Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels
Cloete, 1899–1967 (aged 67 years)
- Name
- Cornelius Willem Petrus /Cloete/
- Given names
- Cornelius Willem Petrus
- Surname
- Cloete
- Nickname
- Corneels
Birth | April 30, 1899
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32 Citation details: Gravestone: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899-1967), Barkly East |
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Epidemic | Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 1 year)Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. Source: Wikipedia
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War | Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 3 years)Note: Source: Wikipedia
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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
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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
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Epidemic | Pneumonic plague February 1904 (aged 4 years)Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. Source: Wikipedia
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Death of a mother | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank July 30, 1904 (aged 5 years) Age: 33 years 11 months Address: Smith Street,
Barkly East
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 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.
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Death of a sister | Sophia Ritche Cloete April 15, 1905 (aged 5 years) 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
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Epidemic | Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 6 years)Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. Source: Wikipedia
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Marriage of a parent | Willem Jacobus Cloete — Cornelia Susanna NellieWessels — View this family April 25, 1907 (aged 7 years) 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)Note: Union of South Africa established. Source: Wikipedia
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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
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War | World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 19 years)Note: Source: Wikipedia
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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
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Death of a paternal grandfather | Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang KerneelsCloete October 23, 1929 (aged 30 years) 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)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. Source: Wikipedia
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Death of a half-brother | … JannieCloete 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.
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Death of a father | Willem Jacobus Cloete 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 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 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
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Economic Event | Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 61 years)Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. Source: Wikipedia
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Historical Event | Republic of South Africa May 31, 1961 (aged 62 years)Note: South Africa becomes a republic. Source: Wikipedia
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Burial of a mother | Jacoba Ritchie Erlank |
Death | February 26, 1967 (aged 67 years) 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 |
Burial | March 1, 1967 (3 days after death)
Source: Barkly East Reporter Citation details: Memoriam: Cornelius Willem Petrus CLOETE (1967), 3 March 1967 |