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Johannes Michael “Mike” ErlankAge: 75 years1893–1969

Name
Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank
Given names
Johannes Michael
Surname
Erlank
Nickname
Mike
Also known as
Michael Johan Erlank
Birth May 22, 1893 34 28

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
Baptism July 10, 1893 (Age 49 days)
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
Birth of a sisterAnna Aletta Erlank
December 19, 1895 (Age 2 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e2.
Epidemic February 1, 1901 (Age 7 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 6 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Second Boer War
Historical Event from 1852 to 1902

Source: Wikipedia
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.
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
Baptism of a sisterAnna Aletta Erlank
March 4, 1896 (Age 2 years)
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e2.
Birth of a brotherAndries Schoombie Erlank
March 25, 1898 (Age 4 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e3.
Baptism of a brotherAndries Schoombie Erlank
June 5, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e3.
Birth of a brotherGeorge Stephen Erlank
June 2, 1903 (Age 10 years)
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e4.
Epidemic February 1904 (Age 10 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Death of a fatherJonas Michiel Erlank
June 20, 1906 (Age 13 years)
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2.
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnna Susanna van den Berg
August 15, 1906 (Age 13 years) Age: 64 years
Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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: Anna Susanna VAN DEN BERG (1906), MOOC 6/9/554 #2662, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S8N-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCY%3A1598082345 : 1 October 2018), 007844459 > image 532 of 2125; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 Dec 2019
Death notice: Anna Susanna VAN DEN BERG (1906)
Death notice: Anna Susanna VAN DEN BERG (1906)

Epidemic 1906 (Age 12 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event May 31, 1910 (Age 17 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic 1912 (Age 18 years)

Source: Wikipedia
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 paternal grandfatherJonas Michiel Erlank
July 28, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2.
War from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 21 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: World War I
Epidemic 1918 (Age 24 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
Birth of a son
#1		Johannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank
August 28, 1925 (Age 32 years)
Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1f1.
Death of a sisterAnna Aletta Erlank
July 27, 1927 (Age 34 years)
Naauwpoort, Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e2.
Birth of a son
#2		Hendrik Johannes “Dirk” Erlank
October 14, 1927 (Age 34 years)
Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1f2.
Birth of a son
#3		Pieter Jacobus Erlank
May 18, 1929 (Age 35 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1f3.
Economic Event October 1929 (Age 36 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
War from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 46 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: World War II
Death of a wifeAnne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen
March 26, 1948 (Age 54 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
Historical Event February 14, 1961 (Age 67 years)
South Africa

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
Historical Event May 31, 1961 (Age 68 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: South Africa becomes a republic
Death of a brotherGeorge Stephen Erlank
March 20, 1966 (Age 72 years)
Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e4.
Death of a sonJohannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank
about 1969 (Age 75 years)

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1f1.
Death April 28, 1969 (Age 75 years)
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
  1. Generation 1

    1. Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank, son of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna Schoombee, was born on May 22, 1893 and died on April 28, 1969 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal at the age of 75. He married Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, daughter of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree.

      Children of Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank and Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen:

      1. Johannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank (1925–1969)
      2. Hendrik Johannes “Dirk” Erlank (1927–1975)
      3. Pieter Jacobus Erlank (1929–1995)
      4. Private
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Johannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank, son of Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank and Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, was born on August 28, 1925 in Noupoort, Northern Cape and died about 1969.

    2. Hendrik Johannes “Dirk” Erlank, son of Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank and Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, was born on October 14, 1927 in Noupoort, Northern Cape and died on May 14, 1975 in Vereeniging, Gauteng at the age of 47.

      Hendrik Johannes “Dirk” Erlank had 4 children.

    3. Pieter Jacobus Erlank, son of Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank and Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, was born on May 18, 1929 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 8, 1995 in Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 65.

    4. The details of this family are private.
  3. Generation 3back to top
    The details of this generation are private.