Adriana Smit 1753–

Adriana Smit1753–

Name: Adriana Smit

Given names: Adriana

Surname: Smit

Married name: Adriana Erasmus

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Baptism	December 2, 1753 Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d4.
Historical Event	1754 (Age 30 days) 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 (Age 16 months) 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
Baptism of a brother	Jacobus Smit July 6, 1755 (Age 19 months) Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d5.
Baptism of a sister	Engela Smit February 20, 1757 (Age 3 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002) ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p428, b5c3d6. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p420, a4b3c5d6.
Marriage	Abraham Erasmus — View this family March 27, 1768 (Age 14 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d4.
Baptism of a daughter	Susara Catharina Erasmus August 13, 1769 (Age 15 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2d1.
Marriage of a sibling	Stephanus Naudé — Elisabeth Johanna Smit — View this family March 17, 1771 (Age 17 years) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Naudé, p26, b1c3. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d3. Text: * Kaapstad 17.5.1771 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: Debora Adriana NAUDÉ (1834), MOOC 6/9/3 #493, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-67DQ?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZD%3A1598082364 : 12 September 2017), 007844934 > image 548 of 2202; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Feb 2021 Death notice: Debora Adriana NAUDÉ (1834) Note: either March or May
Death of a paternal grandmother	Elisabeth Slabbert October 1771 (Age 17 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p413, a4b3.
Marriage of a sibling	Willem Pretorius — Engela Smit — View this family December 25, 1773 (Age 20 years) Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002) ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p428, b5c3d6. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p420, a4b3c5d6.
Historical Event	July 1776 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1776%E2%80%9389) Note: Americans declare independece
Marriage of a sibling	Jacobus Smit — Martha Louisa Erasmus — View this family between September 7, 1777 and September 27, 1777 (Age 23 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 11 Publication: Vol. 11, Scho-Sny (2004) ISBN: 0-7972-1031-8 Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d5. Text: 07 SEP 1777 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p217, b3c5d1.
War	December 20, 1780 (Age 27 years) 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 (Age 26 years) 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 (Age 30 years) 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
Marriage of a child	Jacob van Straaten — Susara Catharina Erasmus — View this family January 7, 1786 (Age 32 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006) ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2d1.
Death of a sister	Elisabeth Johanna Smit July 22, 1795 (Age 41 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Naudé, p26, b1c3.
War	from 1789 to 1799 (Age 35 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
Historical Event	1795 (Age 41 years) 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 (Age 43 years) 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 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
Baptism of a granddaughter	Susara Maria van Straaten May 20, 1805 (Age 51 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006) ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p292, a3b1c9.
Natural disaster	1809 (Age 55 years) 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 (Age 58 years) 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 (Age 64 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
Historical Event	1820 (Age 66 years) 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
Death of a sister	Engela Smit 1822 (Age 68 years) Spitskop, Agter-Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002) ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p428, b5c3d6.
Marriage of a grandchild	Daniël Stephanus du Toit — Susara Maria van Straaten — View this family March 2, 1823 (Age 69 years) 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: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900), MOOC 6/9/403 #2085, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-73F6-F?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8B%3A1598092306 : 12 September 2017), 007844974 > image 758 of 2141; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 Death notice: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006) ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Publication: Vol. 12, So-Sz (2005) ISBN: 0-7972-1032-6 Citation details: Straaten, p292, a3b1c9.
Economic Event	1825 (Age 71 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
Historical Event	1835 (Age 81 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
Town founded	1844 (Age 90 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Epidemic	from 1857 to 1859 (Age 103 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
War	from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 107 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
Economic Event	1865 (Age 111 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 113 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa 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
Death of a granddaughter	Susara Maria van Straaten December 30, 1868 (Age 115 years) Groenekloof, Petrusburg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 13 Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006) ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13.
Historical Event	from 1852 to 1902 (Age 98 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.
Historical Event	from 1854 to 1902 (Age 100 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

Generation 1
1. Adriana Smit, daughter of Jacobus Smit and Catharina van Dyk, was baptized on December 2, 1753 in Swartland, Western Cape. She married Abraham Erasmus (sister-in-law’s great-uncle’s son), son of Jacob Erasmus and Sara de Klerk, on March 27, 1768. He was baptized on July 6, 1738.
  Children of Adriana Smit and Abraham Erasmus:
  1. Susara Catharina Erasmus (1769–)
Generation 2back to top
1. Susara Catharina Erasmus, daughter of Abraham Erasmus and Adriana Smit, was baptized on August 13, 1769. She married Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen, on January 7, 1786. He was baptized on February 9, 1738.
  Children of Susara Catharina Erasmus and Jacob van Straaten:
  1. Susara Maria van Straaten (1805–1868)
Generation 3back to top
1. Susara Maria van Straaten, daughter of Jacob van Straaten and Susara Catharina Erasmus, was born in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on December 30, 1868 in Groenekloof, Petrusburg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She married Daniël Stephanus du Toit (mother’s great-aunt’s great-nephew), son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Elisabeth Maria Theron, on March 2, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was baptized on March 9, 1800 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on September 1, 1876 in Rouxville, Free State at the age of 76.
  Children of Susara Maria van Straaten and Daniël Stephanus du Toit:
  1. Susara Catharina du Toit (1825–)
  2. Elizabeth Maria du Toit (1827–)
  3. Petrus Jacobus du Toit (1833–1900)
  4. Jakob Stephanus du Toit (1838–)
  5. Anna Martha du Toit
  6. Hendrina Magdalena du Toit
  7. Hester Johanna du Toit
  8. Daniël Stephanus du Toit

Family with parents
father Parents Jacobus Smit Elisabeth Slabbert	Jacobus Smit 1716–
mother Parents Burget van Dyk Maria Visser	Catharina van Dyk 1724–
elder sister Family Stephanus Naudé Debora Adriana Naudé	Elisabeth Johanna Smit 1752–1795
herself Family Abraham Erasmus Susara Catharina Erasmus	Adriana Smit 1753–
younger brother Family Martha Louisa Erasmus Jacobus Francois Smit	Jacobus Smit 1755–
younger sister Family Willem Pretorius Johannes Lodewikus Pretorius Engela Elizabeth Pretorius	Engela Smit 1757–1822
Family with Abraham Erasmus
husband Parents Jacob Erasmus Sara de Klerk	Abraham Erasmus 1738–
herself Parents Jacobus Smit Catharina van Dyk	Adriana Smit 1753–
daughter Family Jacob van Straaten Susara Maria van Straaten	Susara Catharina Erasmus 1769–

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