Daniel Cornelis Francois EllisAge: 68 years1869–1937
- Name
- Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis
- Given names
- Daniel Cornelis Francois
- Surname
- Ellis
| Birth | calculated March 1869 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 Text: CAL 1870 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Cornelis Francois ELLIS (1937), VAB MHG 29636, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L4-H4YJ?i=1539&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 4 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 11 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Death of a wife | Maria Elizabeth le Grange about 1900 (Age 30 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Cornelis Francois ELLIS (1937), VAB MHG 29636, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L4-H4YJ?i=1539&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 31 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 30 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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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 11 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 16 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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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 34 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 36 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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| Death of a wife | Susara Elizabeth Brits about 1907 (Age 37 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Cornelis Francois ELLIS (1937), VAB MHG 29636, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L4-H4YJ?i=1539&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 41 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 42 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 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 48 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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| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 60 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 | November 30, 1937 (Age 68 years) Age: 68 years 8 months Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Cornelis Francois ELLIS (1937), VAB MHG 29636, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L4-H4YJ?i=1539&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis was born calculated March 1869 in Ladismith, Western Cape and died on November 30, 1937 in Biesiepan, Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State. He married 3 times. The first time he marriedMaria Elizabeth le Grange . The second time he marriedSusara Elizabeth Brits . The third time he marriedJeanetta Jacoba Brits , daughter ofGert Roelof Brits andMaria Jacoba Meybürgh .Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis andMaria Elizabeth le Grange had 1 child.Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis andSusara Elizabeth Brits had 2 children.Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis andJeanetta Jacoba Brits had 2 children.