Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen1819–
- Name
- Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen
- Given names
- Maria Susanna Margaretha
- Surname
- Eksteen
- Married name
- Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg
| Baptism | April 11, 1819 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2. |
| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 8 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 5 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Marriage | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg — View this family May 27, 1839 (Age 20 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg February 27, 1840 (Age 20 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d1. |
| Birth of a son #2 | Johan Pieter Hendrik Furstenburg May 1841 (Age 22 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d2. |
| Birth of a son #3 | Michiel Casparus Furstenburg June 1, 1844 (Age 25 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d3. |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 24 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | Anna Margaretha Furstenburg August 31, 1846 (Age 27 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d4. |
| Birth of a son #5 | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg December 23, 1848 (Age 29 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Baptism of a son | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg August 22, 1849 (Age 30 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Birth of a son #6 | Hendrik Oostewald Furstenburg August 19, 1851 (Age 32 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d6. |
| Birth of a son #7 | Roelof Abraham Furstenburg August 30, 1853 (Age 34 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d7. |
| Baptism of a son | Roelof Abraham Furstenburg November 20, 1853 (Age 34 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d7. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg December 18, 1855 (Age 36 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d8. |
| Baptism of a daughter | Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg November 16, 1856 (Age 37 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d8. |
| Birth of a son #9 | Frederik Constant Furstenburg April 6, 1858 (Age 38 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 37 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| Baptism of a son | Frederik Constant Furstenburg August 15, 1858 (Age 39 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| Birth of a son #10 | Jeremias Petrus Furstenburg about 1860 (Age 40 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d10. |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 41 years) 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 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 47 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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| Death of a husband | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg December 17, 1872 (Age 53 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 54 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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| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 61 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 61 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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| Birth of a grandson #1 | Francois Johannes Furstenburg December 1881 (Age 62 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e2. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Gert Roelof Furstenburg about July 1883 (Age 64 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Frederik Constandt Furstenburg November 13, 1885 (Age 66 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e4. |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 66 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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| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Johanna Susanna Furstenburg about 1887 (Age 67 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e5. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg about 1888 (Age 68 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
| Death of a daughter | Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg September 11, 1888 (Age 69 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d1. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg about 1892 (Age 72 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e8. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Maria Jacoba Furstenburg September 30, 1895 (Age 76 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e9. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Michiel Casparus Furstenburg November 13, 1897 (Age 78 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e10. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Dina Carolina Furstenburg August 23, 1899 (Age 80 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h2. Text: 1899 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Petrus Du Toit THERON (1890-1949) and Dina Carolina FURSTENBURG (1899-1967), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3450449 : accessed 21 Nov 2019 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e11. |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 81 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 80 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 (Age 32 years) 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 (Age 34 years) 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 84 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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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 86 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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| Death of a son | Johan Pieter Hendrik Furstenburg October 8, 1907 (Age 88 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d2. |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 91 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 92 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 son | Frederik Constant Furstenburg October 26, 1916 (Age 97 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 95 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 98 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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| Death of a son | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg June 9, 1924 (Age 105 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 110 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 of a son | Michiel Casparus Furstenburg November 1932 (Age 113 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d3. |
| Death of a grandson | Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg August 25, 1938 (Age 119 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
- Generation 1
Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen , daughter ofMichiel Casparus Eksteen andMaria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer , was baptized on April 11, 1819. She marriedFrancois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg , son ofJohan Pieter Fürstenburg andAnna Margaretha Roos , on May 27, 1839 in Swellendam, Western Cape. He was born on November 14, 1817 and died on December 17, 1872 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State at the age of 55.Children of
Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen andFrancois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg :Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg (1840–1888)Johan Pieter Hendrik Furstenburg (1841–1907)Michiel Casparus Furstenburg (1844–1932)Anna Margaretha Furstenburg (1846–)Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg (1848–1924)Hendrik Oostewald Furstenburg (1851–)Roelof Abraham Furstenburg (1853–)Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg (1855–)Frederik Constant Furstenburg (1858–1916)Jeremias Petrus Furstenburg (1860–1944)
- Generation 2back to top
Frederik Constant Furstenburg , son ofFrancois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg andMaria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen , was born on April 6, 1858 in Free State and died on October 26, 1916 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng at the age of 58. He marriedJohanna Susanna Brits (great ×4 aunt’s husband’s great-niece’s son-in-law’s niece), daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh .Children of
Frederik Constant Furstenburg andJohanna Susanna Brits :- Private
Francois Johannes Furstenburg (1881–1950)Gert Roelof Furstenburg (1883–1943)Frederik Constandt Furstenburg (1885–1952)Johanna Susanna Furstenburg (1887–)Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg (1888–1938)- Private
Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg (1892–1954)Maria Jacoba Furstenburg (1895–)Michiel Casparus Furstenburg (1897–)Dina Carolina Furstenburg (1899–1967)
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Dina Carolina Furstenburg , daughter ofFrederik Constant Furstenburg andJohanna Susanna Brits , was born on August 23, 1899 in Skeerpoort, North West Province and died on July 27, 1967 in Roodepoort, Gauteng at the age of 67. She marriedPetrus Du Toit Theron (great-great-great-aunt’s son-in-law’s great-great-nephew), son ofPieter Andries Theron andSusara Maria du Toit .Dina Carolina Furstenburg andPetrus Du Toit Theron had 5 children.