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Marthinus Christoffel BothaAge: 46 years1842–1888

Name: Marthinus Christoffel Botha

Given names: Marthinus Christoffel

Surname: Botha

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Birth	May 21, 1842 38 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2.
Baptism	August 14, 1842 (Age 2 months) George, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2.
Town founded	1844 (Age 19 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Epidemic	from 1857 to 1859 (Age 14 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
Marriage	Maria Susanna Stear — View this family February 16, 1865 (Age 22 years) George, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 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 Distribution account: Estate of Maria Susanna STEAR born THERON (1890) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2.
War	from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 18 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
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 38 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
Historical Event	from 1852 to 1902 (Age 9 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.
Historical Event	from 1854 to 1902 (Age 11 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
Economic Event	1865 (Age 22 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 24 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa 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
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 31 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
Economic Event	1881 (Age 38 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
Economic Event	1886 (Age 43 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.
Death	October 20, 1888 (Age 46 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0 Citation details: Botha, p377, b4c9d2e1f2g2.

Generation 1
1. Marthinus Christoffel Botha, son of Adam Botha and Susanna Catharina Jänecke, was born on May 21, 1842 and died on October 20, 1888 at the age of 46. He married Maria Susanna Stear (great-great-uncle’s son-in-law’s great-niece), daughter of John Richard Stear and Maria Susanna Theron, on February 16, 1865 in George, Western Cape. She was born on April 30, 1851 and died on November 27, 1939 at the age of 88.