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Annie Elizabeth …
Given names
Annie Elizabeth
Married name
Annie Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen
MarriageHendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen — View this family
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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: Hendrik Johannes NIEUWENHUIZEN (1936), MOOC 6/9/4740 #49542, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5SRC-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 274 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Dec 2019
Town founded 1844

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Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Epidemic from 1857 to 1859

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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

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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
Economic Event 1865
South Africa

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Note: Economic depression
Birth of a son
#1		Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen
calculated 1867
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: Hendrik Johannes NIEUWENHUIZEN (1936), MOOC 6/9/4740 #49542, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5SRC-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 274 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Dec 2019
Economic Event 1867
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa

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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
Economic Event September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa

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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881

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Note: First Boer War
Economic Event 1881
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa

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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
Economic Event 1886
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen
October 1, 1900
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
Epidemic February 1, 1901

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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902

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Note: Second Boer War
Historical Event from 1852 to 1902

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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

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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
Epidemic February 1904

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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Epidemic 1906

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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event May 31, 1910

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Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic 1912

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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
War from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918

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Note: World War I
Epidemic 1918

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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
Economic Event October 1929

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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
Death of a sonHendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen
January 7, 1936 Age: 69 years
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: Hendrik Johannes NIEUWENHUIZEN (1936), MOOC 6/9/4740 #49542, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5SRC-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 274 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Dec 2019
War from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945

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Note: World War II
Death of a granddaughterAnne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen
March 26, 1948
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b3c2d2e1.
  1. Generation 1

    1. Annie Elizabeth …. She married Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen.

      Children of Annie Elizabeth … and Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen:

      1. Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen (1867–1936)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen, son of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Annie Elizabeth …, was born calculated 1867 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 7, 1936 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He married Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree, daughter of Philip Marais and Bridget MacGeer.

      Children of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree:

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      4. Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen (1900–1948)

      Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen had 3 children.

  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen, daughter of Hendrik Johannes Nieuwenhuizen and Francina Aletta “Francis” Maree, was born on October 1, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 26, 1948 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 47. She married Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank, son of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna Schoombee.

      Children of Anne Elizabeth Nieuwenhuizen and Johannes Michael “Mike” Erlank:

      1. Johannes Michael “Johnny” Erlank (1925–1969)
      2. Hendrik Johannes “Dirk” Erlank (1927–1975)
      3. Pieter Jacobus Erlank (1929–1995)
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