Beatrix Auret

Name
Beatrix /Auret/
Given names
Beatrix
Surname
Auret
Name
Beatrix /Ziervogel/
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married name
Marriage
Citation details: Watermeyer, p32, b3.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795
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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
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820
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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.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Watermeyer, p32, b3.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Death of a daughter
Citation details: Watermeyer, p32, b3.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865
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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
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902
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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
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
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
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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
1881
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
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.

Descendants of Beatrix Auret

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Beatrix Auret and Aegidius Benedictus Ziervogel:

      1. Anna Maria Ziervogel (18041864)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Anna Maria Ziervogel, daughter of Aegidius Benedictus Ziervogel and Beatrix Auret, was born on February 23, 1804 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1864.

      She married Friedrich Stephanus Watermeyer, son of Gottfried Andreas Watermeyer and Margaretha Joubert, on August 12, 1821 in Cape Town / Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born on February 25, 1797 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died on May 31, 1847 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 50.

Ancestors of Beatrix Auret

  1. Generation 1
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Hugo Theron (1918–1987) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) John George Delport (1896–1949) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Magdalena Elizabeth Lenie Conradie (1883–1951) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907)