Adam Marthinus Christoffel TheronAge: 78 years1876–1955
- Name
- Adam Marthinus Christoffel Theron
- Given names
- Adam Marthinus Christoffel
- Surname
- Theron
| Birth | March 24, 1876 36 37 Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. |
| Baptism | August 24, 1876 (Age 5 months) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. |
| Birth of a brother | Hendrikus Johannes Theron July 16, 1878 (Age 2 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d10e13f10. |
| 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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| Baptism of a brother | Hendrikus Johannes Theron December 15, 1878 (Age 2 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d10e13f10. |
| Birth of a sister | Jacoba Johanna Hendrina Theron between 1879 and 1884 (Age 2 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d10e13f11. |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 4 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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| Marriage of a sibling | Barend Jacobus Theron — Susanna Elizabeth Theron — View this family November 20, 1882 (Age 6 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p333, b4c5d10e13f2. Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p322, b4c5d10e9f8. |
| Birth of a brother | Abraham Jacobus Theron March 24, 1885 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d10e13f12. |
| 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 brother | Abraham Jacobus Theron April 5, 1885 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p338, b4c5d10e13f12. |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 9 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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| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 24 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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| Death of a mother | Jacoba Johanna Stander January 11, 1902 (Age 25 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p331, b4c5d10e13. |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 23 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Marriage of a parent | Barend Cornelis Theron — Maria Gertruida Jacomina Oosthuizen — View this family June 5, 1902 (Age 26 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p331, b4c5d10e13. |
| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 27 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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| Marriage | Gertruida Jacoba Elizabeth Fourie — View this family February 28, 1905 (Age 28 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. |
| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 29 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 34 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 35 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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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 41 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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| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 53 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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| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 63 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death | February 6, 1955 (Age 78 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. |
- Generation 1
Adam Marthinus Christoffel Theron , son ofBarend Cornelis Theron andJacoba Johanna Stander , was born on March 24, 1876 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape and died on February 6, 1955 in De Kroon, at the age of 78. He marriedGertruida Jacoba Elizabeth Fourie (great-aunt’s father’s great-great-great-niece), daughter ofLambertus Nicolaas Fourie andCornelia Hester Snyman , on February 28, 1905 in Pretoria, Gauteng. She was born on April 22, 1878 and died on March 10, 1956 at the age of 77.