Johanna Jacoba Coetzer

Name
Johanna Jacoba /Coetzer/
Given names
Johanna Jacoba
Surname
Coetzer
Name
Johanna Jacoba /Bester/
Type of name
married name
Marriage
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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
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.
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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Marriage of a daughter
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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
Birth of a grandson
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Birth of a grandson
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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.
Birth of a granddaughter
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865
South Africa
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Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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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.
Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Birth of a grandson
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Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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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.
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
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.
Death of a grandson
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Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912
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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
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918
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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
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924
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Death of a granddaughter
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Death of a daughter
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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
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2nd November 1926

Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939
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Descendants of Johanna Jacoba Coetzer

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Johanna Jacoba Coetzer and Barend Jacobus Bester:

      1. Anna Ramertha Bester (18371926)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    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:

      1. Barend Jacobus Welgemoed (1858)
      2. Andries Jacobus Welgemoed (18591940)
      3. Johanna Jacoba Welgemoed (18611929)
      4. Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed (1863)
      5. Gert Jacobus Johannes Welgemoed (1866)
      6. Francois Jacobus Welgemoed (1870)
      7. Anna Ramertha Welgemoed (18721926)
      8. Johan Gottlieb Welgemoed (18751899)
      9. Pieter Willem Abraham Welgemoed (1880)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed, daughter of Andries Jacobus Welgemoed and Anna Ramertha Bester, was born on September 24, 1863 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Maria Elizabeth Welgemoed and Albertus Stephanus Venter:

      1. Anna Remertha Venter (18841922)

Ancestors of Johanna Jacoba Coetzer

  1. Generation 1
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Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) John George Delport (1896–1949) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Vera Theron (1954–2012) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973)