Johannes Jacobus Frederik BritsAge: 82 years1781–1864
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- Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits
- Given names
- Johannes Jacobus Frederik
- Surname
- Brits
| Baptism | October 20, 1781 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. |
| Birth of a brother | Rudolph Marthinus Brits calculated June 10, 1782 (Age 7 months) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Rudolph Marthinus BRITS (1868), VAB MHG B208, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DNS5-48?i=351&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
| Baptism of a brother | Rudolph Marthinus Brits November 9, 1783 (Age 2 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. |
| War | 1784 (Age 2 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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| Marriage of a parent | Rudolph Brits — Cornelia Margaretha Nortje — View this family September 23, 1792 (Age 10 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 13 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 15 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 | Maria Magdalena Brits — View this family June 28, 1799 (Age 17 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d6. |
| Marriage of a sibling | Rudolph Marthinus Brits — Dina Carolina Brits — View this family January 11, 1801 (Age 19 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d7. |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 21 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 27 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 30 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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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 36 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 38 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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| Marriage | Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde — View this family January 2, 1825 (Age 43 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: van der Linde, p121, b3c3d13. |
| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 43 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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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Cecilia Helena Christina Brits July 29, 1827 (Age 45 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. |
| Baptism of a daughter | Cecilia Helena Christina Brits October 21, 1827 (Age 46 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. |
| Marriage of a sibling | Rudolph Marthinus Brits — Elizabeth Catharina Brits — View this family October 6, 1833 (Age 51 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4f1. |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 53 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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| Town founded | 1844 (Age 62 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 child | Jacobus Brits — Cecilia Helena Christina Brits — View this family February 26, 1849 (Age 67 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2. Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. Citation details: Marriage: Jacobus BRITS and Cicilia Helena Christina BRITS (1849), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-W97L-K?i=416&cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits June 26, 1850 (Age 68 years) Publication: database with images Citation details: Marrage: Jan Johannes Rudolf BRITS and Dina Carolina BOTHA (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZGW?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-L29%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183104101 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1870-1890 > image 6 of 828; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Text: CAL 1851 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2h1. |
| Baptism of a grandson | Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits May 19, 1851 (Age 69 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g2h1. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 75 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 79 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 70 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 72 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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| Death | May 11, 1864 (Age 82 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. |
- Generation 1
Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits , son ofRudolph Brits andJohanna Petronella Oosthuizen , was baptized on October 20, 1781 and died on May 11, 1864 in Boshof, Free State at the age of 82. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedMaria Magdalena Brits (sister-in-law), daughter ofRudolph Johannes Brits andGeertruida van Eck , on June 28, 1799. She was baptized on November 24, 1782. The second time he marriedCatharina Elizabeth van der Linde (niece-in-law’s aunt’s father-in-law’s niece), daughter ofGerrit van der Linde andCecilia du Plessis , on January 2, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was baptized on November 25, 1801.Children of
Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits andCatharina Elizabeth van der Linde :Cecilia Helena Christina Brits (1827–)
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Cecilia Helena Christina Brits , daughter ofJohannes Jacobus Frederik Brits andCatharina Elizabeth van der Linde , was born on July 29, 1827. She marriedJacobus Brits (first cousin once removed descending), son ofJan Brits andAnna Cecilia Meyburgh , on February 26, 1849 in Colesberg, Northern Cape. He was born on January 12, 1828.Children of
Cecilia Helena Christina Brits andJacobus Brits :Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits (1850–)
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Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits , son ofJacobus Brits andCecilia Helena Christina Brits , was born on June 26, 1850. He marriedDina Carolina Botha (uncle’s son-in-law’s step-mother), daughter ofJacob Pieter Botha andAnna Cecilia Brits , on March 7, 1870 in Bloemfontein, Free State. She was born calculated October 1852 in Free State and died on February 7, 1923 in Bloemfontein, Free State.Children of
Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits andDina Carolina Botha :