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George Stephen ErlankAge: 62 years1903–1966

Name: George Stephen Erlank

Given names: George Stephen

Surname: Erlank

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Birth	June 2, 1903 44 38 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d2e4.
Epidemic	February 1904 (Age 7 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Death of a father	Jonas Michiel Erlank June 20, 1906 (Age 3 years) Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d2.
Death of a maternal grandmother	Anna Susanna van den Berg August 15, 1906 (Age 3 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)
Epidemic	1906 (Age 2 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event	May 31, 1910 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic	1912 (Age 8 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
Death of a paternal grandfather	Jonas Michiel Erlank July 28, 1916 (Age 13 years) Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2.
War	from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 11 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
Epidemic	1918 (Age 14 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
Death of a sister	Anna Aletta Erlank July 27, 1927 (Age 24 years) Naauwpoort, Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d2e2.
Economic Event	October 1929 (Age 26 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 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
Historical Event	February 14, 1961 (Age 57 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
Historical Event	May 31, 1961 (Age 57 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
Death	March 20, 1966 (Age 62 years) Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b3c2d2e4.

Generation 1
1. George Stephen Erlank, son of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna Schoombee, was born on June 2, 1903 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape and died on March 20, 1966 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape at the age of 62.