Jacoba Ritchie Erlank, 1866–1904 (aged 37 years)
- Name
- Jacoba Ritchie /Erlank/
- Given names
- Jacoba Ritchie
- Surname
- Erlank
- Name
- Jacoba Ritchie /Cloete/
- Type
- married name
| Birth | August 27, 1866
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Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 Citation details: Baptism: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1866), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VS82-N?i=13&cat=1156624 : accessed 12 July 2019 Note: Year of birth on gravestone is incorrect
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| Baptism | September 9, 1866
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39 (aged 13 days)
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d12 Citation details: Baptism: Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1866), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF3-VS82-N?i=13&cat=1156624 : accessed 12 July 2019 |
| Economic Event | Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 0)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. Source: Wikipedia
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Ritchie March 22, 1873 (aged 6 years) Age: 82 years Address: Caledon Street,
Graaff Reinet
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Thomas RETCHIE (1791-1873), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=50513 : accessed 13 Oct 2015 Text: RETCHIE Thomas 1791-1873
Source: eGSSA Documents Citation details: Death notice: Thomas RITCHIE (1873), MOOC 6/9/143 #9249, http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=268119 : accessed 20 Oct 2015 Date of entry in original source: March 24, 1873 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Death of a sister | Anna Maria Elizabeth Erlank April 14, 1873 (aged 6 years)
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d3 |
| Economic Event | Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 7 years)Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. Source: Wikipedia
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| Death of a brother | Johan Jacobus Erlank August 5, 1877 (aged 10 years)
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d6 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andries Gustaf Erlank February 12, 1879 (aged 12 years) Age: 77 years
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4 Citation details: Death notice: Andries Gustaaf ERLANK (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6622/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W388-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1698 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| War | First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 14 years)Note: Source: Wikipedia
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| Historical Event | South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 35 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 35 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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| Economic Event | Gold discovered 1881 (aged 14 years)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
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| Economic Event | Gold discovered 1886 (aged 19 years)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
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| Death of a mother | Susanna Sophia Ritchie May 26, 1887 (aged 20 years) Age: 59 years 10 months
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1 Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Sophia RICHIE (1887), MOOC 6/9/246 # 1067/1887, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-DSPL-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 12 September 2017), 007844956 > image 1232 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Occupation | teacher 1897 (aged 30 years)Citation details: Marriage: Willem Jacobus CLOETE and Jacoba Ritchie ERLANK (1897), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-R95T-H?i=490&cat=244034 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 |
| Epidemic | Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 34 years)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 35 years)Note: Source: Wikipedia
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| Residence | 1904 (aged 37 years) Address: Smith Street,
Barkly East 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. |
| Epidemic | Pneumonic plague February 1904 (aged 37 years)Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. Source: Wikipedia
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| Death of a sister | Janet Elizabeth Erlank March 28, 1904 (aged 37 years) Age: 35 years 5 months
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1d13 Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1868-1904), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3346271 : accessed 2 Dec 2018 |
| Death of a father | Andries Gustaf Erlank
Source: Erlank naamlys (GISA) Citation details: b4c1 |
| Death | July 30, 1904 (aged 37 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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