Matthys Daniel Maartens1768–
- Name
- Matthys Daniel Maartens
- Given names
- Matthys Daniel
- Surname
- Maartens
| Baptism | July 3, 1768 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4. |
| Historical Event | July 1776 (Age 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| War | December 20, 1780 (Age 12 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
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| Historical Event | 1780 (Age 11 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
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| War | 1784 (Age 15 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
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| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 26 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
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 (Age 28 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| Marriage | Susanna Haarhof — View this family May 13, 1798 (Age 29 years) Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Susanna Elizabeth Maartens 1798 (Age 29 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Elizabeth MAARTENS (1866), MOOC 6/9/115 #2627, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VBC3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZP%3A1598082375 : 28 September 2018), 007844942 > image 2003 of 2278; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Nov 2019 Text: CAL 1799 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Baptism of a daughter | Susanna Elizabeth Maartens January 6, 1799 (Age 30 years) Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4c1. |
| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 40 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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| Town founded | 1812 (Age 43 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Marriage of a child | Albertus Grobbelaar — Susanna Elizabeth Maartens — View this family April 9, 1815 (Age 46 years) Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1. |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 34 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 50 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 51 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
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| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 56 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 66 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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| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Louisa Maria Grobbelaar March 10, 1838 (Age 69 years) Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1918), MOOC 6/9/1065 #678, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-BWSJ?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K9%3A1598032382 : 11 October 2018), 007730937 > image 511 of 745; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Louisa Maria Grobbelaar April 22, 1838 (Age 69 years) Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 75 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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| Marriage of a grandchild | Petrus Jacobus du Toit — Louisa Maria Grobbelaar — View this family April 27, 1857 (Age 88 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5. 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 Quality of data: secondary evidence Publication: Vol. 13, T-U (2006)
ISBN: 0-7972-1086-5 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1918), MOOC 6/9/1065 #678, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-BWSJ?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K9%3A1598032382 : 11 October 2018), 007730937 > image 511 of 745; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 Citation details: Marriage: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT and Louisa Maria GROBBELAAR (1857), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-492H-Y?i=610&cat=244034 : accessed 14 May 2020 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 88 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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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 92 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 83 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 85 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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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 96 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Death of a daughter | Susanna Elizabeth Maartens April 30, 1866 (Age 97 years) Age: 67 years Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Elizabeth MAARTENS (1866), MOOC 6/9/115 #2627, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VBC3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZP%3A1598082375 : 28 September 2018), 007844942 > image 2003 of 2278; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Nov 2019 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989)
ISBN: - Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1. |
| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 98 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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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 105 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 112 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 112 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 117 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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- Generation 1
Matthys Daniel Maartens , son ofJoachim Heinrich Martens andJacomina van den Berg , was baptized on July 3, 1768. He marriedSusanna Haarhof on May 13, 1798.Children of
Matthys Daniel Maartens andSusanna Haarhof :Susanna Elizabeth Maartens (1798–1866)
- Generation 2back to top
Susanna Elizabeth Maartens , daughter ofMatthys Daniel Maartens andSusanna Haarhof , was born in 1798 in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on April 30, 1866 in Pretoriuskloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 68. She marriedAlbertus Grobbelaar (great-uncle’s son-in-law’s aunt’s father’s grandson), son ofJohannes Jacobus Grobbelaar andElizabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld , on April 9, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on July 2, 1792 and died on April 9, 1846 in Over-Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 53.Children of
Susanna Elizabeth Maartens andAlbertus Grobbelaar :Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1838–1918)
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Louisa Maria Grobbelaar , daughter ofAlbertus Grobbelaar andSusanna Elizabeth Maartens , was born on March 10, 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on February 12, 1918 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 79. She marriedPetrus Jacobus du Toit (great-uncle’s second cousin’s son), son ofDaniël Stephanus du Toit andSusara Maria van Straaten , on April 27, 1857 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on March 15, 1833 in Groenkloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 25, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 67.Children of
Louisa Maria Grobbelaar andPetrus Jacobus du Toit :Susanna Elizabeth du Toit (1858–1937)Daniel Stephanus du Toit (1859–)Albert Grobbelaar du Toit (1862–1938)Petrus Jacobus du Toit (1864–)Susara Maria du Toit (1866–1958)Louwisa Maria du Toit (1867–)Elizabeth Maria du Toit (1869–)Johanna Francina du Toit (1871–)Jacob Stephanus du Toit (1873–)Hendrik Matthijs du Toit (1875–)Louisa Maria du Toit (1877–)Johannes Barend du Toit (1878–)Jacobus Johannes du Toit (1880–)Catharina du Toit (1883–)