Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen–
- Name
- Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen
- Given names
- Johanna Petronella
- Surname
- Oosthuizen
- Married name
- Johanna Petronella Brits
| 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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| Marriage | Rudolph Brits — View this family May 21, 1780 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2. |
| 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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| Baptism of a son | Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits October 20, 1781 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. |
| Birth of a son #1 | Rudolph Marthinus Brits calculated June 10, 1782 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 son | Rudolph Marthinus Brits November 9, 1783 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. |
| 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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| Marriage of a child | Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits — Maria Magdalena Brits — View this family June 28, 1799 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 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Note: French Revolution
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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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| 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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| Marriage of a child | Rudolph Marthinus Brits — Dina Carolina Brits — View this family January 11, 1801 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 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 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 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
| 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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| Marriage of a child | Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits — Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde — View this family January 2, 1825 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. |
| Marriage of a grandchild | Jan Brits — Anna Cecilia Meyburgh — View this family January 21, 1825 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 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 granddaughter #2 | Cecilia Helena Christina Brits July 29, 1827 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Cecilia Helena Christina Brits October 21, 1827 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e1f15. |
| Marriage of a child | Rudolph Marthinus Brits — Elizabeth Catharina Brits — View this family October 6, 1833 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 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 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 grandchild | Jacobus Brits — Cecilia Helena Christina Brits — View this family February 26, 1849 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 |
| 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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| Death of a son | Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits May 11, 1864 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. |
| 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 son | Rudolph Marthinus Brits November 1, 1868 Age: 86 years 4 months 21 days Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. 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 |
| 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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| 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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| Death of a grandson | Jan Brits August 3, 1869 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
| 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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- Generation 1
Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen . She marriedRudolph Brits , son ofHans Jacob Brits andHester Engela van der Heiden , on May 21, 1780.Children of
Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen andRudolph Brits :Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits (1781–1864)Rudolph Marthinus Brits (1782–1868)
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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–)
Rudolph Marthinus Brits , son ofRudolph Brits andJohanna Petronella Oosthuizen , was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedDina Carolina Brits (sister-in-law), daughter ofRudolph Johannes Brits andGeertruida van Eck , on January 11, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape. The second time he marriedElizabeth Catharina Brits (first cousin once removed descending), daughter ofJohannes Nicolaas “Johan” Brits andAnna Johanna Wilken , on October 6, 1833 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on July 9, 1816 and died on December 27, 1857 at the age of 41.Children of
Rudolph Marthinus Brits andDina Carolina Brits :Jan Brits (1803–1869)
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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–)
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)