Carel Blom1767–
- Name
- Carel Blom
- Given names
- Carel
- Surname
- Blom
| Baptism | January 1, 1767 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Blom, p307, b2c6d3. |
| Baptism of a sister | Maria Magdalena Blom February 25, 1776 (Age 9 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Blom, p308, b2c6d6. |
| Historical Event | July 1776 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| War | December 20, 1780 (Age 13 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 13 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 17 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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| Marriage | Geertruy du Preez — View this family October 21, 1792 (Age 25 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Blom, p307, b2c6d3. Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Preez, p333, b4c2d1e4. |
| Marriage of a sibling | Salomon Jacobus Jacobs — Maria Magdalena Blom — View this family November 9, 1794 (Age 27 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Salomon Jacobus JACOBS (1841), MOOC 6/9/26 #5507, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQVZ-S?mode=g&i=1551&cat=331262 image 1552/2223 : accessed 2 Apr 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence Publication: Vol. 4, J-K (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1491-5 Citation details: Jacobs, p47, Pierre Jacob, b5c3d12. Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Blom, p308, b2c6d6. |
| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 28 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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| Baptism of a daughter | Rachel Charlotte Blom February 14, 1796 (Age 29 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Blom, p307, b2c6d3e2. |
| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 (Age 30 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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| Death of a maternal grandfather | Charl du Plessis July 31, 1797 (Age 30 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Plessis, p158, b2c4. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Marriage of a child | Marthinus Johannes Hendrik Herbst — Rachel Charlotte Blom — View this family December 26, 1809 (Age 42 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d11. Text: Rachel S. Blom Publication: Vol. 3, H-I (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1425-7 Citation details: Herbst, p328, b3. Citation details: Marriage: Martinus Johannes Hendrik HERBST and Rachel Charlotta BLOM (1809), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QD1M?i=62&cat=959223 : accessed 31 Jan 2019 |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 42 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 45 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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| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst October 29, 1814 (Age 47 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d11. Publication: Vol. 3, H-I (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1425-7 Citation details: Herbst, p329, b3c2. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst February 26, 1815 (Age 48 years) Publication: Vol. 3, H-I (1992)
ISBN: 0-7969-1425-7 Citation details: Herbst, p329, b3c2. |
| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 51 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 53 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 58 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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| Marriage of a grandchild | Gabriel Jacobus Theron — Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst — View this family April 4, 1831 (Age 64 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d11. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Gabriel Jacobus THERON (1851), MOOC 6/9/54 #845, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-KY7?mode=g&i=543&cat=331262 image 544/2173 : accessed 11 Mar 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 68 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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| Town founded | 1844 (Age 77 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 90 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 94 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 granddaughter | Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst March 28, 1882 (Age 115 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d11. |
| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 85 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 87 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 98 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 100 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 106 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 113 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 114 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 119 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 | yes |
- Generation 1
Carel Blom , son ofDaniël Blom andMagdalena Anna du Plessis , was baptized on January 1, 1767. He marriedGeertruy du Preez (third cousin), daughter ofFrancois Johannes du Preez andRachel Magdalena du Plessis , on October 21, 1792. She was baptized on April 2, 1775.Children of
Carel Blom andGeertruy du Preez :Rachel Charlotte Blom (1796–)
- Generation 2back to top
Rachel Charlotte Blom , daughter ofCarel Blom andGeertruy du Preez , was baptized on February 14, 1796. She marriedMarthinus Johannes Hendrik Herbst (mother’s great-aunt’s great-nephew), son ofJohann Georg Herbst andJohanna Margaretha Lubbe , on December 26, 1809 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was baptized on March 19, 1790 and died on February 6, 1856 in Kapokfontein, Smithfield, Free State at the age of 65.Children of
Rachel Charlotte Blom andMarthinus Johannes Hendrik Herbst :Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst (1814–1882)
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Gertruida Elizabeth Herbst , daughter ofMarthinus Johannes Hendrik Herbst andRachel Charlotte Blom , was born on October 29, 1814 and died on March 28, 1882 in Doornkloof, Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape at the age of 67. She marriedGabriel Jacobus Theron , son ofJan Theron andGeertruy Magdalena du Plessis , on April 4, 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born calculated August 18, 1797 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on April 20, 1851 in Colesberg, Northern Cape.