Willem Jacobus BurgerAge: 82 years1829–1911
- Name
- Willem Jacobus Burger
- Given names
- Willem Jacobus
- Surname
- Burger
| Birth | January 17, 1829 32 33 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2f2g5. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1911), MOOC 6/9/662 #740/1911, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-ZK6M?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZS%3A1598082362 : 28 September 2018), 007844931 > image 2120 of 2183; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
| Baptism | January 17, 1830 (Age 12 months) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2f2g5. |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 5 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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| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elsabé Johanna Duvenhage February 9, 1840 (Age 11 years) Age: 66 years 10 months 19 days Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagsregister Citation details: Theron, b4c7d1 Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p372, b4c7d1. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Elsabe Johanna VAN DER MERWE (1840), MOOC 6/9/19 #4145, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQ2H-C?i=55&cat=331262 image 56/2223 : accessed 5 March 2017 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Magdalena Elizabeth Burger before September 1, 1840 (Age 11 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Schalk Willem BURGER (1840), MOOC 6/9/22 #4555, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQLC-2?mode=g&i=516&cat=331262 image 517/2223 : accessed 10 Mar 2017 Quality of data: primary evidence Note: Deceased at the time of her son's death.
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| Town founded | 1844 (Age 14 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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| Death of a paternal grandfather | Barend Jacobus Burger April 28, 1845 (Age 16 years) Age: 71 years 0 months 26 days Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Barend Jacobus BURGER (1845), MOOC 6/9/36 #7877, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-6RQ9?mode=g&i=1400&cat=331262 image 1401/2225 : accessed 8 Mar 2017 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Marriage | Elisabeth Magdalena Theron — View this family June 25, 1849 (Age 20 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2f2g5. Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p383, b4c7d1e4f6. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1911), MOOC 6/9/662 #740/1911, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-ZK6M?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZS%3A1598082362 : 28 September 2018), 007844931 > image 2120 of 2183; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Citation details: Marriage: Willem Jacobus BURGER and Elizabeth Magdalena THERON (1849), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJG-TRWL?i=374&cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 27 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 32 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 mother | Jacoba Johanna Theron July 31, 1874 (Age 45 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p372, b4c7d1e3. |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 51 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 72 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 22 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 24 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 35 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 37 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 44 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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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 51 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 56 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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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 75 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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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 76 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 81 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Death | January 27, 1911 (Age 82 years) Age: 81 years 2 months Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2f2g5. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1911), MOOC 6/9/662 #740/1911, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-ZK6M?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZS%3A1598082362 : 28 September 2018), 007844931 > image 2120 of 2183; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
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Willem Jacobus Burger , son ofBarend Jacobus Johannes Burger andJacoba Johanna Theron , was born on January 17, 1829 in Vleiplaats, Dist. Murraysburg, Western Cape and died on January 27, 1911 in Murraysburg, Western Cape at the age of 82. He marriedElisabeth Magdalena Theron (first cousin), daughter ofThomas Francois Theron andMartha Magdalena van der Merwe , on June 25, 1849 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on April 15, 1830.