Hester Wilhelmina Jacoba Kotzee, 1888–
- Name
- Hester Wilhelmina Jacoba /Kotzee/
- Given names
- Hester Wilhelmina Jacoba
- Surname
- Kotzee
| Birth | January 12, 1888
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20 Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Sarah VAN ZYL (1896), KAB MOOC 6/9/351 #913, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-7SN5-T?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S81%3A1598082399 : 12 June 2018), 007844968 > image 423 of 2162; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Mar 2022
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | Andries Mattheus Hermanus van Zyl August 3, 1893 (aged 5 years) Age: 57 years 8 months Address: In zyn eigen huis te Nigramoep Citation details: Death notice: Andries Matheus VAN ZYL (1893), KAB MOOC 6/9/320 #1724, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-HSD1-8?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8D%3A1598082400 : 27 April 2020), 007844964 > image 137 of 2021; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Mar 2022
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| Death of a mother | Louisa Sarah van Zyl March 16, 1896 (aged 8 years) Age: 28 years 2 months Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Sarah VAN ZYL (1896), KAB MOOC 6/9/351 #913, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-7SN5-T?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S81%3A1598082399 : 12 June 2018), 007844968 > image 423 of 2162; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Mar 2022
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| Epidemic | Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 13 years)Source:
Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
| War | Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 14 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 13 years)Source:
Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Trans… 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 13 years)Source:
Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer… 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 16 years)Source:
Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
| Epidemic | Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 17 years)Source:
Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
| Historical Event | Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 22 years)Source:
Note: Union of South Africa established. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox 1912 (aged 23 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cas… Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
| Death of a father | Johannes Albertus Christoffel Kotzee February 17, 1917 (aged 29 years) Age: 59 years 3 months Citation details: Death notice: Johannes Albertus Christoffel KOTZEE (1917), KAB MOOC 6/9/872 #963, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-YSY3-7?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9NV%3A1598032371 : 11 October 2018), 007730914 > image 444 of 778; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Mar 2022
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| War | World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 30 years)Source:
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| Epidemic | Spanish flu 1918 (aged 29 years)Source:
Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit… 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 31 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 36 years)Source:
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| Economic Event | Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 41 years)Source:
Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression i… The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
| Prime minister | James Barry Munnik Hertzog from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 51 years)Source:
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| War | World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 57 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 60 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Daniel Francois Malan from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 66 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 70 years)Source:
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| Economic Event | Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 73 years)Source:
Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. |
| Historical Event | Republic of South Africa May 31, 1961 (aged 73 years)Source:
Note: South Africa becomes a republic. |
| Prime minister | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 78 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Balthazar Johannes Vorster from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (aged 90 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Pieter Willem Botha from October 9, 1978 to September 14, 1984 (aged 96 years)Source:
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| Executive President | Pieter Willem Botha from September 14, 1984 to August 15, 1989 (aged 101 years)Source:
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| Executive President (acting) | Jan Christiaan Heunis from January 19, 1989 to March 15, 1989 (aged 101 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | Nelson Mandela released from prison February 11, 1990 (aged 102 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | First General Elections April 27, 1994 (aged 106 years)Source:
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| Executive President | Frederik Willem de Klerk from August 15, 1989 to May 10, 1994 (aged 106 years)Source:
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| President | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela from May 10, 1994 to June 14, 1999 (aged 111 years)Source:
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| President | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki from June 14, 1999 to September 24, 2008 (aged 120 years)Source:
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