Maria Jacoba Meybürgh1840–
- Name
- Maria Jacoba Meybürgh
- Given names
- Maria Jacoba
- Surname
- Meybürgh (Meybürgh, Myburgh)
- Married name
- Maria Jacoba Brits
Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993
Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019
Maria Susanna …
- Name
- Maria Susanna …
- Given names
- Maria Susanna
- Married name
- Maria Susanna Brits
Publication: database with images, FamilySearch
Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1933), TAB MHG #81710, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N514?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BT2%3A1590242822 : 14 February 2019), 007820146 > image 1407 of 1687; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Nov 2019
| Birth | calculated 1840 21 16 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Gerrit Rudolf BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEIBURG (1857), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-BNPY?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1301817626 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1848-1870 > image 229 of 544; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 29 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Marthinus Jacobus Johannes Brits Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 4 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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| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jan Hendrik Nienaber July 10, 1849 (Age 9 years) Age: 66 years 0 months 2 days Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Jan Hendrik NIENABER (1849), MOOC 6/9/48 #346, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MST8-M?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 28 September 2018), 007844937 > image 1748 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 Dec 2019 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7. |
| Marriage | Gert Roelof Brits — View this family August 17, 1857 Husband: 21 years Wife: 17 years Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1933), TAB MHG #81710, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N514?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BT2%3A1590242822 : 14 February 2019), 007820146 > image 1407 of 1687; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Gerrit Rudolf BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEIBURG (1857), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-BNPY?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1301817626 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1848-1870 > image 229 of 544; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 29 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jan Jacobus Brits June 5, 1858 (Age 18 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Jan Jacobus BRITS (1858), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QG-59HD-M?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 114 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha du Plessis November 3, 1858 (Age 18 years) Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 17 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 | Jan Jacobus Brits July 25, 1858 (Age 18 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Jan Jacobus BRITS (1858), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QG-59HD-M?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 114 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Johanna Susanna Brits January 31, 1860 (Age 20 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1933), TAB MHG #81710, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N514?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BT2%3A1590242822 : 14 February 2019), 007820146 > image 1407 of 1687; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Nov 2019 Text: CAL JAN 1860 Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1860), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-597R-G?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 129 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 27 Nov 2019 |
| Baptism of a daughter | Johanna Susanna Brits April 1, 1860 (Age 20 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1860), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-597R-G?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 129 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 27 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Philippus Arnoldus Brits June 2, 1861 (Age 21 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1919), VAB MHG B4645, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN33-CK?i=561&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Text: CAL JUN 1861 Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1861), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QG-597P-Y?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 147 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Baptism of a son | Philippus Arnoldus Brits October 5, 1861 (Age 21 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1861), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QG-597P-Y?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 147 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Anna Cecilia Brits April 12, 1863 (Age 23 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1863), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QG-5LJC?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-VZS%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1301813930 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings 1849-1865 > image 267 of 312; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Baptism of a daughter | Anna Cecilia Brits June 7, 1863 (Age 23 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1863), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QG-5LJC?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-VZS%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1301813930 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings 1849-1865 > image 267 of 312; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Maria Jacoba Brits calculated December 1864 (Age 24 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba BRITS (1919), VAB MHG V2142, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9Q6-G?i=1654&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 21 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 25 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Birth of a daughter #7 | Dina Carolina Brits calculated June 1867 (Age 27 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BRITS (1930), VAB MHG 22411, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-J9DT-W?i=1664&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 27 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 daughter | Anna Cecilia Brits before 1869 (Age 29 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-S9GT-9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1559168493 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings, memberships 1869-1872 > image 35 of 149; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Shared note: Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Anna Cecilia Brits October 14, 1869 (Age 29 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITZ (1926), VAB MHG 19084, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P6XP?i=309&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Text: CAL NOV 1869 Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-S9GT-9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1559168493 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings, memberships 1869-1872 > image 35 of 149; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Shared note: Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) |
