Maria Susanna StearAge: 88 years1851–1939
- Name
- Maria Susanna Stear
- Given names
- Maria Susanna
- Surname
- Stear
- Married name
- Maria Susanna Botha
| Birth | April 30, 1851 27 25 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Maria Susanna STEAR (1851-1939), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2742055 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 |
| Birth of a sister | Barbara Wilhelmina Stear October 14, 1855 (Age 4 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1934), TAB MHG #86263, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSD-P4GL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BYF%3A1590242847 : 16 December 2016), 007820965 > image 1784 of 2138; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1855-1934), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2469263 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 5 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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| Marriage | Marthinus Christoffel Botha — View this family February 16, 1865 (Age 13 years) Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Distribution account: Estate of Maria Susanna STEAR born THERON (1890), VAB MHG T242, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-J9D3-Q?i=657&cat=195564 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2. |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 9 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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| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Death of a husband | Marthinus Christoffel Botha October 20, 1888 (Age 37 years) Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2. |
| Death of a mother | Maria Susanna Theron February 20, 1890 (Age 38 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 49 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 48 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 8 months) 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 2 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 13 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 15 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 22 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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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 29 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 34 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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| Marriage of a sibling | Petrus Hermanus Pretorius — Barbara Wilhelmina Stear — View this family February 15, 1904 (Age 52 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1934), TAB MHG #86263, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSD-P4GL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BYF%3A1590242847 : 16 December 2016), 007820965 > image 1784 of 2138; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 52 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 54 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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| Death of a father | John Richard Stear November 13, 1909 (Age 58 years) Age: 85 years 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 |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 59 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 60 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 63 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 66 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 78 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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| Death of a sister | Barbara Wilhelmina Stear August 8, 1934 (Age 83 years) Age: 78 years 10 months Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1934), TAB MHG #86263, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSD-P4GL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BYF%3A1590242847 : 16 December 2016), 007820965 > image 1784 of 2138; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1855-1934), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2469263 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 88 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death | November 27, 1939 (Age 88 years) Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Maria Susanna STEAR (1851-1939), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2742055 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 |
| Burial | Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Maria Susanna STEAR (1851-1939), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2742055 : accessed 11 Dec 2019 |
- Generation 1
Maria Susanna Stear , daughter ofJohn Richard Stear andMaria Susanna Theron , was born on April 30, 1851 and died on November 27, 1939 at the age of 88. She marriedMarthinus Christoffel Botha (great-aunt’s aunt’s great-grandson), son ofAdam Botha andSusanna Catharina Jänecke , on February 16, 1865 in George, Western Cape. He was born on May 21, 1842 and died on October 20, 1888 at the age of 46.