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Francina Aletta “Francis” MareeAge: 52 years1875–1927

Name
Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree
Given names
Francina Aletta
Nickname
Francis
Surname
Maree
Married name
Francina Aletta Nieuwenhuizen
Nickname
Francis
Birth calculated March 1875
Graaff-Reinet, 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: Francina Aletta MARE (1927), MOOC 6/9/3208 #16183, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C919-SQRN?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9KR%3A1598032451 : 11 October 2018), 007731751 > image 400 of 767; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Dec 2019
War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 5 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: First Boer War
Economic Event 1881 (Age 5 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa

Source: Wikipedia
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
Economic Event 1886 (Age 10 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Source: Wikipedia
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.
Birth of a daughter
#1		Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen
October 1, 1900 (Age 25 years)
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
Epidemic February 1, 1901 (Age 25 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 24 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

Source: Wikipedia
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 28 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Epidemic 1906 (Age 30 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event May 31, 1910 (Age 35 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic 1912 (Age 36 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
War from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 39 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: World War I
Epidemic 1918 (Age 42 years)

Source: Wikipedia
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 grandson
#1		Johannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank
August 28, 1925 (Age 50 years)
Noupoort, Northern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1f1.
Death August 14, 1927 (Age 52 years) Age: 52 years 5 months
Graaff-Reinet, 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: Francina Aletta MARE (1927), MOOC 6/9/3208 #16183, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C919-SQRN?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9KR%3A1598032451 : 11 October 2018), 007731751 > image 400 of 767; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Dec 2019
  1. Generation 1

    1. Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree, daughter of Philip Marais and Bridget MacGeer, was born calculated March 1875 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on August 14, 1927 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She married Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen, son of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Annie Elizabeth ….

      Children of Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree and Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen:

      1. Private
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      4. Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen (1900–1948)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, daughter of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree, was born on October 1, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 26, 1948 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 47. She married Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank, son of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna Schoombee.

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

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