| Baptism of a daughter | Anna Cecilia Brits January 9, 1870 (Age 30 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-S9GT-9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1559168493 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings, memberships 1869-1872 > image 35 of 149; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Martha Cornelia Brits between June 1871 and April 1872 (Age 31 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Gerhardus Albertus VAN ASWEGEN and Martha Cornelia BRITS (1889), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZY67?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 395 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Text: CAL 1871 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Text: CAL 1872 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Maria Jacoba van den Berg August 6, 1872 (Age 32 years) Age: 81 years 11 months 21 days Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba VAN DEN BERG (1872), MOOC 6/9/140 #8558, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-CVS7?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S83%3A1598082379 : 12 September 2017), 007844945 > image 1674 of 2137; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 Dec 2019 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7. |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 33 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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| Birth of a daughter #10 | Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits calculated February 1874 (Age 34 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Pieter Johannes Venter JOUBERT and Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITZ (1907), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-SS3V-M?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-MNT%3A183083201%2C1301841311%2C1559233681 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Dealesville > Marriages 1905-1919 > image 34 of 226; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Text: CAL 1874 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITS (1942), VAB MHG 34716, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9L4-HGFX?i=1021&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Jeanetta Jacoba Brits calculated 1878 (Age 38 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Daniel Cornelis Francois ELLIS and Janetta Jacoba BRITS (1908), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-SSSB-Z?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-MNT%3A183083201%2C1301841311%2C1559233681 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Dealesville > Marriages 1905-1919 > image 44 of 226; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 40 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Marriage of a child | Philippus Arnoldus Brits — Martha Sophia Viljoen — View this family April 25, 1881 (Age 41 years) Husband: 19 Wife: 19 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS and Martha Sophia VILJOEN (1881), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95S-B9XP-L?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-GPD%3A183083201%2C183129501%2C1559164501 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Brandfort > Marriages 1875-1901 > image 56 of 452; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 41 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 41 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 43 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
| Marriage of a child | David Jacobus Viljoen — Dina Carolina Brits — View this family July 7, 1884 (Age 44 years) Husband: 26 years Wife: 17 years Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BRITS (1930), VAB MHG 22411, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-J9DT-W?i=1664&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: David Jacobus VILJOEN (1910), VAB MHG V1834, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9WG-K?i=166&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: David Jacobus VILJOEN and Dina Carolina BRITS (1884), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZGL8?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-L29%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183104101 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1870-1890 > image 641 of 828; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Publication: Vol. 14, Va-Vir (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1087-3 Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g3. |
| Death of a father | Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh December 2, 1884 (Age 44 years) Age: 66 years 2 months 28 days Address: Palmietfontein, Dist. Caledonrivier Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Phillipus Arnoldus MYBURG (1884), VAB MHG M405, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-G9NP-W?i=748&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Frederik Constandt Furstenburg November 13, 1885 (Age 45 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e4. |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 46 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 47 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e5. |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Deacon — Anna Cecilia Brits — View this family March 14, 1887 (Age 47 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITZ (1926), VAB MHG 19084, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P6XP?i=309&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg about 1888 (Age 48 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
| Death of a mother | Johanna Susanna Nienaber August 26, 1888 (Age 48 years) Age: 65 years 2 days Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1888), VAB MHG N275, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P1C1?i=656&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
| Marriage of a child | Gerhardus Albertus van Aswegen — Martha Cornelia Brits — View this family August 26, 1889 (Age 49 years) Husband: 23 years Wife: 18 years Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Gerhardus Albertus VAN ASWEGEN and Martha Cornelia BRITS (1889), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZY67?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 395 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Marriage of a child | Jan Hendrik “Jerman” Viljoen — Maria Jacoba Brits — View this family November 23, 1891 (Age 51 years) Husband: 26 Wife: 26 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba BRITS (1919), VAB MHG V2142, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9Q6-G?i=1654&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Jan Hendrik VILJOEN and Maria Jacoba BRITS (1891), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZYF2?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 470 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Publication: Vol. 14, Va-Vir (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1087-3 Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g7. Text: x BRITS |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg about 1892 (Age 52 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 55 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 57 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 59 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. |
| Marriage of a child | Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald — Jeanetta Jacoba Brits — View this family before 1900 (Age 60 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notices: Hermanus Bernardus GROENEWALD (1902), VAB MHG G813, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DJ-4?i=464&cat=195564 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DN-D?i=465&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Maria Jacoba Groenewald March 13, 1900 (Age 60 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Maria Jacoba Groenewald June 3, 1900 (Age 60 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 61 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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| Death of a granddaughter | Maria Jacoba Groenewald before 1902 (Age 62 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notices: Hermanus Bernardus GROENEWALD (1902), VAB MHG G813, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DJ-4?i=464&cat=195564 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DN-D?i=465&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 59 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 12 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 14 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 64 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 66 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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| Marriage of a child | Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert — Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits — View this family May 7, 1907 (Age 67 years) Husband: 36 years Wife: 33 years Publication: database with images Citation details: Marriage: Pieter Johannes Venter JOUBERT and Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITZ (1907), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-SS3V-M?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-MNT%3A183083201%2C1301841311%2C1559233681 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Dealesville > Marriages 1905-1919 > image 34 of 226; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITS (1942), VAB MHG 34716, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9L4-HGFX?i=1021&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 70 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Death of a husband | Gert Roelof Brits August 19, 1912 (Age 72 years) Age: 75 years 11 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 |
