Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967

Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete, 1899–1967 (aged 67 years)

Willem Jacobus en Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (c. 1920)

Name Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete

Name: Cornelius Willem Petrus /Cloete/
Given names: Cornelius Willem Petrus
Surname: Cloete
Nickname: Corneels

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	April 30, 1899 26 32 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Gravestones in the Barkly East cemetery Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 1 year) Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. Source: Wikipedia
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 3 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 2 years) 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. Source: Wikipedia
Historical Event	Orange Free State from 1854 to 1902 (aged 2 years) 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. Source: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Pneumonic plague February 1904 (aged 4 years) Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a mother	Jacoba Ritchie Erlank July 30, 1904 (aged 5 years) Age: 33 years 11 months Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Address: Smith Street, Barkly East Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Citation details: Death registration Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9728-5415-34?cc=1779109&wc=31DM-T36:139964701,140029801 : accessed 24 September 2015), 1904 > Barkly East > image 78 of 125; National Archives, Pretoria. Death Registration: Jacoba Ritchie Cloete (1904) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1904), MOOC 6/9/506 #2460/1904, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W9B4-B?mode=g&i=1076&cat=331262 image 1077/2096 : accessed 22 Feb 2017 Death notice: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1904) Note: Gravestone gives 29 July, while all other sources give 30 July.
Death of a sister	Sophia Ritche Cloete April 15, 1905 (aged 5 years) Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cause: Membranous croup Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Citation details: Death registration Sophia Ritchie CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21988-26313-44?cc=1779109&wc=31DH-YWP:139965001,140029801 : accessed 24 September 2015), 1905 > Barkly East > image 39 of 144; National Archives, Pretoria. Death Registration: Sophia Cloete (1905) Note: Child living with grandparents at time of death
Epidemic	Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 6 years) Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. Source: Wikipedia
Marriage of a parent	Willem Jacobus Cloete — Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels — View this family April 25, 1907 (aged 7 years) Winburg, Free State, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Willem Jacobus CLOETE (1937), MOOC 6/9/4997 #56972/1937, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-93F5-Z?i=584&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017 image 585/1542 Source: South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956 Citation details: Marriage: Cornelia Susanna WESSELS and Willem Jacobus CLOETE (1907), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QG-RQVN?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-GPF%3A183083201%2C1301774502%2C1301774601 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Winburg > Marriages 1883-1899 1903-1904 1902-1955 > image 702 of 1280; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 16 Oct 2018 Marriage: Cornelia Susanna WESSELS and Willem Jacobus CLOETE (1907)
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 11 years) Note: Union of South Africa established. Source: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 12 years) Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. Source: Wikipedia
War	World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 19 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 18 years) Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a paternal grandfather	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete October 23, 1929 (aged 30 years) Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cause: diabetes, senility Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Citation details: Death registration Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22056-65711-89?cc=1779109 : accessed 28 September 2015), 1929 > Barkly East > image 96 of 111; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: October 28, 1929 Quality of data: primary evidence Death Registration: Cornelius Willem Petrus Cloete (1929) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1929), MOOC 6/9/3624 #24488/1929, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSR1-J?i=891&cat=331262 : accessed 18 Feb 2017, image 892/1527 Death notice: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1929)
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 30 years) Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a half-brother	… Jannie Cloete before 1933 (aged 33 years) Age: ~15 Cause: Het aan sy hart gely Source: Ouma Babes se vertelling Citation details: http://genes.tronsmit.com/individual.php?pid=I1&ged=Theron#stories : accessed 16 Nov 2014 Note: Op 'n jong leeftyd oorlede.
Death of a father	Willem Jacobus Cloete November 1, 1937 (aged 38 years) Age: 65 years 4 months 25 days Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cause: haemorrhage of the brain and shock as the result of a motor car accident on the night of the 30/10/37 Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Citation details: Death registration Willem Jacobus CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159394-179887-91?cc=1779109 : accessed 17 October 2015), 1937 > Barkly East > image 91 of 200; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: November 1, 1937 Quality of data: primary evidence Death registration: Willem Jacobus Cloete (1937) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Willem Jacobus CLOETE (1937), MOOC 6/9/4997 #56972/1937, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-93F5-Z?i=584&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017 image 585/1542
War	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 46 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 61 years) South Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. Source: Wikipedia
Historical Event	Republic of South Africa May 31, 1961 (aged 62 years) Note: South Africa becomes a republic. Source: Wikipedia
Burial of a mother	Jacoba Ritchie Erlank Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death	February 26, 1967 (aged 67 years) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Source: Gravestones in the Barkly East cemetery Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East Source: Barkly East Reporter Citation details: Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967), 3 March 1967 Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967)
Burial	March 1, 1967 (3 days after death) Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Barkly East Reporter Citation details: Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967), 3 March 1967 Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967)

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Family with parents
father Parents Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete Johanna Sophia Burgers	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937
mother Parents Andries Gustaf Erlank Susanna Sophia Ritchie	Jacoba Ritchie Erlank 1866–1904
himself	Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967
younger sister	Sophia Ritche Cloete 1900–1905
younger brother Family Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1901–1981
sister Family Henri Jacobus Reeders Jacobus Andreas James Reeders Private Private Private	Private
younger sister Family Gert Christiaan Boet Delport Gert Cloete Delport Private	Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete 1904–1985

Father’s family with Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels
father Parents Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete Johanna Sophia Burgers	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937
step-mother	Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels 1873–1956
half-brother	… Jannie Cloete 1918–1933
half-sister Family John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer Julia Watermeyer Private Private Private	Nita Estelle Cloete 1918–1976

Family with Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed
himself	Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967
wife Parents Hendrik Paul Welgemoed Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed	Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed 1908–1989
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