Izak Jacobus ErlankAge: 70 years1861–1932
- Name
- Izak Jacobus Erlank
- Given names
- Izak Jacobus
- Surname
- Erlank
- Also known as
- Isaac Jacobus Erlank
| Birth | November 14, 1861 36 24 Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d3. |
| Baptism | November 24, 1861 (Age 10 days) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d3. |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 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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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 3 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susanna Sophia Wilke April 24, 1867 (Age 5 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3. |
| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 5 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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| Birth of a brother | Johannes Gustaaf Erlank December 28, 1869 (Age 8 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d4. |
| Baptism of a brother | Johannes Gustaaf Erlank February 6, 1870 (Age 8 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d4. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 11 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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| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank July 28, 1878 (Age 16 years) Age: 79 years 8 months 15 days Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3 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 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 19 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Birth of a sister | Susanna Sophia Elizabeth Erlank December 1, 1881 (Age 20 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d5. |
| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 19 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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| Baptism of a sister | Susanna Sophia Elizabeth Erlank January 12, 1882 (Age 20 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d5. |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 24 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 39 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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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 37 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| 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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| 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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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 42 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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| Death of a brother | Jonas Michiel Erlank June 20, 1906 (Age 44 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d2. |
| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 44 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 48 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 50 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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| Death of a father | Jonas Michiel Erlank July 28, 1916 (Age 54 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2. |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 56 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 67 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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| Death | February 28, 1932 (Age 70 years) Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d3. |
- Generation 1
Izak Jacobus Erlank , son ofJonas Michiel Erlank andElizabeth Susanna “Johanna” van den Berg , was born on November 14, 1861 and died on February 28, 1932 in Strand, Western Cape at the age of 70.