Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete, 18991967 (aged 67 years)

Name
Cornelius Willem Petrus /Cloete/
Given names
Cornelius Willem Petrus
Surname
Cloete
Nickname
Corneels
Birth
Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East
Citation details: Baptism: Cornelus Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-9792-S?cc=1478678 : 4 March 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province : accessed 4 May 2021
Baptism
Citation details: Baptism: Cornelus Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-9792-S?cc=1478678 : 4 March 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province : accessed 4 May 2021
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Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 1 year)
Source citation:

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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 3 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 2 years)
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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
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 2 years)
Source citation:

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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
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 4 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Death of a mother
Address: Smith Street, Barkly East
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.
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
Note: Gravestone gives 29 July, while all other sources give 30 July.
Death of a sister
Cause: Membranous croup
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.
Note: Child living with grandparents at time of death
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 6 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Marriage of a parent
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
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
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 11 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 12 years)
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 19 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 18 years)
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 20 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 25 years)
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Death of a paternal grandfather
Cause: diabetes, senility
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
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
Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 30 years)
Source citation:

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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a half-brother
before 1933 (aged 33 years) Age: ~15
Cause: Het aan sy hart gely
Note: Op 'n jong leeftyd oorlede.
Death of a father
November 1, 1937 (aged 38 years) Age: 65 years 4 months 25 days
Cause: haemorrhage of the brain and shock as the result of a motor car accident on the night of the 30/10/37
Date of entry in original source: November 1, 1937
Quality of data: primary evidence
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.
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
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 40 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 46 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 49 years)
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 55 years)
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 59 years)
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 61 years)
South Africa
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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961 (aged 62 years)
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 67 years)
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Burial of a mother
Will
Citation details: Will: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1966), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-996M-DB9F?cc=2037006&wc=MXBK-B3D%3A1004902501%2C345355001 : 22 May 2014), 1967 > 635 > image 2 of 9; Department Justice and Constitutional Development, Grahamstown : accessed 1 Jan 2023
Prime minister
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (on the date of death)
Source citation:

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Death
Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East
Citation details: Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967), 3 March 1967
Burial
Citation details: Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967), 3 March 1967
Family with parents
father
Willem Jacobus CLOETE (c. 1915)
18721937
Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 1, 1937Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
mother
Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (c. 1905)
18661904
Birth: August 27, 1866 42 39
Death: July 30, 1904Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageDecember 7, 1897Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
17 months
himself
Corneels CLOETE (c. 1965)
18991967
Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 26, 1967Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
13 months
younger sister
19001905
Birth: June 8, 1900 28 33
Death: April 15, 1905Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
14 months
younger brother
Willem Jacobus CLOETE (1965)
19011981
Birth: July 27, 1901 29 34 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 22, 1981Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
17 months
younger sister
19021994
Birth: December 6, 1902 30 36
Death: August 5, 1994
19 months
younger sister
19041985
Birth: July 9, 1904 32 37 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: October 31, 1985Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Father’s family with Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels
father
Willem Jacobus CLOETE (c. 1915)
18721937
Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 1, 1937Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
stepmother
18731956
Birth: calculated 1873South Africa
Death: July 24, 1956Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
Marriage MarriageApril 25, 1907Winburg, Free State, South Africa
12 years
half-brother
19181933
Birth: before 1918 45 45
Death: before 1933
1 month
half-sister
19181976
Birth: January 22, 1918 45 45 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 12, 1976Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe
Family with Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed
himself
Corneels CLOETE (c. 1965)
18991967
Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 26, 1967Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
wife
Babes Cloete (c. 1965)
19081989
Birth: January 11, 1908 38 29 Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 14, 1989Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Descendants of Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Corneels CLOETE (c. 1965)

      Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete, son of Willem Jacobus Cloete and Jacoba Ritchie Erlank, was born on April 30, 1899 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 26, 1967 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at the age of 67.

      He married Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed, daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed.

      Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete and Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed had 2 children.

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Ancestors of Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Corneels CLOETE (c. 1965)

      Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete, son of Willem Jacobus Cloete and Jacoba Ritchie Erlank, was born on April 30, 1899 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 26, 1967 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at the age of 67.

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      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Willem Jacobus CLOETE (c. 1915)

      Willem Jacobus Cloete, son of Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete and Johanna Sophia Burgers, was born on June 5, 1872 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on November 1, 1937 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 65.

    2. Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (c. 1905)

      Jacoba Ritchie Erlank, teacher (in 1897), daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Susanna Sophia Ritchie, was born on August 27, 1866 and died on July 30, 1904 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 37.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete, son of Daniel Francois Cloete and Hester Aletta Burger, was born on May 23, 1846 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on October 23, 1929 in Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 83.

    2. Johanna Sophia Burgers, daughter of Willem Jacobus Burgers and Elsje Jacoba Pienaar, was born calculated September 1850 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 22, 1877 in Van der Waltshoek, Cambdeboo-Oost, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    3. Andries Gustaf Erlank, son of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, was born on June 13, 1824 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    4. Susanna Sophia Ritchie, daughter of Thomas Ritchie and Anna Elizabeth Marais, was born on July 13, 1827 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 26, 1887 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 59.

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Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Vera Theron (1954–2012) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Magdalena Elizabeth Lenie Conradie (1883–1951) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973)