Laura E Matthews, 1874

Name
Laura E /Matthews/
Given names
Laura E
Surname
Matthews
Birth
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 7 years)
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Census
Citation details: Census: Frederick MATTHEWS' household (1881), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0011509970 : accessed 9 Dec 2018

1881 England - Census transcript - Frederick Matthews - Household
15, Thomas Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Frederick MatthewsheadMar40Clerk in Estate office timber & stone merchantCoates, Gloucestershire
Rachel Hart MatthewswifeMar39Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gertrude M MatthewsdaughterUnm15ScholarCirencester, Gloucestershire
Sarah T Matthewsdaughter12ScholarCirencester, Gloucestershire
Dorothy R Matthewsdaughter9ScholarCirencester, Gloucestershire
Laura E Matthewsdaughter7ScholarCirencester, Gloucestershire
Horace Fred Matthewsson4Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ralph J S Matthewsson2Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Death of a maternal grandmother
between April 4, 1881 and June 1881 (aged 7 years) Age: 77 years
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 7 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.
Occupation
Dressmaker
1901 (aged 27 years)
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 28 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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 12 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
between 1891 and April 3, 1901 (aged 27 years)
Note: Listed in 1891 and in 1901 her husband is a widower
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 27 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
Residence
Address: No 15
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 28 years)
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Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 28 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 30 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 32 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 36 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 38 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.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 44 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 44 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 45 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 50 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 55 years)
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a brother
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 65 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 71 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 74 years)
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 80 years)
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 84 years)
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 87 years)
South Africa
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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961 (aged 87 years)
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 92 years)
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Prime minister
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (aged 104 years)
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Prime minister
Pieter Willem Botha
from October 9, 1978 to September 14, 1984 (aged 110 years)
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Executive President
Pieter Willem Botha
from September 14, 1984 to August 15, 1989 (aged 115 years)
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Executive President (acting)
Jan Christiaan Heunis
from January 19, 1989 to March 15, 1989 (aged 115 years)
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Historical Event
Nelson Mandela released from prison
February 11, 1990 (aged 116 years)
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Executive President
Frederik Willem de Klerk
from August 15, 1989 to May 10, 1994 (aged 120 years)
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Death of a father
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
1840
Birth: calculated August 1840 35 32 Coates, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
mother
18411901
Birth: April 1841 56 36 Gloucestershire, England
Death: between 1891 and April 3, 1901
Marriage Marriagebetween July 1862 and September 1862Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
1 year
elder brother
18631937
Birth: between April 1863 and June 1863 22 22 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: between October 1937 and December 1937Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
2 years
elder sister
1865
Birth: May 31, 1865 24 24 Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
elder sister
1868
Birth: October 26, 1868 28 27 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
elder sister
1871
Birth: September 1, 1871 31 30 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
herself
1874
Birth: about 1874 33 32 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1877
Birth: January 17, 1877 36 35 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
2 years
younger brother
1879
Birth: January 27, 1879 38 37 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:

Descendants of Laura E Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Laura E Matthews, dressmaker (in 1901), daughter of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, was born about 1874 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

Ancestors of Laura E Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Laura E Matthews, dressmaker (in 1901), daughter of Frederick Matthews and Rachel Hart Mills, was born about 1874 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Frederick Matthews, carpenter (in 1861) and clerk (Estate) (in 1901), son of Thomas Matthews and Mary , was born calculated August 1840 in Coates, Gloucestershire, England.

    2. Rachel Hart Mills, daughter of George Mills and Rachel , was born in April 1841 in Gloucestershire, England and died between 1891 and April 3, 1901.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Thomas Matthews, schoolmaster (in 1841) and schoolmaster and Postmaster, was born between 1805 and 1806 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1860.

    2. Mary , schoolmistress (in 1851), was born between 1808 and 1809 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

    3. George Mills, mason (in 1841), was born about 1785 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1855.

    4. Rachel , store Merchant (in 1871), was born calculated 1805 in Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England and died between April 4, 1881 and June 1881 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

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