Lourens Francois TheronAge: 85 years1891–1976
- Name
- Lourens Francois Theron
- Given names
- Lourens Francois
- Surname
- Theron
| Birth | August 18, 1891 28 24 Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h3. |
| Baptism | October 4, 1891 (Age 47 days) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h3. |
| Birth of a brother | Abraham Hercules Theron April 3, 1893 (Age 19 months) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h4. |
| Baptism of a brother | Abraham Hercules Theron May 7, 1893 (Age 20 months) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h4. |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Francois Theron September 25, 1894 (Age 3 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h5. |
| Baptism of a brother | Thomas Francois Theron October 14, 1894 (Age 3 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h5. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Hendrik Schalk Theron July 1, 1896 (Age 4 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p372, b4c7d1e4f3. |
| Birth of a sister | Jacoba Jacomina Theron April 2, 1897 (Age 5 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6. |
| Death of a sister | Jacoba Jacomina Theron 1897 (Age 5 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6. |
| Birth of a brother | Willem Petrus Theron January 15, 1899 (Age 7 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h7. |
| Birth of a brother | Jacobus Stephanus Theron October 13, 1900 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p378, b4c7d1e4f3g8h8. |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 8 years) 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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| Baptism of a sister | Jacoba Jacomina Theron April 18, 1897 (Age 5 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h6. |
| Baptism of a brother | Willem Petrus Theron February 19, 1899 (Age 7 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h7. |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 9 years) 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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| Baptism of a brother | Jacobus Stephanus Theron June 23, 1901 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p378, b4c7d1e4f3g8h8. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jacoba Jacomina le Roux December 14, 1903 (Age 12 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p372, b4c7d1e4f3. |
| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 12 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | Lourens Francois Erasmus December 19, 1905 (Age 14 years) 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 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 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 |
| Death of a mother | Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus January 25, 1906 (Age 14 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8. 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 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.
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 14 years) 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 (Age 18 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
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| Death of a father | Abraham Hercules Theron January 23, 1914 (Age 22 years) Age: 51 years 3 months Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8. 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 |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 26 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa Note: Spanish flu: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world
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| Death of a brother | Willem Petrus Theron February 18, 1924 (Age 32 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h7. |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/MgHbRM Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | Johanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus June 18, 1940 (Age 48 years) Age: 99 years 5 months 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 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 |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 48 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death of a brother | Abraham Hercules Theron November 19, 1953 (Age 62 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h4. |
| Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 69 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1961 (Age 69 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
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| Death of a brother | Jacobus Stephanus Theron June 2, 1970 (Age 78 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p378, b4c7d1e4f3g8h8. |
| Death of a brother | Hendrik Schalk Theron July 25, 1973 (Age 81 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h1. |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Francois Theron March 11, 1976 (Age 84 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p377, b4c7d1e4f3g8h5. |
| Death | October 9, 1976 (Age 85 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p376, b4c7d1e4f3g8h3. |
- Generation 1
Lourens Francois Theron , son ofAbraham Hercules Theron andGezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus , was born on August 18, 1891 and died on October 9, 1976 in Hoopstad, Free State at the age of 85.