Aletta Elizabeth Petronella Burger, 1832

Name
Aletta Elizabeth Petronella /Burger/
Given names
Aletta Elizabeth Petronella
Surname
Burger
Birth
Citation details: Burger, p501, b2c1d3e5f7.
Baptism
Citation details: Burger, p501, b2c1d3e5f7.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 2 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 11 years)
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Death of a father
Citation details: p347, b5c6.
Citation details: Death notice: Alwyn Petrus BURGER (1858), MOOC 6/9/83 #5261/1858, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSW5-L?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZX%3A1598082377 : 12 September 2017), 007844939 > image 1269 of 2166; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 26 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
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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Death of a half-sister
Citation details: Death notice: Hester Aletta BURGER (1888), MOOC 6/9/260 #1698/1888, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XYWR?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8S%3A1598082389 : 28 September 2018), 007844957 > image 1990 of 2064; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Death of a half-brother
Citation details: Burger, p500, b2c1d3e5f4.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 69 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 70 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 69 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.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 69 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 32 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 34 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 48 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 53 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 72 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 73 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 78 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 79 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 86 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 85 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 87 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 92 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 97 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.
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 107 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 113 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 116 years)
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 122 years)
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Death
yes
Family with parents
father
17881858
Birth: 1788 40 32 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: June 17, 1858Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
mother
Marriage Marriageabout 1831
brother
herself
1832
Birth: January 12, 1832 44
Death:
19 months
younger sister
1833
Birth: August 13, 1833 45
Death:
Father’s family with Maria Magdalena Dippenaar
father
17881858
Birth: 1788 40 32 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: June 17, 1858Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
stepmother
17891876
Birth: calculated 1789 33 27 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 28, 1876
Marriage MarriageSeptember 13, 1812Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
4 years
half-sister
1816
Birth: June 2, 1816 28 27
Death:
23 months
half-sister
18181819
Birth: April 16, 1818 30 29
Death: before 1819
19 months
half-sister
18191888
Birth: November 5, 1819 31 30
Death: September 18, 1888Cambdeboo-Oost, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years
half-brother
18221891
Birth: May 9, 1822 34 33
Death: May 27, 1891
3 years
half-sister
1825
Birth: February 3, 1825 37 36
Death:
5 years
half-brother
1830
Birth: May 29, 1830 42 41
Death:

Descendants of Aletta Elizabeth Petronella Burger

  1. Generation 1
    1. Aletta Elizabeth Petronella Burger, daughter of Alwyn Petrus Burger and Hendrina Petronella Vorster, was born on January 12, 1832.

Ancestors of Aletta Elizabeth Petronella Burger

  1. Generation 1
    1. Aletta Elizabeth Petronella Burger, daughter of Alwyn Petrus Burger and Hendrina Petronella Vorster, was born on January 12, 1832.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Alwyn Petrus Burger, son of Schalk Jacobus Burger and Hester Aletta Vorster, was born in 1788 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on June 17, 1858 in Schoonberg, Gatsrivier, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
    1. Schalk Jacobus Burger, son of Barend Burger and Helena Smit, was baptized on December 24, 1747.

    2. Hester Aletta Vorster, daughter of Barend Vorster and Dorothea Maria Smit, was born about 1756 in Tigerkloof, Piketberg, Western Cape, South Africa.

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