Daniël Francois Cloete, 18551929 (aged 74 years)

Name
Daniël Francois /Cloete/
Given names
Daniël Francois
Surname
Cloete
Birth
Citation details: e8f9g6h3
Citation details: Gravestone: Daniël Francois CLOETE (1855-1929), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416089 : accessed 11 Oct 2015
Marriage
Citation details: Estate files Susanna Wilhelmina CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25440-2564-13?cc=1407787 : accessed 11 October 2015), 1987 > no 1330-1339 > image 98 of 363; Master of the Free State High Court, Bloemfontein.
Date of entry in original source: 1988
Quality of data: primary evidence

Estate files of Susanna Wilhelmina CLOETE

The estate files of Susanna Wilhelmina CLOETE contains the names of both her parents (and their death dates) as well as the names and age at death of her four siblings

Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 3 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 10 years)
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Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War.
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 46 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 46 years)
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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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 9 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 11 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution.
Death of a paternal grandfather
June 26, 1872 (aged 17 years) Age: 79 years 7 months 16 days
Address: Plasket Street, Graaff-Reinet
Citation details: b2c1d4e8f9
Citation details: Death notice: Cornelis Willem CLOETE (1872), MOOC 6/9/140 #8319, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-CGGZ?mode=g&i=1427&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017
Citation details: Vol 1, p52, #893, b5c7d1e6.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 18 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Death of a maternal grandfather
Text:

13 DEC 1874

Citation details: Joubert, p150, b5c7d1e7.
Citation details: Vol 1, p53, #904, b5c7d1e7.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 25 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 25 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 30 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Death of a mother
Citation details: Vol 1, p94, #1923, b5c7d1e7f10.
Citation details: Death notice: Alida Elizabeth Johanna JOUBERT (1893), MOOC 6/9/313 #254/1893, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W9HP-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S86%3A1598082396 : 28 September 2018), 007844963 > image 595 of 2039; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Marriage of a parent
Text:

AFT 1893

Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Citation details: Marriage: Christian Cornelius CLOETE and Louisa Johanna Catharina KRIEL (1893), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVF-Q39C-6?i=1144&cat=959223 : accessed 9 Feb 2020
Death of a brother
Citation details: Gravestone: Johannes Hendrik CLOETE (1864-1896) and Chris CLOETE (1892-1918), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416041 : accessed 23 Dec 2018
Citation details: e8f9g6h9 13 NOV 1930 cf S8
Citation details: Death notice: Johannes Hendrik CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/360 #26/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FSV9-R?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8T%3A1598092308 : 12 September 2017), 007844969 > image 633 of 2176; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Dec 2018
Death of a father
Address: Durban Street,
Aliwal North
Citation details: e8f9g6 in http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/214_e8.htm : accessed 1 June 2016
Citation details: Death registration Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9726-34519-45?cc=1779109 : accessed 27 September 2015), 1897 > Aliwal North > image 145 of 220; National Archives, Pretoria.
Date of entry in original source: August 21, 1897
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 45 years)
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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 47 years)
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Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 48 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 50 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 55 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 56 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.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Vol 1, p76, #1492, b5c7d1e7f7g3.
Citation details: Death notice: Alida Elizabeth Johanna CLOETE (1917), MHG #31922/1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-69D6-9?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BX5%3A1590242507 : 7 September 2018), 007805983 > image 427 of 1224; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 63 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 62 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 64 years)
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Death of a sister
Cause: carcinoma, epidemic influenza, heart failure
Citation details: Death registration Francina Elizabeth CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22055-1534-51?cc=1779109 : accessed 30 September 2015), 1921 > Barkly East > image 333 of 340; National Archives, Pretoria.
Date of entry in original source: November 3, 1921
Quality of data: primary evidence
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
Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 69 years)
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Death of a brother
Citation details: Death registration Christian Cornelis CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22085-77720-79?cc=1779109 : accessed 31 October 2015), 1926 > Aliwal North > image 258 of 328; National Archives, Pretoria.
Citation details: Gravestone: Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE (1853-1926), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416122 : accessed 23 Dec 2018
Citation details: Death notice: Christian Cornelis CLOETE (1926), KAB MOOC 6/9/3053 #13099, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-YWMR?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-922%3A1598032477 : 11 October 2018), 007731771 > image 571 of 728; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 9 Oct 2020
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (on the date of death)
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Burial of a father
Citation details: Gravestone: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897) and Alida Elizabeth Johanna JOUBERT (1893), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416116 : accessed 1 June 2016
Burial of a mother
Citation details: Gravestone: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897) and Alida Elizabeth Johanna JOUBERT (1893), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416116 : accessed 1 June 2016
Death
June 30, 1929 (aged 74 years)
Citation details: e8f9g6h3
Citation details: Gravestone: Daniël Francois CLOETE (1855-1929), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416089 : accessed 11 Oct 2015
Burial
Citation details: Gravestone: Daniël Francois CLOETE (1855-1929), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1416089 : accessed 11 Oct 2015
Family with parents
father
18221897
Birth: March 10, 1822 29 29 Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: August 20, 1897Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
mother
18291893
Birth: August 22, 1829 35 33 Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: January 21, 1893Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage Marriageabout 1850
-3 years
elder sister
18461917
Birth: November 12, 1846 24 17 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 23, 1917Belfast, Mpumalanga, South Africa
7 years
elder brother
18531926
Birth: April 18, 1853 31 23 Dist. Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: October 23, 1926Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2 years
himself
2 years
younger brother
18571930
Birth: May 6, 1857 35 27
Death: July 11, 1930Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years
younger sister
18591921
Birth: December 11, 1859 37 30 Dist. Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 3, 1921Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
sister
younger sister
1863
Birth: September 11, 1863 41 34
14 months
younger brother
18641896
Birth: November 18, 1864 42 35 Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: December 21, 1896Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years
younger brother
18671939
Birth: 1867 44 37 Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: April 8, 1939Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
sister
Father’s family with Louisa Johanna Catharina Kriel
father
18221897
Birth: March 10, 1822 29 29 Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: August 20, 1897Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
stepmother
Marriage MarriageAugust 9, 1893Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Family with Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels
himself
wife
18561935
Birth: December 13, 1856
Death: January 8, 1935Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage Marriage
son
18821954
Birth: June 14, 1882 27 25
Death: October 30, 1954Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
18 months
daughter
16 months
son
2 years
daughter
7 years
daughter
18941987
Birth: February 28, 1894 38 37
Death: April 16, 1987Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Daniël Francois Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Daniël Francois Cloete, son of Christiaan Cornelis Cloete and Alida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert, was born on April 6, 1855 and died on June 30, 1929 at the age of 74.

