Catharina Maria Wilke, 1776

Name
Catharina Maria /Wilke/
Given names
Catharina Maria
Surname
Wilke
Name
Catharina Maria /Wilken/
Type of name
also known as
Name
Catharina Maria /Erlank/
Type of name
married name
Birth
yes
Citation details: a
Baptism
July 13, 1776 (aged 0 days)
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War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 4 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 3 years)
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784 (aged 7 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Marriage
Citation details: a
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 22 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 18 years)
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Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797 (aged 20 years)
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Death of a son
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 39 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 32 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 35 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 42 years)
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Marriage of a son
Citation details: b3.
Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 43 years)
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Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b3c1.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: b3c1.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: b4
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Maria Catharina Jacoba BISSCHOF (1836), MOOC 6/9/9 #1700, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-6QFL?i=1871&cat=331262 image 1871-2/2202 : accessed 4 March 2017
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Citation details: Marriage: Andries Gustaf ERLANK and Anna Maria Cathia Jac BISHOF (1823), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDG7?i=103&cat=959223 : accessed 11 Apr 2020
Death of a husband
Citation details: a
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c1
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
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
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: b4c1
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b3c2.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: b3c2.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 48 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c2
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
Citation details: Death notice: Hester Christina Johanna Adriana ERLANK (1893), MOOC 6/9/317 #1171/1893, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W94N-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S86%3A1598082396 : 12 September 2017), 007844963 > image 1589 of 2039; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b3c3.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: b3c3.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c3
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c3
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c4
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
Birth of a grandson
between July 2, 1832 and August 2, 1832 (aged 56 years)
Citation details: b3c4.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: b3c4.
Death of a daughter
Citation details: b1
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c5
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
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c6
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 58 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Birth of a granddaughter
July 26, 1836 (aged 60 years)
Citation details: b4c7
Death of a granddaughter
July 27, 1836 (aged 60 years)
Citation details: b4c7
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c6
Marriage of a son
Citation details: b4
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Citation details: Marriage: Andries Gustaf ERLANCK and Anna Catharina Susanna MINNAAR (1836), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDZN?cat=959223 : accessed 11 Apr 2020
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c8
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c9
Death of a grandson
Citation details: b4c9
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c10
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c11
Birth of a granddaughter
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Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c13
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: van der Merwe, p578, b2c13d5e1f7g6.
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 67 years)
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Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c14
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Citation details: Death notice: Carel Jonas Johannes ERLANK (1878), MOOC 6/9/164 #5793/1878, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DC-8?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 12 September 2017), 007844949 > image 804 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c13
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: b4c1
Text:

Kennisgeving van sterfgeval

  1. Naam van Overlede. Thomas Ritchie
  2. Namen der Kinderen van den Overledene, ...
    Susanna Sophia gehuwd met Andries Erlank jr
Citation details: Death notice: Thomas RITCHIE (1873), MOOC 6/9/143 #9249, (http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=268119 : accessed 13 Oct 2015)
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: Marriage: Andries Gustaf ERLANCK and Susanna Sophia RITCHIE (1847), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-Q6YZ?i=418&cat=959223 : accessed 31 Jan 2019
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c15
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c16
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c17
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: b4c5.
Citation details: Marriage: Gustaf Zacharias ERLANK and Anna Susanna PIENAAR (1852), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-S9V7-K?i=412&cat=244034 : accessed 23 Apr 2020
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: b4c18
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c19
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c20 (ongetroud)
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 82 years)
Source citation:

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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c21
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Catherina Susana MINNAAR (1879), MOOC 6/9/169 #6788/1879, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DG-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 1873 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
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
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 88 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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.
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: b4c20 (ongetroud)
Death of a son
Citation details: b3
Citation details: Death notice: Jonas Michael Johannes ERLANK (1878), MOOC 6/9/164 #5624/1878, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W38W-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 28 September 2018), 007844949 > image 628 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Death of a grandson
Citation details: b4c14
Citation details: Death notice: Carel Jonas Johannes ERLANK (1878), MOOC 6/9/164 #5793/1878, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-W3DC-8?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZR%3A1598082383 : 12 September 2017), 007844949 > image 804 of 2103; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Death of a son
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
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 125 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 125 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 88 years)
South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 90 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 97 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 104 years)
Source citation:

Wikipedia

Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 104 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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 109 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Source citation:

Wikipedia

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 granddaughter
Text:

Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Citation details: b4c2
Citation details: Death notice: Hester Christina Johanna Adriana ERLANK (1893), MOOC 6/9/317 #1171/1893, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W94N-C?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S86%3A1598082396 : 12 September 2017), 007844963 > image 1589 of 2039; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Death of a father
Death
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Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage
herself
Family with Gustav Erlank
husband
17581823
Birth: April 1758Stockholm, Sweden
Death: August 27, 1823Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
herself
Marriage MarriageApril 10, 1794Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
8 months
daughter
17941832
Baptism: November 30, 1794 36 18 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: December 26, 1832Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2 years
daughter
22 months
son
17981878
Birth: November 13, 1798 40 22 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 28, 1878Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2 years
son
3 years
son
18031803
Birth: September 9, 1803 45 27
Death: December 21, 1803Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
7 years
son
3 years
daughter

Descendants of Catharina Maria Wilke

  1. Generation 1
    1. Catharina Maria Wilke, daughter of Joachim Wilke and Francina van der Nest, was baptized on July 13, 1776.

