Jan Abraham Theron 1871–

Jan Abraham Theron1871–

Name: Jan Abraham Theron

Given names: Jan Abraham

Surname: Theron

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Birth	August 5, 1871 44 41 Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f15.
Baptism	December 3, 1871 (Age 3 months) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f15.
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 2 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
Birth of a sister	Ida Naomi Theron September 18, 1875 (Age 4 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f16.
Baptism of a sister	Ida Naomi Theron January 23, 1876 (Age 4 years) Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f16.
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
Economic Event	1881 (Age 9 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold 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
Death of a mother	Anna Sophia Swart November 4, 1883 (Age 12 years) Middelfontein, Dist. Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10.
Marriage of a parent	Jan Abraham Theron — Engela Catharina de Villiers — View this family after 1883 (Age 11 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10.
Economic Event	1886 (Age 14 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa 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.
Marriage of a sibling	Thomas Arnoldus Theron — Susanna Maria Johanna van Pletsen — View this family November 27, 1888 (Age 17 years) Rouxville, Free State, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f6.
Death of a father	Jan Abraham Theron January 4, 1893 (Age 21 years) Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10.
Epidemic	February 1, 1901 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War	from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 28 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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.
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
Epidemic	February 1904 (Age 32 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Epidemic	1906 (Age 34 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event	May 31, 1910 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic	1912 (Age 40 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
Death of a brother	Barend Jacobus Theron October 9, 1915 (Age 44 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p103, b2c4d18e10f11.
War	from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 42 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
Epidemic	1918 (Age 46 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa 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
Death of a sister	Anna Sophia Theron September 6, 1928 (Age 57 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f3.
Economic Event	October 1929 (Age 58 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/MgHbRM Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
Death of a sister	Louisa Jacoba Theron July 12, 1930 (Age 58 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f2.
Death of a sister	Susanna Sophia Theron December 6, 1934 (Age 63 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f1.
Death of a sister	Hendrina Johanna Theron December 9, 1937 (Age 66 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f5.
Death of a sister	Maria Johanna Theron February 19, 1941 (Age 69 years) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f14.
War	from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 68 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
Death of a brother	Thomas Arnoldus Theron October 23, 1946 (Age 75 years) Eensgevonden, Dist. Helpmekaar, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e10f6.
Historical Event	February 14, 1961 (Age 89 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
Historical Event	May 31, 1961 (Age 89 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
Historical Event	February 11, 1990 (Age 118 years) Note: Nelson Mandela [released] (http://www.useful.url) Source: Wikipedia
Death	yes Age: Infant Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p104, b2c4d18e10f15. Text: jonk †

Generation 1
1. Jan Abraham Theron, son of Jan Abraham Theron and Anna Sophia Swart, was born on August 5, 1871.

Family with parents
father Parents Thomas Arnoldus Theron Louisa Jacoba Meyer	Jan Abraham Theron 1827–1893
mother Parents Barnard Hermanus Swart Susanna Sophia …	Anna Sophia Swart 1830–1883
elder sister Family (none)	Susanna Sophia Theron 1850–1934
elder sister Family (none)	Louisa Jacoba Theron 1851–1930
elder sister Family (none)	Anna Sophia Theron 1853–1928
elder sister Family (none)	Magdalena Maria Theron 1854–
elder sister Family (none)	Hendrina Johanna Theron 1855–1937
elder brother Family Susanna Maria Johanna van Pletsen Jan Abraham Theron Francois Van Pletsen Theron Thomas Arnoldus Theron Carel Johannes Theron Barend Hermanus Theron	Thomas Arnoldus Theron 1857–1946
elder sister Family (none)	Margaretha Cecilia Theron 1858–
elder brother Family (none)	Jan Abraham Theron 1859–
elder sister Family (none)	Maria Magdalena Theron 1860–
elder sister Family (none)	Elsie Cecilia Theron 1861–
elder brother Family (none)	Barend Jacobus Theron 1863–1915
elder sister Family (none)	Magdalena Elizabeth Theron 1864–
elder brother Family (none)	Jan Abraham Theron 1867–
elder sister Family (none)	Maria Johanna Theron 1870–1941
himself Family (none)	Jan Abraham Theron 1871–
younger sister Family (none)	Ida Naomi Theron 1875–
Father’s family with Engela Catharina de Villiers
father Parents Thomas Arnoldus Theron Louisa Jacoba Meyer	Jan Abraham Theron 1827–1893
step-mother Parents David Stephanus de Villiers Christina Hendrina Struwig	Engela Catharina de Villiers 1841–1903

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