rensburg
- Married name
- Anna Helena Lange
- Also known as
- Anna Janse van Rensburg
War | from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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Historical Event | 1795 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
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Historical Event | March 5, 1797 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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Natural disaster | 1809 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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Town founded | 1812 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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Marriage | Johan Frederik Lange — View this family September 3, 1815 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, p35, b8. |
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 | August 27, 1818 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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Historical Event | 1820 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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Economic Event | 1825 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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Birth of a daughter #1 | Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange February 21, 1827 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. |
Baptism of a daughter | Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange February 26, 1828 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Lange, p36, b8c4. |
Death of a husband | Johan Frederik Lange before June 8, 1834 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Lange, p35, b8. |
Historical Event | 1835 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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Town founded | 1844 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 of a child | Bedford Brown — Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange — View this family September 13, 1847 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Lange, p36, b8c4. Citation details: Marriage: Bedford BROWN and Dorothea Hester Catharina LANGE (1847), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-WWK4?i=439&cat=244034 : accessed 21 Apr 2020 |
Marriage of a child | Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke — 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 granddaughter #1 | Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke February 22, 1852 Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4c5d1 |
Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Lea Jacoba Gericke calculated 1854 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 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 granddaughter #3 | Dorothy Catharina Paulina Gericke calculated 1859 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 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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Marriage of a grandchild | Johannes Theodorus Gerhardus Ferreira — Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke — View this family September 29, 1873 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 grandchild | Pieter Daniel Terblans — Lea Jacoba Gericke — View this family September 29, 1873 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 |
Death of a daughter | Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange August 9, 1876 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 |
War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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Epidemic | February 1, 1901 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 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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Economic Event | 1865 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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Economic Event | 1867 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 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 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 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 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 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 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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Death | yes |
- Generation 1
Anna Helena van Rensburg . She marriedJohan Frederik Lange , son ofJohann Friedrich Lange andMargaretha Lombard , on September 3, 1815 in George, Western Cape. He was baptized on February 10, 1793 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died before June 8, 1834.Children of
Anna Helena van Rensburg andJohan Frederik Lange :Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange (1827–1876)
- Generation 2back to top
Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange , daughter ofJohan Frederik Lange andAnna Helena van Rensburg , was born on February 21, 1827 and died on August 9, 1876 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape at the age of 49. She married 2 times. The first time she marriedBedford Brown , son ofJohn Brown andElizabeth … , on September 13, 1847 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. He was born on February 9, 1818 in Exeter, Devon, England and died on July 19, 1848 at the age of 30. The second time she marriedAdriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke , son ofJohan Christiaan Gericke andLea Jacoba Stander , on May 19, 1851 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. He 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.Children of
Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange andBedford Brown :Children of
Dorothea Hester Catharina Lange andAdriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke :Anna Magdalena Egberta Gericke (1852–)Lea Jacoba Gericke (1854–)Dorothy Catharina Paulina Gericke (1859–)
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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 .