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Elizabeth Susanna Erlank1856–

Name
Elizabeth Susanna Erlank
Given names
Elizabeth Susanna
Surname
Erlank
Birth October 24, 1856 31 19

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
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Baptism November 30, 1856 (Age 37 days)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d1.
Birth of a brotherJonas Michiel Erlank
September 23, 1858 (Age 22 months)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2.
Epidemic from 1857 to 1859 (Age 2 months)

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Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F
Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
Baptism of a brotherJonas Michiel Erlank
October 31, 1858 (Age 2 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2.
Birth of a brotherIzak Jacobus Erlank
November 14, 1861 (Age 5 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d3.
War from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 4 years)

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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
Baptism of a brotherIzak Jacobus Erlank
November 24, 1861 (Age 5 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d3.
Economic Event 1865 (Age 8 years)
South Africa

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Note: Economic depression
Death of a paternal grandmotherSusanna Sophia Wilke
April 24, 1867 (Age 10 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
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Birth of a brotherJohannes Gustaaf Erlank
December 28, 1869 (Age 13 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d4.
Death of a paternal grandfatherJonas Michiel Johannes Erlank
July 28, 1878 (Age 21 years) Age: 79 years 8 months 15 days
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3
Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989
Publication: database with images, FamilySearch
Citation details: Death notice: Jonas Michael Johannes ERLANK (1878), MOOC 6/9/164 #5624/1878, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W38W-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 628 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Death notice: Jonas Michael Johannes ERLANK (1878)
Death notice: Jonas Michael Johannes ERLANK (1878)

Birth of a sisterSusanna Sophia Elizabeth Erlank
December 1, 1881 (Age 25 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d5.
Historical Event from 1852 to 1902

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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.
Economic Event 1867 (Age 10 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa

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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
Baptism of a brotherJohannes Gustaaf Erlank
February 6, 1870 (Age 13 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d4.
Economic Event September 1873 (Age 16 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 24 years)

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Note: First Boer War
Economic Event 1881 (Age 24 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa

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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
Baptism of a sisterSusanna Sophia Elizabeth Erlank
January 12, 1882 (Age 25 years)
Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d5.
Economic Event 1886 (Age 29 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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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.
Epidemic February 1, 1901 (Age 44 years)

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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 42 years)

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Note: Second Boer War
Historical Event from 1854 to 1902

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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
Epidemic February 1904 (Age 47 years)

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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Death of a brotherJonas Michiel Erlank
June 20, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2.
Epidemic 1906 (Age 49 years)

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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event May 31, 1910 (Age 53 years)

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Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic 1912 (Age 55 years)

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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
Death of a fatherJonas Michiel Erlank
July 28, 1916 (Age 59 years)
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2.
War from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 57 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: World War I
Epidemic 1918 (Age 61 years)

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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
Economic Event October 1929 (Age 72 years)

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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
Death of a brotherIzak Jacobus Erlank
February 28, 1932 (Age 75 years)
Strand, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d3.
War from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 82 years)

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Note: World War II
Historical Event February 14, 1961 (Age 104 years)
South Africa

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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
Historical Event May 31, 1961 (Age 104 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: South Africa becomes a republic
  1. Generation 1

    1. Elizabeth Susanna Erlank, daughter of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna “Johanna” van den Berg, was born on October 24, 1856.