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

Gender Male

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 Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 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: Cornelus Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899)
Baptism	July 2, 1899 27 32 (aged 2 months) Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 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 Text: Buitengewoon Baptism: Cornelus Willem Petrus CLOETE (1899)
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 1 year) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 3 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 2 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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: Wikipedia 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	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 Genealogy: Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (2010 March data) 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) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
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) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 12 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 18 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 25 years) Source citation: 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) Source citation: Wikipedia 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	… 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 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. 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
Prime minister	James Barry Munnik Hertzog from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 40 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
War	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 46 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 49 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Daniel Francois Malan from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 55 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 59 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 61 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 67 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Balthazar Johannes Vorster from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (on the date of death) Source citation: 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	Links Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: December 7, 1897 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 25, 1907 — Winburg, Free State, South Africa Death: November 1, 1937 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jacoba Ritchie Erlank Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete Sophia Ritche Cloete Willem Jacobus Cloete Ellen Erlank Cloete Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete Family with spouse Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels … Jannie Cloete Nita Estelle Cloete Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937 Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 1, 1937 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
mother	Links Birth: August 27, 1866 42 39 Baptism: September 9, 1866 42 39 — Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: December 7, 1897 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation: teacher — 1897 Death: July 30, 1904 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial: Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Jacobus Cloete Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete Sophia Ritche Cloete Willem Jacobus Cloete Ellen Erlank Cloete Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete Jacoba Ritchie Erlank 1866–1904 Birth: August 27, 1866 42 39 Death: July 30, 1904 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — December 7, 1897 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
17 months himself	Links Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism: July 2, 1899 27 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 26, 1967 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Burial: March 1, 1967 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967 Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 26, 1967 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
13 months younger sister	Links Birth: June 8, 1900 28 33 Death: April 15, 1905 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial: Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Sophia Ritche Cloete 1900–1905 Birth: June 8, 1900 28 33 Death: April 15, 1905 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
19 months younger brother	Links Birth: 1901 28 34 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: about 1950 — Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa Number of children: 0 Death: March 23, 1981 — Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial: Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers Willem Jacobus Cloete 1901–1981 Birth: 1901 28 34 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 23, 1981 — Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
23 months younger sister	Links Birth: December 6, 1902 30 36 Death: August 5, 1994 Burial: Theunissen, Free State, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henri Jacobus Reeders Jacobus Andreas James Reeders Ellen Erlank Cloete 1902–1994 Birth: December 6, 1902 30 36 Death: August 5, 1994
19 months younger sister	Links Birth: July 9, 1904 32 37 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: October 31, 1985 — Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Burial: November 5, 1985 — Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gert Christiaan Boet Delport Gert Cloete Delport Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete 1904–1985 Birth: July 9, 1904 32 37 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: October 31, 1985 — Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Father’s family with Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels
father	Links Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: December 7, 1897 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 25, 1907 — Winburg, Free State, South Africa Death: November 1, 1937 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jacoba Ritchie Erlank Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete Sophia Ritche Cloete Willem Jacobus Cloete Ellen Erlank Cloete Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete Family with spouse Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels … Jannie Cloete Nita Estelle Cloete Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937 Birth: June 5, 1872 26 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 1, 1937 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
stepmother	Links Birth: calculated 1873 — South Africa Marriage: April 25, 1907 — Winburg, Free State, South Africa Death: July 24, 1956 — Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Jacobus Cloete … Jannie Cloete Nita Estelle Cloete Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels 1873–1956 Birth: calculated 1873 — South Africa Death: July 24, 1956 — Mutare, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
Marriage	Marriage — April 25, 1907 — Winburg, Free State, South Africa
12 years half-brother	Links Birth: before 1918 45 45 Death: before 1933 Burial: Winburg, Free State, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships … Jannie Cloete 1918–1933 Birth: before 1918 45 45 Death: before 1933
1 month half-sister	Links Birth: January 22, 1918 45 45 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 12, 1976 — Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe FamilySearch ID: GC9X-162 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer Julia Watermeyer Nita Estelle Cloete 1918–1976 Birth: January 22, 1918 45 45 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 12, 1976 — Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe

Family with Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed
himself	Links Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism: July 2, 1899 27 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 26, 1967 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Burial: March 1, 1967 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967 Birth: April 30, 1899 26 32 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 26, 1967 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: January 11, 1908 38 29 — Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation: Onderwyseres — between 1929 and 1937 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation: Onderwyseres — from 1938 — Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 14, 1989 — Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed 1908–1989 Birth: January 11, 1908 38 29 — Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 14, 1989 — Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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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
younger sister Family Henri Jacobus Reeders Jacobus Andreas James Reeders Private Private Private	Ellen Erlank Cloete 1902–1994
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
stepmother	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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