Daniël Jacobus du PlessisAge: 68 years1826–1894
- Name
- Daniël Jacobus du Plessis
- Given names
- Daniël Jacobus
- Surname
- du Plessis
| Birth | calculated January 1826 23 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Jacobus DU PLESSIS (1894), MOOC 6/9/335 #2748, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FQ9D-P?mode=g&i=157&cat=331262 image 158/2039 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
| Marriage | Anna Christina van den Heever — View this family yes Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Johannes DU PLESSIS (1899), MOOC 6/9/392 #2408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-8SMQ-8?i=1983&cat=331262 image 1984/2166 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Jacobus DU PLESSIS (1894), MOOC 6/9/335 #2748, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FQ9D-P?mode=g&i=157&cat=331262 image 158/2039 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 9 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 18 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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| Birth of a son #1 | Petrus Johannes du Plessis calculated August 1851 (Age 25 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Johannes DU PLESSIS (1899), MOOC 6/9/392 #2408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-8SMQ-8?i=1983&cat=331262 image 1984/2166 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis July 1853 (Age 27 years) Publication: ISBN 0 620 10291 8 Citation details: p 8.13, b6c2d2e7f3 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Christina DU PLESSIS (1914), MOOC 6/9/770 #2856, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-Q99L-R?mode=g&i=1121&cat=331262 image 1122/1277 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 31 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 35 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 39 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 41 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 | Willem Isaak Grobler — Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis — View this family February 14, 1870 (Age 44 years) Publication: ISBN 0 620 10291 8 Citation details: p 8.13, b6c2d2e7f3 |
| Death of a father | Jan Louis du Plessis July 23, 1872 (Age 46 years) Age: 70 years 7 months 7 days Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Plessis, p166, b2c4d9e10. |
| 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 mother | Anna Elizabeth Hough October 17, 1880 (Age 54 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Du Plessis, p166, b2c4d9e10. |
| 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 26 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 28 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 55 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 60 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 | November 9, 1894 (Age 68 years) Age: 68 years 10 months Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Jacobus DU PLESSIS (1894), MOOC 6/9/335 #2748, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FQ9D-P?mode=g&i=157&cat=331262 image 158/2039 : accessed 6 Apr 2017 |
- Generation 1
Daniël Jacobus du Plessis , son ofJan Louis du Plessis andAnna Elizabeth Hough , was born calculated January 1826 in Dist. Albert, Eastern Cape and died on November 9, 1894 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape. He marriedAnna Christina van den Heever .Children of
Daniël Jacobus du Plessis andAnna Christina van den Heever :Petrus Johannes du Plessis (1851–1899)Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis (1853–1914)
- Generation 2back to top
Petrus Johannes du Plessis , son ofDaniël Jacobus du Plessis andAnna Christina van den Heever , was born calculated August 1851 and died on July 28, 1899. He marriedJudith Magdalena Maria Grobler (sister-in-law), daughter ofWillem Isaak Grobler andJudith Magdalena Odendaal ,. She was born on July 23, 1849.Anna Elizabeth Christina du Plessis , daughter ofDaniël Jacobus du Plessis andAnna Christina van den Heever , was born in July 1853 in Boesmanspoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape and died on November 17, 1914 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape at the age of 61. She marriedWillem Isaak Grobler (brother-in-law), son ofWillem Isaak Grobler andJudith Magdalena Odendaal , on February 14, 1870 in Colesberg, Northern Cape. He was born on March 27, 1844 in Cradock, Eastern Cape and died in January 1903 at the age of 58.