Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BritsAge: 68 years1874–1942
- Name
- Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits
- Given names
- Magdalena Cecilia Johanna
- Surname
- Brits
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
Magdalena Johanna Cecilia Brits
- Name
- Magdalena Johanna Cecilia Brits
- Given names
- Magdalena Johanna Cecilia
- Surname
- Brits
- Married name
- Magdalena Johanna Cecilia Joubert
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
| Birth | calculated February 1874 37 34 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 sister | Jeanetta Jacoba Brits calculated 1878 (Age 3 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 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Marriage of a sibling | Philippus Arnoldus Brits — Martha Sophia Viljoen — View this family April 25, 1881 (Age 7 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 6 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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| Marriage of a sibling | David Jacobus Viljoen — Dina Carolina Brits — View this family July 7, 1884 (Age 10 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 maternal grandfather | Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh December 2, 1884 (Age 10 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 |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 11 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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| Marriage of a sibling | Thomas Deacon — Anna Cecilia Brits — View this family March 14, 1887 (Age 13 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Johanna Susanna Nienaber August 26, 1888 (Age 14 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 sibling | Gerhardus Albertus van Aswegen — Martha Cornelia Brits — View this family August 26, 1889 (Age 15 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 sibling | Jan Hendrik “Jerman” Viljoen — Maria Jacoba Brits — View this family November 23, 1891 (Age 17 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna Cecilia Meyburgh November 15, 1896 (Age 22 years) Age: 88 years 6 months Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. Text: 15.1.1896 (88.6.-) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia MIJBURG (1896), VAB MHG M819, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-P93Z-L?i=1476&cat=195564 : accessed 7 Dec 2019 |
| Marriage of a sibling | Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald — Jeanetta Jacoba Brits — View this family before 1900 (Age 25 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 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 27 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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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 25 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 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 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 30 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 31 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 | Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert — View this family May 7, 1907 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 36 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 father | Gert Roelof Brits August 19, 1912 (Age 38 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 37 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 40 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 43 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 brother | Philippus Arnoldus Brits February 10, 1919 (Age 45 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 sister | Maria Jacoba Brits February 17, 1919 (Age 45 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 sister | Anna Cecilia Brits August 3, 1926 (Age 52 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 sister | Martha Cornelia Brits May 6, 1928 (Age 54 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 55 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 sister | Dina Carolina Brits April 1, 1930 (Age 56 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 sister | Johanna Susanna Brits May 30, 1933 (Age 59 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 |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 65 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death | November 23, 1942 (Age 68 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 |
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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.