Catharina Geertruyda PretoriusAge: 75 years1782–1857
- Name
- Catharina Geertruyda Pretorius
- Given names
- Catharina Geertruyda
- Surname
- Pretorius
- Married name
- Catharina Geertruyda Erasmus
| Birth | May 24, 1782 23 21 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p441, b5c3d8e1. |
| Baptism | December 15, 1782 (Age 6 months) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p441, b5c3d8e1. |
| War | 1784 (Age 19 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: French troops depart the Cape after the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783) is signed
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| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 12 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
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| Marriage | Daniël Johannes Erasmus — View this family October 23, 1796 (Age 14 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p220, b3c9d2. Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p441, b5c3d8e1. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 (Age 14 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| Baptism of a son | Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus September 16, 1798 (Age 16 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p220, b3c9d2e1. Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004)
ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p418, a4b3c5d5e3f1. |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 26 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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| Town founded | 1812 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Marriage of a child | Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus — Anna Susanna Smit — View this family September 3, 1820 (Age 38 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p220, b3c9d2e1. 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: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004)
ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p418, a4b3c5d5e3f1. |
| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 37 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 42 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 52 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 mother | Geertruyda Grobbelaar July 17, 1837 (Age 55 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p441, b5c3d8. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lourens Francois Erasmus calculated August 1837 (Age 55 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 |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 61 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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| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 74 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 69 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 71 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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| Death | June 24, 1857 (Age 75 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p441, b5c3d8e1. |
- Generation 1
Catharina Geertruyda Pretorius , daughter ofHendrik Stephanus Pretorius andGeertruyda Grobbelaar , was born on May 24, 1782 and died on June 24, 1857 in Wildebeesfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State at the age of 75. She marriedDaniël Johannes Erasmus (mother’s half-sister’s brother-in-law), son ofJacob Erasmus andEster Bockelenberg , on October 23, 1796 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was baptized on September 15, 1776.Children of
Catharina Geertruyda Pretorius andDaniël Johannes Erasmus :Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus (1798–)
- Generation 2back to top
Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus , son ofDaniël Johannes Erasmus andCatharina Geertruyda Pretorius , was baptized on September 16, 1798. He marriedAnna Susanna Smit (second cousin once removed descending), daughter ofJacobus Francois Smit andJohanna Jacoba Coetzer , on September 3, 1820 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on February 14, 1804 in Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on October 5, 1869 in Driefontein, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 65.Children of
Hendrik Stephanus Erasmus andAnna Susanna Smit :Lourens Francois Erasmus (1837–1905)
- Generation 3back to top
Lourens Francois Erasmus , son ofHendrik Stephanus Erasmus andAnna Susanna Smit , was born calculated August 1837 and died on December 19, 1905 in Harmonie, Winburg, Free State. He marriedJohanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus (second cousin), daughter ofWillem Petrus Erasmus andGesina Cornelia Dorothea Els , in Somerset East, Eastern Cape. She was born calculated January 1841 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape and died on June 18, 1940 in Parys, Free State.Children of
Lourens Francois Erasmus andJohanna Catharina Geertruida Erasmus :Gezina Cornelia Dorothea Erasmus (1867–1906)