Maria de Leeuw–
- Name
- Maria de Leeuw
- Given names
- Maria
- Surname
- de Leeuw
- Married name
- Maria Hendriks
| Marriage | Johannes Jacob Hendriks — View this family yes Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8. |
| Historical Event | 1754 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony
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| Epidemic | May 1, 1755 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die
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| Historical Event | July 1776 Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Jacoba Louisa Hendriks January 18, 1778 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8. |
| War | December 20, 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: Britain declares war on the Netherlands. French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English
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| Historical Event | 1780 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780s_in_South_Africa Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony
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| War | 1784 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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| Historical Event | 1795 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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| Marriage of a child | Heremias Nieuwoudt — Jacoba Louisa Hendriks — View this family July 24, 1796 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790s_in_South_Africa Note: The Cape becomes a British Colony
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt February 13, 1806 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Baptism of a grandson | Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt February 16, 1806 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
| Natural disaster | 1809 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 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 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 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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| Economic Event | 1825 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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| Marriage of a grandchild | Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt — Anna Maria Theron — View this family April 8, 1832 Citation details: Marriage: Heremias Hendrik NIEUWOUD and Anna Maria THERON (1832), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QD89?i=210&cat=959223 : accessed 7 Dec 2019 Text: D. 8de April 32 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Anna Maria NIEUWOUDT (1838), MOOC 6/9/13 #2940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-M9MK-T?mode=g&i=1014 image 1015/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p274, b4c5d1e6. Text: 26 FEB 1832 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. Text: x Graaff-Reinet 7.4.1832 Anna Maria THERON |
| Historical Event | 1835 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Marriage of a grandchild | Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt — Judith Johanna Haarhof — View this family December 13, 1838 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
| Town founded | 1844 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 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 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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| Death of a grandson | Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt November 24, 1867 Publication: Vol. 6, N (2000)
ISBN: Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
| 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 | 1865 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 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
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- Generation 1
Maria de Leeuw . She marriedJohannes Jacob Hendriks .Children of
Maria de Leeuw andJohannes Jacob Hendriks :Jacoba Louisa Hendriks (1778–)
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Jacoba Louisa Hendriks , daughter ofJohannes Jacob Hendriks andMaria de Leeuw , was born on January 18, 1778. She marriedHeremias Nieuwoudt , son ofIzaak Nieuwoudt andDorothea Elizabeth Hertzog , on July 24, 1796 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was baptized on February 28, 1773 in Paarl, Western Cape and died on December 26, 1851 in Toon Bothasfontein, Richmond, Northern Cape at the age of 78.Children of
Jacoba Louisa Hendriks andHeremias Nieuwoudt :Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt (1806–1867)
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Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt , son ofHeremias Nieuwoudt andJacoba Louisa Hendriks , was born on February 13, 1806 and died on November 24, 1867 in Karriboschpoort, , at the age of 61. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedAnna Maria Theron (uncle’s father’s great-niece), daughter ofPieter Carel Theron andAletta Catherina Steenberg , on April 8, 1832 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on March 25, 1811 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on July 29, 1838 in Sneeuwberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 27. The second time he marriedJudith Johanna Haarhof , daughter ofPieter Josua Haarhof andJudith Johanna le Roux , on December 13, 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on October 1, 1818 in Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.