      He married Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels. She was born on December 13, 1856 and died on January 8, 1935 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 78.

      Children of Daniël Francois Cloete and Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels:

      1. Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius Louw Cloete (18821954)
      2. Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete (18831969)
      3. Christian Cornelius Cloete (18851954)
      4. Helena Catherina Cloete (18871977)
      5. Susanna Wilhelmina Cloete (18941987)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius Louw Cloete, farmer (in 1909), son of Daniël Francois Cloete and Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels, was born on June 14, 1882 and died on October 30, 1954 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.

      Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius Louw Cloete and Mary Copeland Steyn had 1 child.

    2. Alida Elizabeth Johanna Cloete, daughter of Daniël Francois Cloete and Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels, was born on December 13, 1883 and died calculated 1969.

    3. Christian Cornelius Cloete, son of Daniël Francois Cloete and Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels, was born on March 28, 1885 and died calculated 1954.

    4. Helena Catherina Cloete, daughter of Daniël Francois Cloete and Susanna Wilhelmina Wessels, was born on March 26, 1887 and died calculated 1977.

Ancestors of Daniël Francois Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Daniël Francois Cloete, son of Christiaan Cornelis Cloete and Alida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert, was born on April 6, 1855 and died on June 30, 1929 at the age of 74.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Christiaan Cornelis Cloete, son of Cornelis Willem Cloete and Francina Elizabeth Joubert, was born on March 10, 1822 in Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on August 20, 1897 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 75.

    2. Alida Elizabeth Johanna Joubert, daughter of Gideon Daniël Joubert and Alida Elizabeth Johanna Rasp, was born on August 22, 1829 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa and died on January 21, 1893 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 63.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Cornelis Willem Cloete, son of Johannes Hendrik Cloete and Margaretha Rabie, was born calculated November 10, 1792 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 26, 1872 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    2. Francina Elizabeth Joubert, daughter of Daniel Francois Joubert and Maria Magdalena Marais, was born calculated December 25, 1792 and died on March 15, 1852 in Klip Drift, South Africa.

    3. Gideon Daniël Joubert, son of Daniel Francois Joubert and Maria Magdalena Marais, was born on June 6, 1794 and died on December 12, 1874 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 80.

    4. Alida Elizabeth Johanna Rasp, daughter of Christiaan Gerhardus Rasp and Anna Lasya Johanna Janse, was born on June 6, 1796 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1829 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa.

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