Gert Johannes Cloete

Name
Gert Johannes /Cloete/
Given names
Gert Johannes
Surname
Cloete
Birth
yes
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Death of a maternal grandfather
Citation details: Vol 1, p51, #853, b5c7d1.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
Source citation:

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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Death of a maternal grandmother
Citation details: Joubert, p150, b5c7d1.
Citation details: Death notice: Maria Magdalena JOUBERT (1837), MOOC 6/9/11 #2274, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-M1N2?i=304&cat=331262 images 305-7/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Vol 1, p51, #853, b5c7d1.
Death of a paternal grandmother
Address: Klipdrift situate in Camdebo
Citation details: Death notice: Margaretha RABIE (1838), MOOC 6/9/14 #3068, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MYLZ?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZZ%3A1598082366 : 12 June 2018), 007844935 > image 1148 of 2253 and (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-M9MC-P?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZZ%3A1598082366 : 12 September 2017), 007844935 > image 1149 of 2253; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Dec 2021
Death of a brother
Citation details: Death notice: Cornelis Willem Petrus CLOETE (1843), MOOC 6/9/31 #6471, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-6516?mode=g image 410/2225 : accessed 3 March 2017
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Death of a mother
Citation details: Death notice: Francina JOUBERT (1852), MOOC 6/9/58 #1386, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-KMG?i=1160&cat=331262 image 1161-2/2173 : accessed 3 March 2017
Marriage of a parent
Citation details: b2c1d4e8f9
Citation details: Death notice: Francina JOUBERT (1852), MOOC 6/9/58 #1386, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-KMG?i=1160&cat=331262 image 1161-2/2173 : accessed 3 March 2017
Citation details: Death notice: Elizabetha Marguerita KRUGEL (1898), MOOC 6/9/379 #2504, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-X24H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8V%3A1598092309 : 27 April 2020), 007844971 > image 360 of 2282; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 May 2020
Citation details: Marriage: Cornelis Willem CLOETE and Elizabeth Margaretha KRUGEL (1855), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-49TV-6?cc=2821281 : 28 January 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 25 Dec 2021
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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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
Source citation:

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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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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.
Death of a father
Address: Plasket Street, Graaff-Reinet
Citation details: b2c1d4e8f9
Citation details: Death notice: Cornelis Willem CLOETE (1872), MOOC 6/9/140 #8319, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-CGGZ?mode=g&i=1427&cat=331262 : accessed 20 Feb 2017
Citation details: Vol 1, p52, #893, b5c7d1e6.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Death notice: Maria Magdalena CLOETE (1875), MOOC 6/9/150 #1415/1875, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ6-GQ3B-4?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZT%3A1598082382 : 28 September 2018), 007844947 > image 455 of 2203; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Dec 2018
Note: Death notice incorrectly refers to her step-mother (Elizabeth Margaretha KRUGEL) instead of her birth mother (Francina Elizabeth JOUBERT).
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Death of a brother
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886
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 brother
Address: Durban Street,
Aliwal North
Citation details: e8f9g6 in http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/cloete/214_e8.htm : accessed 1 June 2016
Citation details: Death registration Christiaan Cornelius CLOETE: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-9726-34519-45?cc=1779109 : accessed 27 September 2015), 1897 > Aliwal North > image 145 of 220; National Archives, Pretoria.
Date of entry in original source: August 21, 1897
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Death notice: Christiaan Cornelis CLOETE (1897), MOOC 6/9/368 #2274/1897, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S5Y-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8F%3A1598092314 : 12 September 2017), 007844970 > image 808 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 Nov 2018
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
Death of a brother
Citation details: Deel 2, p101, b2c4d18e9.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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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.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Death notice: Francina Elizabeth CLOETE (1904), MOOC 6/9/494 #684, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S1G-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCG%3A1598082352 : 28 September 2018), 007844464 > image 1388 of 2240; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 30 Sep 2018
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
Source citation:

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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
Source citation:

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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
Source citation:

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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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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
Source citation:

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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
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948
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Family with parents
father
17921872
Birth: calculated November 10, 1792 44 34 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: June 26, 1872Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
mother
Marriage MarriageNovember 1811Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
2 years
younger brother
1814
Birth: February 4, 1814 21 21
Death:
18 months
younger sister
18151875
Birth: July 25, 1815 22 22 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 28, 1875Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
19 months
younger brother
18171883
Birth: February 17, 1817 24 24 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: December 12, 1883Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
18 months
younger brother
18181843
Birth: August 12, 1818 25 25
Death: before November 15, 1843Oranje Rivier, South Africa
2 years
younger brother
1820
Birth: December 25, 1820 28 28
Death:
15 months
younger brother
18221897
Birth: March 10, 1822 29 29 Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: August 20, 1897Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
sister
younger brother
18261902
Birth: September 7, 1826 33 33 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 12, 1902Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
7 years
younger sister
18331904
Birth: April 24, 1833 40 40 Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 14, 1904Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
himself
brother
younger brother
1836
Birth: November 1, 1836 43 43
Father’s family with Elizabeth Margaretha Krugel
father
17921872
Birth: calculated November 10, 1792 44 34 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: June 26, 1872Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
stepmother
18131898
Birth: June 15, 1813 22 21 Dist. Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 18, 1898Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageMarch 12, 1855Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Gert Johannes Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Gert Johannes Cloete, son of Cornelis Willem Cloete and Francina Elizabeth Joubert.

Ancestors of Gert Johannes Cloete

  1. Generation 1
    1. Gert Johannes Cloete, son of Cornelis Willem Cloete and Francina Elizabeth Joubert.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Cornelis Willem Cloete, son of Johannes Hendrik Cloete and Margaretha Rabie, was born calculated November 10, 1792 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 26, 1872 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    2. Francina Elizabeth Joubert, daughter of Daniel Francois Joubert and Maria Magdalena Marais, was born calculated December 25, 1792 and died on March 15, 1852 in Klip Drift, South Africa.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Johannes Hendrik Cloete, son of Gerrit Cloete and Huibrecht Slabbert, was baptized on December 8, 1747 and died about 1809.

    2. Margaretha Rabie, daughter of Christian Rabie and Geertruy Grobler, was born calculated January 19, 1758 in Dist. Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa and died on November 30, 1838 in Klipdrift, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    3. Daniel Francois Joubert, son of Gideon David Joubert and Margaretha Hugo, was born on September 19, 1762 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 11, 1832 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 69.

    4. Maria Magdalena Marais, daughter of Johannes Stephanus Marais and Martha Elizabeth du Toit, was born calculated 1763 and died on July 10, 1837 in Groot Swartberg, Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa.

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