Cornelia Hester SnymanAge: 51 years1835–1887
- Name
- Cornelia Hester Snyman
- Given names
- Cornelia Hester
- Surname
- Snyman
- Married name
- Cornelia Hester Fourie
| Birth | December 10, 1835 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelia Hester SNYMAN (1887), TAB MHG #0/3505, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-87L9-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBG%3A1590242316 : 14 February 2019), 007805480 > image 1212 of 1221; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 15 May 2020 |
| Marriage | Lambertus Nicolaas Fourie — View this family Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelia Hester SNYMAN (1887), TAB MHG #0/3505, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-87L9-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBG%3A1590242316 : 14 February 2019), 007805480 > image 1212 of 1221; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 15 May 2020 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Lambertus Nicolaas FOURIE (1905), TAB MHG #7180, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-S9WD-5?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Feb 2021 |
| Historical Event | 1835 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Town founded | 1844 (Age 8 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 21 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 25 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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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Gertruida Jacoba Elizabeth Fourie April 22, 1878 (Age 42 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p337, b4c5d10e13f9. |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 16 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 18 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 29 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 31 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 37 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 45 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 50 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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| Death | March 26, 1887 (Age 51 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Cornelia Hester SNYMAN (1887), TAB MHG #0/3505, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-87L9-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBG%3A1590242316 : 14 February 2019), 007805480 > image 1212 of 1221; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 15 May 2020 |
- Generation 1
Cornelia Hester Snyman , daughter ofGerhardus Jacobus Snyman andSusanna Maria Moolman , was born on December 10, 1835 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape and died on March 26, 1887 in De Kroon, Krokodilrivier, Dist. Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 51. She marriedLambertus Nicolaas Fourie , son ofPhilippus Jacobus Fourie andAnna Barbara Robbertse , in Rustenburg, North West Province. He was born on July 18, 1830 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape and died on July 7, 1905 in De Kroon, Dist. Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 74.Children of
Cornelia Hester Snyman andLambertus Nicolaas Fourie :Gertruida Jacoba Elizabeth Fourie (1878–1956)
- Generation 2back to top
Gertruida Jacoba Elizabeth Fourie , daughter ofLambertus Nicolaas Fourie andCornelia Hester Snyman , was born on April 22, 1878 and died on March 10, 1956 at the age of 77. She marriedAdam Marthinus Christoffel Theron (great-great-great-uncle’s son-in-law’s great-nephew), son ofBarend Cornelis Theron andJacoba Johanna Stander , on February 28, 1905 in Pretoria, Gauteng. He was born on March 24, 1876 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape and died on February 6, 1955 in De Kroon, at the age of 78.