Johan Godfried GerickeAge: 96 years1741–1837
- Name
- Johan Godfried Gericke
- Surname
- Gericke
| Birth | about 1741 Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: a1 Text: Zachsen, Germany 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 Text: Zachsen Harken Rode Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Marriage | Anna Barbara Gerber — View this family yes 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: 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 Quality of data: secondary evidence 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: secondary evidence |
| Occupation | wagon maker 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 |
| Historical Event | 1754 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony
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| Epidemic | May 1, 1755 (Age 14 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die
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| Historical Event | July 1776 (Age 35 years) Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| War | December 20, 1780 (Age 39 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: Britain declares war on the Netherlands. French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English
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| Historical Event | 1780 (Age 39 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony
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| War | 1784 (Age 43 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: French troops depart the Cape after the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783) is signed
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| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 54 years) 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 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| Birth of a son #1 | Johan Christiaan Gericke about 1798 (Age 57 years) Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: b4 |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 48 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 62 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 68 years) 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 (Age 71 years) 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 77 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 child | Johan Christiaan Gericke — Lea Jacoba Stander — View this family April 4, 1819 (Age 78 years) Source: Gericke Family Tree Publication: http://www.gisa.org.za/site/content/erol-gericke-0 Citation details: cf b4 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005)
ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Stander, p114, b8c8. |
| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 79 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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| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 84 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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| Birth of a grandson #1 | Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke April 18, 1826 (Age 85 years) 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 94 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 | March 21, 1837 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 |
- Generation 1
Johan Godfried Gericke , wagon maker, son ofJohan Godfried Gericke , was born about 1741 in Saxony, Germany and died on March 21, 1837 in Geelhoutboom, George, Western Cape. He marriedAnna Barbara Gerber , daughter ofFranz Anton Gerber andCatharina van Dyk ,. She was born calculated December 1773 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died on August 20, 1843 in George, Western Cape.Children of
Johan Godfried Gericke andAnna Barbara Gerber :Johan Christiaan Gericke (1798–1887)
- Generation 2back to top
Johan Christiaan Gericke , son ofJohan Godfried Gericke andAnna Barbara Gerber , was born about 1798 in George, Western Cape and died on September 26, 1887 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. He marriedLea Jacoba Stander , daughter ofAdriaan Stander andGeertruyda Elizabeth Barnard , on April 4, 1819 in George, Western Cape. She was born about 1801.Children of
Johan Christiaan Gericke andLea Jacoba Stander :Adriaan Johan Marthinus Gericke (1826–1914)
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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–)