Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937

Willem Jacobus Cloete, 1872–1937 (aged 65 years)

Name: Willem Jacobus /Cloete/
Given names: Willem Jacobus
Surname: Cloete

Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Sophia BURGER (1877), MOOC 6/9/162 #4845, http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=231232 : accessed 30 October 2015

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	June 5, 1872 26 21 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa 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 Text: Birthplace Graaff Reinet, Cape Province Quality of data: secondary 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: Johanna Sophia BURGERS (1877), MOOC 6/9/162 #4845/1877, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-X4DZ?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZY%3A1598082381 : 12 September 2017), 007844948 > image 1945 of 2181; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Death notice: Johanna Sophia BURGERS (1877)
Economic Event	Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 1 year) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a mother	Johanna Sophia Burgers December 22, 1877 (aged 5 years) Age: 27 years 3 months Van der Waltshoek, Cambdeboo-Oost, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Sophia BURGERS (1877), MOOC 6/9/162 #4845/1877, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-X4DZ?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZY%3A1598082381 : 12 September 2017), 007844948 > image 1945 of 2181; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Death notice: Johanna Sophia BURGERS (1877)
Marriage of a parent	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete — Francina Elizabeth Cloete — View this family April 18, 1878 (aged 5 years) Bamboeshoek, Dist. Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa 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 Text: AFT 1877 Death notice: 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: Francina Elizabeth CLOETE (1921), MOOC 6/9.2202 #3585, "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-KSY5-N?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K1%3A1598032435 : 11 October 2018), 007731710 > image 725 of 749; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 14 Jan 2020 Source: Civil registrations (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 Citation details: Marriage: Cornelis Willem Petrus CLOETE and Fransina Elizabeth CLOETE (1878), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-43L1-T?i=263&cat=244034 : accessed 15 Jan 2020 Marriage: Cornelis Willem Petrus CLOETE and Fransina Elizabeth CLOETE (1878)
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 8 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 8 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a paternal grandfather	Daniel Francois Cloete December 12, 1883 (aged 11 years) Age: 66 years 10 months Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Francois CLOETE (1883), MOOC 6/9/203 #7781, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ6-L5PH?i=2100&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017 Death notice: Daniël Francois CLOETE (1883)
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 13 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a paternal grandmother	Hester Aletta Burger September 18, 1888 (aged 16 years) Age: 68 years 10 months Van der Waltshoek, Cambdeboo-Oost, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Hester Aletta BURGER (1888), MOOC 6/9/260 #1698/1888, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XYWR?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8S%3A1598082389 : 28 September 2018), 007844957 > image 1990 of 2064; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Death notice: Hester Aletta BURGER (1888)
Death of a maternal grandfather	Willem Jacobus Burgers May 8, 1892 (aged 19 years) Age: 64 years 3 months Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Pienaar, p45, b2c5d7e7f3. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e2f12.
Death of a brother	Daniel Francois Cloete between May 30, 1894 and May 31, 1894 (aged 21 years) Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Daniel Francois CLOETE (1894), MOOC 6/9/330 #1505, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-7SGQ-C?mode=g&i=850&cat=331262 image 851/2000 : accessed 3 March 2017 Death notice: Daniel Francois CLOETE (1894)
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 28 years) Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. Source: Wikipedia
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 29 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 29 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 29 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 31 years) Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. Source: Wikipedia
Death of a wife	Jacoba Ritchie Erlank July 30, 1904 (aged 32 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 daughter	Sophia Ritche Cloete April 15, 1905 (aged 32 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 33 years) Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. Source: Wikipedia
Marriage	Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels — View this family April 25, 1907 (aged 34 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 37 years) Note: Union of South Africa established. Source: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 39 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 46 years) Note: Source: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 45 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
Birth of a grandson	Jacobus Andreas James Reeders February 18, 1927 (aged 54 years) Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Jacobus Andreas 'James' Reeders: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4071076: accessed 29 Sep 2018 Gravestone: Jacobus Andreas 'James' REEDERS (1993) Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984) Citation details: Jacobus Andreas REEDERS, R005/M14/#2
Death of a father	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete October 23, 1929 (aged 57 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 57 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 son	… Jannie Cloete before 1933 (aged 60 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.
Birth of a grandson	Gert Cloete Delport January 24, 1935 (aged 62 years) Source: Master's Office - Deceased Estates (2008-) Citation details: Gert Cloete DELPORT, Estate file: 020688/2010 Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984) Citation details: Gert Cloete DELPORT, D015/E10
Death of a half-brother	Christiaan Cornelius Cloete July 16, 1935 (aged 63 years) Age: 53 years 5 months Gooi die Hoed, Dist. Winburg, Free State, South Africa Source: Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE (1935), VAB MHG #26916, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6FDS-WSW?i=2299&cat=195564 : accessed 14 Jan 2020
Death of a brother	Pieter John Cloete July 7, 1937 (aged 65 years) Age: 63 years 3 months Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Address: Frontier Hospital, Queenstown Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Pieter John CLOETE (1937), MOOC 6/9/4939 #55408, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-1K3M?i=876&cat=331262, image 877/1582 : accessed 21 Feb 2017 Death notice: Pieter John CLOETE (1937)
Burial of a father	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete Glen Almond, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death	November 1, 1937 (aged 65 years) Age: 65 years 4 months 25 days Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cause of death: 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

