Michiel Casparus FurstenburgAge: 88 years1844–1932
- Name
- Michiel Casparus Furstenburg
- Given names
- Michiel Casparus
- Surname
- Furstenburg
| Birth | June 1, 1844 26 25 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d3. |
| Town founded | 1844 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 sister | Anna Margaretha Furstenburg August 31, 1846 (Age 2 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d4. |
| Birth of a brother | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg December 23, 1848 (Age 4 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Baptism of a brother | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg August 22, 1849 (Age 5 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Birth of a brother | Hendrik Oostewald Furstenburg August 19, 1851 (Age 7 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d6. |
| Birth of a brother | Roelof Abraham Furstenburg August 30, 1853 (Age 9 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d7. |
| Baptism of a brother | Roelof Abraham Furstenburg November 20, 1853 (Age 9 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d7. |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg December 18, 1855 (Age 11 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d8. |
| Baptism of a sister | Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg November 16, 1856 (Age 12 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d8. |
| Birth of a brother | Frederik Constant Furstenburg April 6, 1858 (Age 13 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 12 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 brother | Frederik Constant Furstenburg August 15, 1858 (Age 14 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| Birth of a brother | Jeremias Petrus Furstenburg about 1860 (Age 15 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d10. |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 16 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 20 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 22 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 father | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg December 17, 1872 (Age 28 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 29 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 36 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 36 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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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 41 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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| Death of a sister | Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg September 11, 1888 (Age 44 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d1. |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 56 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 55 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 7 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 9 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 59 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 61 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 brother | Johan Pieter Hendrik Furstenburg October 8, 1907 (Age 63 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d2. |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 65 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 67 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 brother | Frederik Constant Furstenburg October 26, 1916 (Age 72 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 73 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 brother | Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg June 9, 1924 (Age 80 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d5. |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 85 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 | November 1932 (Age 88 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d3. |
- Generation 1
Michiel Casparus Furstenburg , son ofFrancois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg andMaria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen , was born on June 1, 1844 and died in November 1932 in Dist. Brandfort, Free State at the age of 88.