Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus 1867–1906

Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ErasmusAge: 38 years1867–1906

Name: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus

Given names: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea

Surname: Erasmus

Married name: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Theron

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Birth	February 25, 1867 29 26 Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8. Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ERASMUS (1906), VAB MHG T854, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-JVKG?i=407&cat=195564 : accessed 3 Oct 2018 Quality of data: secondary evidence
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.
Economic Event	1867 Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa 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
Death of a paternal grandmother	Anna Susanna Smit October 5, 1869 (Age 2 years) Driefontein, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p418, a4b3c5d5e3f1.
Death of a maternal grandfather	Willem Petrus Erasmus 1873 (Age 5 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p220, b3c9d1e9.
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 6 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
Economic Event	1881 (Age 13 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa 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
Economic Event	1886 (Age 18 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 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.
Birth of a son #1	Hendrik Schalk Theron September 21, 1887 (Age 20 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h1.
Baptism of a son	Hendrik Schalk Theron October 30, 1887 (Age 20 years) Winburg, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h1.
Birth of a daughter #2	Johanna Catharina Gertruida Theron March 21, 1889 (Age 22 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h2.
Baptism of a daughter	Johanna Catharina Gertruida Theron April 21, 1889 (Age 22 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h2.
Birth of a son #3	Lourens Francois Theron August 18, 1891 (Age 24 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h3.
Baptism of a son	Lourens Francois Theron October 4, 1891 (Age 24 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h3.
Birth of a son #4	Abraham Hercules Theron April 3, 1893 (Age 26 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h4.
Baptism of a son	Abraham Hercules Theron May 7, 1893 (Age 26 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h4.
Birth of a son #5	Thomas Francois Theron September 25, 1894 (Age 27 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h5.
Baptism of a son	Thomas Francois Theron October 14, 1894 (Age 27 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h5.
Birth of a daughter #6	Jacoba Jacomina Theron April 2, 1897 (Age 30 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6.
Death of a daughter	Jacoba Jacomina Theron 1897 (Age 29 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6.
Baptism of a daughter	Jacoba Jacomina Theron April 18, 1897 (Age 30 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6.
Birth of a son #7	Willem Petrus Theron January 15, 1899 (Age 31 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h7.
Baptism of a son	Willem Petrus Theron February 19, 1899 (Age 31 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h7.
Birth of a son #8	Jacobus Stephanus Theron October 13, 1900 (Age 33 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p378, b4c7d1e4f3g8h8.
Epidemic	February 1, 1901 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War	from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 32 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
Baptism of a son	Jacobus Stephanus Theron June 23, 1901 (Age 34 years) Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p378, b4c7d1e4f3g8h8.
Epidemic	February 1904 (Age 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Death of a father	Lourens Francois Erasmus December 19, 1905 (Age 38 years) Harmonie, Winburg, Free State, South Africa Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Lourens Francois ERASMUS (1905), VAB MHG #E841/1905, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN34-FF?i=103&cat=195564 : accessed 4 Oct 2018 Death notice: Lourens Francois ERASMUS (1905) Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Catharina Gertruida ERASMUS (1940), VAB MHG 32328/1940, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89L4-HCCL?i=1652&cat=195564 : accessed 4 Oct 2018 Text: 21 DEC 1905 Death notice: Johanna Catharina Gertruida ERASMUS (1940) Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ERASMUS (1906), VAB MHG T854, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-JVKG?i=407&cat=195564 : accessed 3 Oct 2018 Quality of data: secondary evidence
Epidemic	1906 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Death	January 25, 1906 (Age 38 years) Brandfort, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8. Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ERASMUS (1906), VAB MHG T854, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-JVKG?i=407&cat=195564 : accessed 3 Oct 2018 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ERASMUS (1906), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=919494 : accessed 3 Oct 2018 Gravestone: Gezina Cornelia Dorothea ERASMUS (1906) Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Abraham Hercules THERON (1914), VAB MHG T1085, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-JV7S?i=1415&cat=195564 : accessed 3 Oct 2018 Text: 26 Januari 1906 Quality of data: secondary evidence Note: Her death notice is for 25.01.1906 while in her husband's it was recorded as 26.01.1906. Her gravestone (erected by her children, after her death) shows 26.01.1906 as well. Since, the closest reference to her death is her death notice, I will use 25.01.1906.

Generation 1
1. Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus, daughter of Lourens Francois Erasmus and Johanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus, was born on February 25, 1867 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape and died on January 25, 1906 in Brandfort, Free State at the age of 38. She married Abraham Hercules Theron (uncle’s son-in-law), son of Hendrik Schalk Theron and Jacoba Jacomina le Roux.
  Children of Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus and Abraham Hercules Theron:
  1. Hendrik Schalk Theron (1887–1973)
  2. Johanna Catharina Gertruida Theron (1889–)
  3. Lourens Francois Theron (1891–1976)
  4. Abraham Hercules Theron (1893–1953)
  5. Thomas Francois Theron (1894–1976)
  6. Jacoba Jacomina Theron (1897–1897)
  7. Willem Petrus Theron (1899–1924)
  8. Jacobus Stephanus Theron (1900–1970)
  9. Private
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1. Thomas Francois Theron, son of Abraham Hercules Theron and Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus, was born on September 25, 1894 and died on March 11, 1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng at the age of 81. He married Mathilde Elizabeth Vogel, daughter of Albrecht Vogel.
  Children of Thomas Francois Theron and Mathilde Elizabeth Vogel:
  1. Abraham Hercules Theron (1922–1977)
  2. Jacob Lourens Lategan Theron (1923–1980)
  3. Private
  4. Private
  5. Private
  6. Private
  7. Private
Generation 3back to top
The details of this generation are private.

Family with parents
father Parents Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus Anna Susanna Smit	Lourens Francois Erasmus 1837–1905
mother Parents Willem Petrus Erasmus Gesina Cornelia Dorothea Els	Johanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus 1841–1940
herself Family Abraham Hercules Theron Hendrik Schalk Theron Johanna Catharina Gertruida Theron Lourens Francois Theron Abraham Hercules Theron Thomas Francois Theron Jacoba Jacomina Theron Willem Petrus Theron Jacobus Stephanus Theron Private	Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus 1867–1906
Family with Abraham Hercules Theron
husband Parents Hendrik Schalk Theron Jacoba Jacomina le Roux	Abraham Hercules Theron 1862–1914
herself Parents Lourens Francois Erasmus Johanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus	Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus 1867–1906
son Family (none)	Hendrik Schalk Theron 1887–1973
daughter Family (none)	Johanna Catharina Gertruida Theron 1889–
son Family (none)	Lourens Francois Theron 1891–1976
son Family (none)	Abraham Hercules Theron 1893–1953
son Family Mathilde Elizabeth Vogel Abraham Hercules Theron Jacob Lourens Lategan Theron Private Private Private Private Private	Thomas Francois Theron 1894–1976
daughter Family (none)	Jacoba Jacomina Theron 1897–1897
son Family (none)	Willem Petrus Theron 1899–1924
son Family (none)	Jacobus Stephanus Theron 1900–1970
daughter Family (none)	Private
Abraham Hercules Theron + Gesina Cornelia Dorothea Ersamus
husband Parents Hendrik Schalk Theron Jacoba Jacomina le Roux	Abraham Hercules Theron 1862–1914
husband’s wife Parents Christoffel Johannes Erasmus Susanna Abigail Elizabeth Jacomina Nel	Gesina Cornelia Dorothea Ersamus 1880–1949
step-daughter Family (none)	Private

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