Rudolph Johannes Brits1741–
- Name
- Rudolph Johannes Brits
- Given names
- Rudolph Johannes
- Surname
- Brits
| Baptism | March 12, 1741 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c7. |
| Historical Event | 1754 (Age 12 years) 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 (Age 14 years) 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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| Marriage | Geertruida van Eck — View this family May 1, 1768 (Age 27 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c7. |
| Historical Event | July 1776 (Age 35 years) Source: Wikipedia Note: Americans declare independece
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| War | December 20, 1780 (Age 39 years) 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 (Age 38 years) 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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| Baptism of a daughter | Maria Magdalena Brits November 24, 1782 (Age 41 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d6. |
| War | 1784 (Age 42 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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| Baptism of a daughter | Dina Carolina Brits February 3, 1785 (Age 43 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d7. |
| Historical Event | 1795 (Age 53 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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| Marriage of a child | Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits — Maria Magdalena Brits — View this family June 28, 1799 (Age 58 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. |
| War | from 1789 to 1799 (Age 47 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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| Historical Event | March 5, 1797 (Age 55 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 of a child | Rudolph Marthinus Brits — Dina Carolina Brits — View this family January 11, 1801 (Age 59 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jan Brits October 21, 1803 (Age 62 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (Age 62 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Baptism of a grandson | Jan Brits February 5, 1804 (Age 62 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 67 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 70 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 77 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 78 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 of a grandchild | Jan Brits — Anna Cecilia Meyburgh — View this family January 21, 1825 (Age 83 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: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. 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 Publication: Vol 5, L-M (1999)
ISBN: 0-7972-0732-5 Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2f3. |
| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 83 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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| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 93 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 102 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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| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 115 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 110 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 112 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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- Generation 1
Rudolph Johannes Brits , son ofRudolph Brits andHuibrecht Brand , was baptized on March 12, 1741. He marriedGeertruida van Eck on May 1, 1768.Children of
Rudolph Johannes Brits andGeertruida van Eck :Maria Magdalena Brits (1782–)Dina Carolina Brits (1785–)
- Generation 2back to top
Maria Magdalena Brits , daughter ofRudolph Johannes Brits andGeertruida van Eck , was baptized on November 24, 1782. She marriedJohannes Jacobus Frederik Brits (brother-in-law), son ofRudolph Brits andJohanna Petronella Oosthuizen , on June 28, 1799. He was baptized on October 20, 1781 and died on May 11, 1864 in Boshof, Free State at the age of 82.Dina Carolina Brits , daughter ofRudolph Johannes Brits andGeertruida van Eck , was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape. She marriedRudolph Marthinus Brits (brother-in-law), son ofRudolph Brits andJohanna Petronella Oosthuizen , on January 11, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State.Children of
Dina Carolina Brits andRudolph Marthinus Brits :Jan Brits (1803–1869)
- Generation 3back to top
Jan Brits , son ofRudolph Marthinus Brits andDina Carolina Brits , was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65. He marriedAnna Cecilia Meyburgh (uncle’s grandson’s son-in-law’s wife’s great-aunt), daughter ofJacobus Myburgh andMartha du Plessis , on January 21, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State.Children of
Jan Brits andAnna Cecilia Meyburgh :Jacobus Brits (1828–)Gert Roelof Brits (1836–1912)