Henry Matthews, 18321901 (aged 69 years)

Name
Henry /Matthews/
Given names
Henry
Surname
Matthews
Birth
Marriage
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 3 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Census

1841 England - Census transcript - Thomas Matthews - Household
http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001553483 : accessed 31 May 2016
Coates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameAgeMAgeFOccupationBiCSIF
Thomas Matthews35Schoolmastery
Mary Matthews30n
Henry Matthews9y
Mary Ann Matthews7y
Ellen Matthews3y
Frederick Matthews10 monthsy
Ruth Hawker10H. S.y
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 12 years)
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 27 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Death of a father
1860 (aged 28 years)
Text:

BET 1852 AND 1861

Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Text:

On the death of his father in 1860 ...

Census

1861 England - Census transcript - Henry Matthews - Household
http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0009794909 : accessed 5 June 2016
Cecily Hill, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

NameRelationConditionAgeMAgeFOccupationBirthplaceInfirm
Henry MatthewsheadMar29AccountantCirencester, Gloucestershire
Theresa …wifeMar27Sapperton, Gloucestershire
Charles Matthewsson4Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire
Ellen Matthewsdaughter2Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire
Mary MatthewsmotherUnm53Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Frederick Matthewsyounger brotherUnm20CarpenterCoates, Gloucestershire
Charles Matthewsyounger brotherUnm18Clerk in an Estate OfficeCoates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Joseph Matthewsyounger brotherUnm16Clerk in a BreweryCoates, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sarah Matthewsyounger sisterUnm12ScholarSapperton, Cirencester, Gloucester
Edward Matthewsyounger brother9ScholarSapperton, Cirencester, Gloucester
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 33 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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 49 years)
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War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (on the date of death)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (0 after death)
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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 (0 after death)
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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 33 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 35 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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 41 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 49 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 54 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Source citation:

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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
Death
about January 5, 1901 (aged 69 years)
Citation details: January 12, 1901, p4 "The Late Mr. Henry Matthews", https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f19010112%2f101 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Text:

We recorded last week the death, after a prolonged illness, of Mr. Henry Matthews, of Cecily Hill, an old and respected inhabitant of the town.

Family with parents
father
18051860
Birth: between 1805 and 1806Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 1860
mother
1808
Birth: between 1808 and 1809Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Death:
Marriage Marriagebefore 1832
1 year
himself
18321901
Birth: about 1832 27 24 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: about January 5, 1901
3 years
younger sister
1834
Birth: about 1834 29 26 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
5 years
younger sister
1838
Birth: about 1838 33 30 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1840
Birth: calculated August 1840 35 32 Coates, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
4 years
younger brother
1843
Birth: about 1843 38 35 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1845
Birth: about 1845 40 37 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
5 years
younger sister
1849
Birth: 1849 44 41 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
4 years
younger brother
1852
Birth: about 1852 47 44 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
Family with Theresa
himself
18321901
Birth: about 1832 27 24 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: about January 5, 1901
wife
1834
Birth: about 1834Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
Marriage Marriage
son
1857
Birth: about 1857 25 23 Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
3 years
daughter
1859
Birth: about 1859 27 25 Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Death:

Descendants of Henry Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Henry Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary , was born about 1832 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died about January 5, 1901.

      He married Theresa . She was born about 1834 in Sapperton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

      Children of Henry Matthews and Theresa :

      1. Charles Matthews (1857)
      2. Ellen Matthews (1859)

Ancestors of Henry Matthews

  1. Generation 1
    1. Henry Matthews, son of Thomas Matthews and Mary , was born about 1832 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died about January 5, 1901.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 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.

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