Maria Jacoba van den Berg 1789–1872

Maria Jacoba van den BergAge: 82 years1789–1872

Name: Maria Jacoba van den Berg

Given names: Maria Jacoba

Surname: van den Berg

Married name: Maria Jacoba Nienaber

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Birth	August 15, 1789 Camdeboo, Dist. 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: 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 Text: CAL 16 AUG 1790 Death notice: Maria Jacoba VAN DEN BERG (1872) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7.
Baptism	September 27, 1789 (Age 43 days) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7.
War	from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
Historical Event	1795 (Age 5 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 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
Marriage	Jan Hendrik Nienaber — View this family June 28, 1807 (Age 17 years) Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 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 Death notice: Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1888) 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: 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 Death notice: Jan Hendrik NIENABER (1849) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7.
War	from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
Natural disaster	1809 (Age 19 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 22 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 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
Historical Event	1820 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter #1	Johanna Susanna Nienaber calculated August 24, 1823 (Age 34 years) Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 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 Death notice: Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1888)
Economic Event	1825 (Age 35 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 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
Marriage of a child	Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh — Johanna Susanna Nienaber — View this family December 26, 1838 (Age 49 years) Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 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: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1860) Source: Civil registrations (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 Citation details: Marriage: Philippus Arnoldus MEYBURG and Johanna Suzanna NIENABER (1838), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-3SPV-B?i=247&cat=244034 : accessed 27 Nov 2019 Marriage: Philippus Arnoldus MEYBURG and Johanna Suzanna NIENABER (1838) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 5 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999) ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2f8. Shared note: Parents of Maria Jacoba MEYBURGH Parents of Maria Jacoba MEYBURGH No direct evidence that this Maria Jacoba MEYBURGH is the daughter of Phillipus Arnoldus MEYBURGH and Johanna Susanna NIENABER, other than that these two names appear as witnesses to the baptism of Maria's daughter Johanna Susanna together with Maria's in-laws names. A Maria Jacoba is listed as first born in the death notice of Philippus Arnoldus MEYBURGH, but her married name is not given there. Shared note: Children of Philippus Arnoldus MEIBURGH (1818-1884) and Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1823-1888) Children of Philippus Arnoldus MEIBURGH (1818-1884) and Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1823-1888) The names of the children listed in both their death notices do not correspond completely to the children listed as g1..g9 in SAG 12, p761. There is some overlap, but also omissions in both sources. The data in SAG 12 seems to be identical to that of the genealogies prepared by PA Myburgh as well as Freek Myburgh. This requires further investigation.
Birth of a granddaughter #1	Maria Jacoba Meybürgh calculated 1840 (Age 50 years) Source: South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 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 Marriage: Gerrit Rudolf BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEIBURG (1857) Shared note: Children of Philippus Arnoldus MEIBURGH (1818-1884) and Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1823-1888) Children of Philippus Arnoldus MEIBURGH (1818-1884) and Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1823-1888) The names of the children listed in both their death notices do not correspond completely to the children listed as g1..g9 in SAG 12, p761. There is some overlap, but also omissions in both sources. The data in SAG 12 seems to be identical to that of the genealogies prepared by PA Myburgh as well as Freek Myburgh. This requires further investigation.
Town founded	1844 (Age 54 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Death of a husband	Jan Hendrik Nienaber July 10, 1849 (Age 59 years) Age: 66 years 0 months 2 days Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern 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: 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 Death notice: Jan Hendrik NIENABER (1849) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7.
Marriage of a grandchild	Gert Roelof Brits — Maria Jacoba Meybürgh — View this family August 17, 1857 (Age 68 years) Husband: 21 years Wife: 17 years Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 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 Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 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 Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912) Source: South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 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 Marriage: Gerrit Rudolf BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEIBURG (1857)
Epidemic	from 1857 to 1859 (Age 67 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 71 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
Historical Event	from 1852 to 1902 (Age 62 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 64 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
Economic Event	1865 (Age 75 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 77 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	August 6, 1872 (Age 82 years) Age: 81 years 11 months 21 days Taaiboschfontein, Dist. Colesberg, Northern 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: 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 Death notice: Maria Jacoba VAN DEN BERG (1872) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000) ISBN: Citation details: Nienaber, p300, b7.

Generation 1
1. Maria Jacoba van den Berg was born on August 15, 1789 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on August 6, 1872 in Taaiboschfontein, Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape at the age of 82. She married Jan Hendrik Nienaber, son of Jan Hendrik Nienaber and Maria Agatha du Plessis, on June 28, 1807. He was born calculated July 8, 1783 in Rhenosterberg, Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape and died on July 10, 1849 in Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape.
  Children of Maria Jacoba van den Berg and Jan Hendrik Nienaber:
  1. Johanna Susanna Nienaber (1823–1888)
Generation 2back to top
1. Johanna Susanna Nienaber, daughter of Jan Hendrik Nienaber and Maria Jacoba van den Berg, was born calculated August 24, 1823 in Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape and died on August 26, 1888 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State. She married Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh (second cousin), son of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, on December 26, 1838 in Colesberg, Northern Cape. He was born on September 5, 1818 and died on December 2, 1884 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State at the age of 66.
  Children of Johanna Susanna Nienaber and Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh:
  1. Maria Jacoba Meybürgh (1840–)
Generation 3back to top
1. Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh and Johanna Susanna Nienaber, was born calculated 1840. She married Gert Roelof Brits (first cousin), son of Jan Brits and Anna 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 and Gert Roelof Brits:
  1. Jan Jacobus Brits (1858–)
  2. Johanna Susanna Brits (1860–1933)
  3. Philippus Arnoldus Brits (1861–1919)
  4. Anna Cecilia Brits (1863–1869)
  5. Maria Jacoba Brits (1864–1919)
  6. Dina Carolina Brits (1867–1930)
  7. Anna Cecilia Brits (1869–1926)
  8. Martha Cornelia Brits (1871–1928)
  9. Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits (1874–1942)
  10. Jeanetta Jacoba Brits (1878–)
  11. Marthinus Jacobus Johannes Brits

Family with Jan Hendrik Nienaber
husband Parents Jan Hendrik Nienaber Maria Agatha du Plessis	Jan Hendrik Nienaber 1783–1849
herself Parents (unknown)	Maria Jacoba van den Berg 1789–1872
daughter Family Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh Maria Jacoba Meybürgh	Johanna Susanna Nienaber 1823–1888

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