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Geertruyd Loos–

Name: Geertruyd Loos

Given names: Geertruyd

Surname: Loos

Married name: Geertruyd Wiederholt

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Marriage	Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt — View this family yes Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3.
Epidemic	March 16, 1713 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1710s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony
Baptism of a daughter	Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt February 26, 1730 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3.
Marriage of a child	Jan van Straten — Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt — View this family November 9, 1746 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3.
Historical Event	1754 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony
Epidemic	May 1, 1755 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die
Historical Event	July 1776 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1776%E2%80%9389) Note: Americans declare independece
War	December 20, 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: Britain declares war on the Netherlands. French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English
Historical Event	1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony
War	1784 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: French troops depart the Cape after the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783) is signed
War	from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
Historical Event	1795 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in.The start of free trade was announced
Historical Event	March 5, 1797 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
War	from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
Natural disaster	1809 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
Town founded	1812 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
Town founded	August 27, 1818 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded

Generation 1
1. Geertruyd Loos. She married Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt.
  Children of Geertruyd Loos and Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt:
  1. Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt (1730–)
Generation 2back to top
1. Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt, daughter of Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt and Geertruyd Loos, was baptized on February 26, 1730. She married Jan van Straten on November 9, 1746.