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Family with parents
father Parents Daniel Francois Cloete Hester Aletta Burger	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete 1846–1929
mother Parents Willem Jacobus Burgers Elsje Jacoba Pienaar	Johanna Sophia Burgers 1850–1877
elder brother	Daniel Francois Cloete 1870–1894
himself	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937
younger brother Family Hester Aletta Joubert … Cloete … Cloete	Pieter John Cloete 1874–1937
younger sister Family Barend Francois Stevens Private Cornelius Burgers Piekie Stevens	Elsje Jacoba Cloete 1876–1946

Father’s family with Francina Elizabeth Cloete
father Parents Daniel Francois Cloete Hester Aletta Burger	Cornelius Willem Petrus Lang Kerneels Cloete 1846–1929
step-mother Parents Christiaan Cornelis Cloete Alida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert	Francina Elizabeth Cloete 1859–1921
half-sister Family Daniel Francois Joubert Eugéne Cloete Joubert Private Pierre Francois Rasp Joubert Private	Alida Elizabeth Johanna Alie Cloete 1879–1959
half-sister Family Cornelius Willem Joubert Daniël Francois Joubert Family Johannes Jacobus Joubert	Hester Aletta Cloete 1880–1944
half-brother Family Elise Johanna Cronje Private	Christiaan Cornelius Cloete 1882–1935
half-brother Family Johanna Wilhelmina Dolly Joubert Private Private Johannes Jacobus Datz Cloete Chrisjan Cloete Francois Hendrik Fransie Cloete	Francois Hendrik Frans Cloete 1888–1954
half-sister Family Lewis Johannes Naudé Lewis Johannes Naudé Private	Cornelia Wilhelmina Nellie Cloete 1893–1945
half-sister Family Christiaan Gerhardus Joubert jnr Private Johanna Maria Baps Joubert Christiaan Gerhardus Joubert	Johanna Maria Hannie Cloete 1904–1943

Family with Jacoba Ritchie Erlank
himself	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937
wife Parents Andries Gustaf Erlank Susanna Sophia Ritchie	Jacoba Ritchie Erlank 1866–1904
son Family Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed Private Private	Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete 1899–1967
daughter	Sophia Ritche Cloete 1900–1905
son Family Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1901–1981
daughter Family Henri Jacobus Reeders Jacobus Andreas James Reeders Private Private Private	Private
daughter Family Gert Christiaan Boet Delport Gert Cloete Delport Private	Johanna Francina Dollie Cloete 1904–1985

Family with Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels
himself	Willem Jacobus Cloete 1872–1937
wife	Cornelia Susanna Nellie Wessels 1873–1956
son	… Jannie Cloete 1918–1933
daughter Family John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer Julia Watermeyer Private Private Private	Nita Estelle Cloete 1918–1976