Jonathan Jacobus Theron1812–
- Name
- Jonathan Jacobus Theron
- Given names
- Jonathan Jacobus
- Surname
- Theron
| Birth | April 29, 1812 28 24 Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e2. |
| Baptism | December 5, 1812 (Age 7 months) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e2. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jan Theron 1814 (Age 20 months) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p252, b4c5. |
| Birth of a brother | Carel David Theron January 10, 1815 (Age 2 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e3. |
| 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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| 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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| Baptism of a brother | Carel David Theron January 22, 1815 (Age 2 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e3. |
| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Birth of a sister | Martha Sophia Magdalena Theron February 16, 1820 (Age 7 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e4. |
| Death of a sister | Martha Sophia Magdalena Theron 1820 (Age 7 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e4. |
| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 7 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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| Baptism of a sister | Martha Sophia Magdalena Theron March 5, 1820 (Age 7 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e4. |
| Birth of a sister | Maria Gertruida Charlotta Theron January 18, 1822 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e5. |
| Baptism of a sister | Maria Gertruida Charlotta Theron February 10, 1822 (Age 9 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e5. |
| Birth of a brother | Charl David Theron February 16, 1824 (Age 11 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e6. |
| Baptism of a brother | Charl David Theron March 7, 1824 (Age 11 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e6. |
| Birth of a sister | Maria Susanna Theron June 26, 1825 (Age 13 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e7. |
| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 12 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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| Baptism of a sister | Maria Susanna Theron July 9, 1825 (Age 13 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e7. |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 22 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 31 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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| Marriage of a sibling | John Richard Stear — Maria Susanna Theron — View this family February 21, 1848 (Age 35 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e7. Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: John Richard STEAR (1909), VAB MHG S3394, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-5HJ7?cat=195564 : accessed 10 Dec 2019 Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Mari Susanna TERON (1890), VAB MHG T242, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-J989-4?i=654&cat=195564 : accessed 12 Dec 2019 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Mari Susanna TERON (1890), TAB O/5317, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-C3ZR-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-TMS%3A1590242346 : 14 February 2019), 007805510 > image 311 of 969; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 12 Dec 2019 Citation details: Marriage: John Richard STEAR and Maria Susanna THERON (1848), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-89HL-M?i=488&cat=244034 : accessed 22 Apr 2020 |
| Death of a father | Charl David “Charles” Theron November 25, 1848 (Age 36 years) Age: 64 years Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Charl David THERON (1848), MOOC 6/9/46 #9848, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSYY-H?mode=g&i=1358&cat=331262 image 1359/2283 : accessed 8 Mar 2017 Quality of data: primary evidence Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p280, b4c5d6. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 44 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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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 48 years) 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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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 39 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 41 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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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 54 years) 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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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 61 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| Death of a brother | Johannes Petrus Theron November 6, 1874 (Age 62 years) Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p280, b4c5d6e1. |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 68 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 68 years) 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
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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 73 years) 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.
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| Death of a sister | Maria Susanna Theron February 20, 1890 (Age 77 years) Age: 64 years Publication: Hugenote Genealogiereeks no. 2, Hugenote-Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek, 2009 Citation details: Deel 2, p283, b4c5d6e7. Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Mari Susanna TERON (1890), VAB MHG T242, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-J989-4?i=654&cat=195564 : accessed 12 Dec 2019 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Mari Susanna TERON (1890), TAB O/5317, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-C3ZR-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-TMS%3A1590242346 : 14 February 2019), 007805510 > image 311 of 969; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 12 Dec 2019 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 88 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 87 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 91 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 93 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 98 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 99 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
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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 102 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 105 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
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| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 117 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
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- Generation 1
Jonathan Jacobus Theron , son ofCharl David “Charles” Theron andMaria Susanna Fourie , was born on April 29, 1812.