Anna Ramertha Bester, 1837–1926 (aged 89 years)
- Name
- Anna Ramertha /Bester/
- Given names
- Anna Ramertha
- Surname
- Bester
- Name
- Anna Remerta /Bester/
- Type of name
- also known as
- Name
- Anna Ramertha /Welgemoed/
- Type of name
- married name
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Birth
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Ramertha BESTER (1926), MOOC 6/9/3066 #13362/1926, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-T71Q-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-92Y%3A1598032483 : 11 October 2018), 007731772 > image 721 of 812; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 |
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Baptism
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2 |
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Town founded
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Marriage
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2 Citation details: Marriage: Andrias Jacobus WELGEMOED and Anna Remerta BESTER (1857), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-G9JL-8?i=530&cat=994807 : accessed 11 Apr 2020 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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War
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2d1e3 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Remertha VENTER (1922), TAB MHG #49321, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-C935-G?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Sep 2020 |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Death of a son
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2d9 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Death of a husband
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Address: Du Plessisstraat, Tarkastad
Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2 Citation details: Death registration Andries Jacobus WELGEMOED: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21988-24930-0?cc=1779109 : accessed 11 October 2015), 1911 > Tarka > image 68 of 118; National Archives, Pretoria. Text: apoplexy and senile decay Date of entry in original source: July 24, 1911 Quality of data: primary evidence
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: Gravestone: A J WELGEMOED (1830-1911), https://graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3433000 : accessed 8 Jan 2020 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Prime minister
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Death of a granddaughter
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Address: The Poplars nursing home, 225 Smit Street
Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2d1e3 Citation details: Death notice: Anna Remertha VENTER (1922), TAB MHG #49321, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-C935-G?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Sep 2020 |
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Prime minister
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Death of a daughter
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2d8 |
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Prime minister
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Death
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Source: Welgemoed naamlys (GISA)
Citation details: b4c2 Citation details: Death registration Anna Remertha BESTER: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22055-50508-15?cc=1779109 : accessed 11 October 2015), 1926 > Tarka > image 107 of 144; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: November 1, 1926 Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Death notice: Anna Ramertha BESTER (1926), MOOC 6/9/3066 #13362/1926, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-T71Q-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-92Y%3A1598032483 : 11 October 2018), 007731772 > image 721 of 812; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018 Text: 2nd November 1926 |
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| mother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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1837–1926
Birth: June 11, 1837
— Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 1, 1926 — Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| husband |
1830–1911
Birth: May 13, 1830
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— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 24, 1911 — Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| herself |
1837–1926
Birth: June 11, 1837
— Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: November 1, 1926 — Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 18, 1857 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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13 months
son |
1858–
Birth: February 20, 1858
27
20
— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: |
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14 months
son |
1859–1940
Birth: April 23, 1859
28
21
— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: January 15, 1940 — Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa |
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2 years
daughter |
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2 years
daughter |
1863–
Birth: September 24, 1863
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26
— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: |
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3 years
son |
1866–
Birth: April 17, 1866
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28
— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: |
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4 years
son |
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3 years
daughter |
1872–1926
Birth: September 19, 1872
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35
— Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: about 1926 |
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3 years
son |
1875–1899
Birth: May 11, 1875
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37
— Dist. Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: September 17, 1899 — Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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5 years
son |
| husband |
1830–1911
Birth: May 13, 1830
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— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 24, 1911 — Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| husband’s wife | |
| Marriage | Marriage — before 1850 — |
| husband |
1830–1911
Birth: May 13, 1830
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— Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 24, 1911 — Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| husband’s wife |
1835–1855
Birth: May 26, 1835
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30
— Dist. Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 15, 1855 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — May 14, 1854 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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19 months
stepson |
1855–1925
Birth: before December 15, 1855
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— Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: June 30, 1925 — Dist. Stockenstrom, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Anna Ramertha Bester
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Generation 1
Anna Ramertha Bester, daughter of Barend Jacobus Bester and Johanna Jacoba Coetzer, was born on June 11, 1837 in Thomaskraal, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on November 1, 1926 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 89.
She married Andries Jacobus Welgemoed, son of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth Krugel, on January 18, 1857 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on May 13, 1830 in Brakfontein, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 24, 1911 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 81.
Children of Anna Ramertha Bester and Andries Jacobus Welgemoed:
- Barend Jacobus Welgemoed (1858–)
- Andries Jacobus Welgemoed (1859–1940)
- Johanna Jacoba Welgemoed (1861–1929)
- Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed (1863–)
- Gert Jacobus Johannes Welgemoed (1866–)
- Francois Jacobus Welgemoed (1870–)
- Anna Ramertha Welgemoed (1872–1926)
- Johan Gottlieb Welgemoed (1875–1899)
- Pieter Willem Abraham Welgemoed (1880–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed, daughter of Andries Jacobus Welgemoed and Anna Ramertha Bester, was born on September 24, 1863 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She married Albertus Stephanus Venter.
Children of Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed and Albertus Stephanus Venter:
- Anna Remertha Venter (1884–1922)
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Generation 3 back to top
Anna Remertha Venter, daughter of Albertus Stephanus Venter and Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed, was born calculated May 1884 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 8, 1922 in Wanderers View, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
She married Andries Jacobus Welgemoed, son of David Johannes Welgemoed and Catharina Elizabeth Johanna Botha.
Children of Anna Remertha Venter and Andries Jacobus Welgemoed:
- Barend Jacobus Welgemoed (1906–1963)
- Private
- Albertus Stephanus Welgemoed (1914–1977)
Ancestors of Anna Ramertha Bester
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Generation 1
Anna Ramertha Bester, daughter of Barend Jacobus Bester and Johanna Jacoba Coetzer, was born on June 11, 1837 in Thomaskraal, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on November 1, 1926 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 89.
Generation 2 back to top2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
