Michiel Christoffel Dippenaar 1824–1901

Michiel Christoffel DippenaarAge: 77 years1824–1901

Name: Michiel Christoffel Dippenaar

Given names: Michiel Christoffel

Surname: Dippenaar

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Birth	May 10, 1824 31 27 Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7d3.
Baptism	June 20, 1824 (Age 41 days) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7d3.
Economic Event	1825 (Age 7 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
Birth of a brother	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar April 25, 1826 (Age 23 months) Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p357, b5c7d4.
Baptism of a brother	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar July 3, 1826 (Age 2 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p357, b5c7d4.
Birth of a brother	Schalk Willem Dippenaar October 1, 1827 (Age 3 years) Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p363, b5c7d5.
Baptism of a brother	Schalk Willem Dippenaar October 26, 1827 (Age 3 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p363, b5c7d5.
Birth of a sister	Helena Jacoba Dippenaar November 29, 1831 (Age 7 years) Agter-Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d6.
Baptism of a sister	Helena Jacoba Dippenaar January 29, 1832 (Age 7 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d6.
Marriage of a sibling	Francois Jacobus van Zyl — Hester Sophia Dippenaar — View this family December 23, 1832 (Age 8 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p318, b5c2d3e1. Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7d1.
Historical Event	1835 (Age 10 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
Birth of a brother	Johannes Stephanus “Jan” Dippenaar January 12, 1836 (Age 11 years) Hexriver, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d7.
Baptism of a brother	Johannes Stephanus “Jan” Dippenaar March 22, 1836 (Age 11 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d7.
Birth of a sister	Johanna Elisabeth Dippenaar April 7, 1838 (Age 13 years) Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p389, b5c7d8.
Baptism of a sister	Johanna Elisabeth Dippenaar April 8, 1838 (Age 13 years) Grootfontein, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p389, b5c7d8.
Death of a paternal grandmother	Anna Smit May 2, 1842 (Age 17 years) Schoonberg, Gatsrivier, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Dippenaar naamlys (GISA) Publication: Dippenaar [Bygewerk 03/13] Dippenaar_201303.pdf purchased 18 Sep 2015 Citation details: b5 Text: † voor 1801 Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p317, b5.
Town founded	1844 (Age 19 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Death of a mother	Anna Sophia Burger December 9, 1847 (Age 23 years) Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7.
Death of a sister	Helena Jacoba Dippenaar February 20, 1852 (Age 27 years) Dewinnaarsfontein, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d6. 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: Helena Jacoba DIPPENAAR (1852), VAB MHG #D3, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-67FV-1?i=224&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Helena Jacoba DIPPENAAR (1852)
Marriage of a parent	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar — Anna Sophia van der Merwe — View this family August 16, 1852 (Age 28 years) Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7.
Death of a father	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar December 9, 1853 (Age 29 years) Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7. 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: Alwyn Jacobus DIPPENAAR (1853), VAB MHG #D5, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-67FK-4?cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Alwyn Jacobus DIPPENAAR (1853) Shared note: Death notice: Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar (1792-1853) Death notice: Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar (1792-1853) This notice (VAB MHG #D5) refers to his mother as "Ester Sophia Dipnaar", however the baptism records show Anna Smit. As the death notice was signed by his grandson, the baptism record weighs stronger. It remains an interesting question: was a Hester Sophia living with Alwyn's father?
Epidemic	from 1857 to 1859 (Age 32 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
Death of a brother	Johannes Stephanus “Jan” Dippenaar April 29, 1862 (Age 37 years) Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p380, b5c7d7. 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: Johannes Stephanus DIPPENAAR (1862), VAB MHG #30, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-67XL-K?i=335&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Johannes Stephanus DIPPENAAR (1862)
War	from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 36 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
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
Death of a brother	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar January 23, 1892 (Age 67 years) Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p357, b5c7d4. 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: Alwyn Jacobus DIPPENAAR (1892), VAB MHG #D239, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN3Z-6P?i=620&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Alwyn Jacobus DIPPENAAR (1892)
Epidemic	February 1, 1901 (Age 76 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 75 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
Historical Event	from 1852 to 1902 (Age 27 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.
Historical Event	from 1854 to 1902 (Age 29 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
Economic Event	1865 (Age 40 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 42 years) 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
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 49 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
Death of a brother	Schalk Willem Dippenaar February 26, 1881 (Age 56 years) Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p363, b5c7d5. 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: Schalk Willem DIPPENAAR (1881), VAB MHG #D130, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-63NM-M?i=121&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Schalk Willem DIPPENAAR (1881)
Economic Event	1881 (Age 56 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 61 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.
Death	October 14, 1901 (Age 77 years) Kalkfontein, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Source: Die Dippenaar-familie van Suid-Afrika Publication: Eerste uitgawe (c) Augustus 2015 ISBN 978-0-620-65425-8 isakbosman@gmail.com Posbus 1094, Sanlamhof, 7532 Citation details: p348, b5c7d3. 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: Michiel Christoffel DIPPENAAR (1901), VAB MHG #D596, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN3W-X7?i=349&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Oct 2018 Death notice: Michiel Christoffel DIPPENAAR (1901)

Generation 1
1. Michiel Christoffel Dippenaar, son of Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar and Anna Sophia Burger, was born on May 10, 1824 and died on October 14, 1901 in Kalkfontein, Dist. Boshof, Free State at the age of 77.

Family with parents
father Parents Michaelis Christoffel Dippenaar Anna Smit	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar 1792–1853
mother Parents Schalk Jacobus Burger Hester Aletta Vorster	Anna Sophia Burger 1797–1847
elder sister Family Francois Jacobus van Zyl Hester Aletta van Zyl	Hester Sophia Dippenaar 1816–
elder sister Family (none)	Anna Maria Dippenaar 1816–
himself Family (none)	Michiel Christoffel Dippenaar 1824–1901
younger brother Family (none)	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar 1826–1892
younger brother Family (none)	Schalk Willem Dippenaar 1827–1881
younger sister Family (none)	Helena Jacoba Dippenaar 1831–1852
younger brother Family (none)	Johannes Stephanus “Jan” Dippenaar 1836–1862
younger sister Family (none)	Johanna Elisabeth Dippenaar 1838–
Father’s family with Anna Sophia van der Merwe
father Parents Michaelis Christoffel Dippenaar Anna Smit	Alwyn Jacobus Dippenaar 1792–1853
step-mother Parents Hendrik van der Merwe Anna Sophia van der Merwe	Anna Sophia van der Merwe 1810–

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Michiel Christoffel DippenaarAge: 77 years1824–1901

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