      She married Gustav Erlank on April 10, 1794 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born in April 1758 in Stockholm, Sweden and died on August 27, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 65.

      Children of Catharina Maria Wilke and Gustav Erlank:

      1. Francina Carolina Gustava Erlank (17941832)
      2. Maria Cornelia Beatha Erlank (1797)
      3. Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank (17981878)
      4. Andries Gustaf Erlank (18011879)
      5. Karel Hendrik Erlank (18031803)
      6. Samuel Karel Erlank (1810)
      7. Maria Catherina Lucretia Erlank (1813)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank, saddle maker, son of Gustav Erlank and Catharina Maria Wilke, was born on November 13, 1798 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 28, 1878 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.

      He married Susanna Sophia Wilke, daughter of Johannes Joachim Wilke and Susanna Sophia Burger, on June 4, 1820 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on July 22, 1797 and died on April 24, 1867 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 69.

      Children of Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank and Susanna Sophia Wilke:

      1. Johannes Gustaaf Joachim Erlank (18211897)
      2. Jonas Michiel Erlank (18251916)
      3. Susanna Sophia Erlank (1827)
      4. Samuel Carel Erlank (1832)
    2. Andries Gustaf Erlank, son of Gustav Erlank and Catharina Maria Wilke, was born about March 1801 in Dist. Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa and died on February 12, 1879 in Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, daughter of Johann Heinrich Bisschoff and Hester Christina Smit, on April 6, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated March 24, 1807 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on August 4, 1836 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

      The second time he married Anna Catharina Susanna Minnaar, daughter of Jan Stephanus Minnaar and Catharina Frederica Loock, on November 25, 1836 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated April 1820 in Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 5, 1878 in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff:

      1. Andries Gustaf Erlank (1824)
      2. Hester Christina Johanna Adriana Erlank (18261893)
      3. Catharina Maria Erlank (18271829)
      4. Johan Hendrik Erlank (18301911)
      5. Gustav Zacharias Erlank (18331909)
      6. Anna Maria Catharina Jacoba Erlank (18351836)
      7. Erlank (18361836)

      Children of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Catharina Susanna Minnaar:

      1. Catharina Frederica Elizabeth Erlank (1837)
      2. Jan Stephanus Erlank (18391839)
      3. Jan Stephanus Erlank (1840)
      4. Maria Catharina Erlank (1841)
      5. Elizabeth Debora Erlank (1841)
      6. Elsie Erlank (18421908)
      7. Carel Jonas Johannes Erlank (18451878)
      8. Anna Catharina Susanna Erlank (18471922)
      9. Gert Johan Willem Gous Erlank (18501926)
      10. Johannes Hendrik Erlank (18511917)
      11. Jacobus Johannes Erlank (18531908)
      12. Wilhelmina Christina Erlank (18551946)
      13. Martha Johanna Erlank (18581877)
      14. Francina Johanna Erlank (18601910)
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    1. Jonas Michiel Erlank, son of Jonas Michiel Johannes Erlank and Susanna Sophia Wilke, was born on February 27, 1825 and died on July 28, 1916 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 91.

      He married Elizabeth Susanna Johanna van den Berg (fourth cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Izak Jacobus van den Berg and Elisabeth Susanna Joubert,. She was born on December 19, 1836 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Jonas Michiel Erlank and Elizabeth Susanna Johanna van den Berg:

      1. Elizabeth Susanna Erlank (1856)
      2. Jonas Michiel Erlank (18581906)
      3. Izak Jacobus Erlank (18611932)
      4. Johannes Gustaaf Erlank (1869)
      5. Susanna Sophia Elizabeth Erlank (1881)
    2. Andries Gustaf Erlank, son of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, was born on June 13, 1824 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

      He married Susanna Sophia Ritchie (third cousin once removed descending), daughter of Thomas Ritchie and Anna Elizabeth Marais, on January 11, 1847 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on July 13, 1827 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 26, 1887 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 59.

    3. Hester Christina Johanna Adriana Erlank, daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, was born on February 14, 1826 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on June 1, 1893 in Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 67.

      She married 2 times. The first time she married Andries Stephanus Gous.

      The second time she married Cornelis Maartins Oosthuissen.

    4. Gustav Zacharias Erlank, shopkeeper (before March 15, 1909), son of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, was born on January 30, 1833 and died on March 15, 1909 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 76.

      He married Anna Susanna Pienaar, daughter of Willem Johannes Pienaar and Francina Philippina Retief, on December 27, 1852 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on January 18, 1834 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on September 21, 1894 in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 60.

      Children of Gustav Zacharias Erlank and Anna Susanna Pienaar:

      1. Gustaaf Zacharias Erlank (18571926)
    5. Elsie Erlank, daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Catharina Susanna Minnaar, was born on December 16, 1842 and died on November 22, 1908 in Poortjie Oos, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 65.

      She married Jan Stephanus van der Merwe (first cousin), son of Carel Johannes van der Merwe and Deborah Elizabeth Minnaar,. He was born in May 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on August 12, 1922 in Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 84.

Ancestors of Catharina Maria Wilke

  1. Generation 1
    1. Catharina Maria Wilke, daughter of Joachim Wilke and Francina van der Nest, was baptized on July 13, 1776.

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