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 72 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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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 74 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 78 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 | Philippus Arnoldus Brits February 10, 1919 (Age 79 years) Age: 57 years 8 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1919), VAB MHG B4645, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN33-CK?i=561&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a daughter | Maria Jacoba Brits February 17, 1919 (Age 79 years) Age: 54 years 2 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba BRITS (1919), VAB MHG V2142, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9Q6-G?i=1654&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a daughter | Anna Cecilia Brits August 3, 1926 (Age 86 years) Age: 56 years 9 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITZ (1926), VAB MHG 19084, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P6XP?i=309&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Cornelia Brits May 6, 1928 (Age 88 years) Age: 56 years Address: 27 Boshof Road, Kimberley Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 89 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 daughter | Dina Carolina Brits April 1, 1930 (Age 90 years) Age: 62 years 10 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BRITS (1930), VAB MHG 22411, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-J9DT-W?i=1664&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a daughter | Johanna Susanna Brits May 30, 1933 (Age 93 years) Age: 73 years 4 months Address: 51 Barend Street, Randgate, Krugersdorp Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1933), TAB MHG #81710, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N514?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BT2%3A1590242822 : 14 February 2019), 007820146 > image 1407 of 1687; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Nov 2019 |
| Death of a grandson | Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg August 25, 1938 (Age 98 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
| Death of a daughter | Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits November 23, 1942 (Age 102 years) Age: 68 years 9 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITS (1942), VAB MHG 34716, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9L4-HGFX?i=1021&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Death of a grandson | Gert Roelof Furstenburg June 20, 1943 (Age 103 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 99 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death of a grandson | Francois Johannes Furstenburg March 31, 1950 (Age 110 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e2. |
| Death of a grandson | Frederik Constandt Furstenburg June 5, 1952 (Age 112 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e4. |
| Death of a grandson | Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg February 7, 1954 (Age 114 years) Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e8. |
- Generation 1
Maria Jacoba Meybürgh , daughter ofPhilippus Arnoldus Meiburgh andJohanna Susanna Nienaber , was born calculated 1840. She marriedGert Roelof Brits (first cousin), son ofJan Brits andAnna Cecilia Meyburgh , on August 17, 1857 in Bloemfontein, Free State. He was born on September 12, 1836 and died on August 19, 1912 in Biesempan, Boshof, Free State at the age of 75.Children of
Maria Jacoba Meybürgh andGert Roelof Brits :Jan Jacobus Brits (1858–)Johanna Susanna Brits (1860–1933)Philippus Arnoldus Brits (1861–1919)Anna Cecilia Brits (1863–1869)Maria Jacoba Brits (1864–1919)Dina Carolina Brits (1867–1930)Anna Cecilia Brits (1869–1926)Martha Cornelia Brits (1871–1928)Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits (1874–1942)Jeanetta Jacoba Brits (1878–)Marthinus Jacobus Johannes Brits
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Johanna Susanna Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born on January 31, 1860 in Boshof, Free State and died on May 30, 1933 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng at the age of 73. She marriedFrederik Constant Furstenburg (aunt’s mother’s great-aunt’s great ×4 nephew), son ofFrancois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg andMaria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen .Children of
Johanna Susanna Brits andFrederik Constant Furstenburg :- 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)
Philippus Arnoldus Brits , son ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born on June 2, 1861 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on February 10, 1919 in Doornpan, Dist. Boshof, Free State at the age of 57. He marriedMartha Sophia Viljoen on April 25, 1881 in Brandfort, Free State. She was born calculated 1862.Maria Jacoba Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born calculated December 1864 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on February 17, 1919 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State. She marriedJan Hendrik “Jerman” Viljoen (brother-in-law), son ofDavid Jacobus Viljoen andHester Catherina van Aswegen , on November 23, 1891 in Boshof, Free State. He was born on July 17, 1865.Dina Carolina Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born calculated June 1867 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on April 1, 1930 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State. She marriedDavid Jacobus Viljoen (brother-in-law), son ofDavid Jacobus Viljoen andHester Catherina van Aswegen , on July 7, 1884 in Bloemfontein, Free State. He was born on April 15, 1858 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape and died on October 22, 1910 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State at the age of 52.Anna Cecilia Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born on October 14, 1869 in Edenburg, Dist. Fauresmith, Free State and died on August 3, 1926 in Grassland, Bloemfontein, Free State at the age of 56. She marriedThomas Deacon on March 14, 1887 in Bloemfontein, Free State.Martha Cornelia Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born between June 1871 and April 1872 in Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on May 6, 1928 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She marriedGerhardus Albertus van Aswegen on August 26, 1889 in Boshof, Free State. He was born calculated 1866.Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born calculated February 1874 in Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on November 23, 1942 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State. She marriedPieter Johannes Venter Joubert (first cousin’s son-in-law), son ofFrancois Jacobus Joubert andMargaretha Louisa Boshoff , on May 7, 1907 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State. He was born on June 29, 1870 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on October 8, 1948 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State at the age of 78.Jeanetta Jacoba Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh , was born calculated 1878. She married 2 times. The first time she marriedHermanus Bernardus Groenewald , son ofJohannes Jacobus Groenewald andAbrahamina Johanna “Amy” du Plessis , before 1900. He was born calculated 1877 in Klippan, Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on February 7, 1902 in Hospital, Refugee camp, Brandfort, Free State. The second time she marriedDaniel Cornelis Francois Ellis .Children of
Jeanetta Jacoba Brits andHermanus Bernardus Groenewald :Maria Jacoba Groenewald (1900–1902)
Jeanetta Jacoba Brits andDaniel Cornelis Francois Ellis had 2 children.
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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.