Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch 1864–1947

Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch, 1864–1947 (aged 83 years)

Name

Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch

Name: Maria Susanna Catharina /Bosch/
Given names: Maria Susanna Catharina
Surname: Bosch

Name

Maria Susanna Catharina van der Merwe — married name

Name: Maria Susanna Catharina /van der Merwe/
Type of name: married name

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	June 12, 1864 27 Source: Parish registers, NGK Cradock, 1817-1972 Text: CAL 1865 Citation details: Marriage: Barend Stefanus VAN DER MERWE and Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1888), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-G927-G?i=844&cat=994807 : accessed 30 June 2019 Quality of data: secondary evidence Marriage: Barend Stefanus VAN DER MERWE and Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1888) Source: Parish registers, NGK Cradock, 1817-1972 Citation details: Baptism: Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1864), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-8SZL-V?i=425&cat=994807 : accessed 1 July 2019 Baptism: Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1864) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Bosch, p340, b2c?d2.
Baptism	July 10, 1864 27 (aged 28 days) Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Parish registers, NGK Cradock, 1817-1972 Citation details: Baptism: Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1864), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-8SZL-V?i=425&cat=994807 : accessed 1 July 2019 Baptism: Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1864) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Bosch, p340, b2c?d2.
War	American Civil War from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 10 months) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 16 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Marriage	Barend Stephanus van der Merwe — View this family August 27, 1888 (aged 24 years) Husband: 22 years Wife: 23 years Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Bruce Vincent Source: Parish registers, NGK Cradock, 1817-1972 Citation details: Marriage: Barend Stefanus VAN DER MERWE and Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1888), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-G927-G?i=844&cat=994807 : accessed 30 June 2019 Marriage: Barend Stefanus VAN DER MERWE and Maria Susanna Catharina BOSCH (1888)
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 36 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 37 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 37 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 37 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 0) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 2 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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 9 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 16 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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 21 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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 39 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic	Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 41 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 45 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 47 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 54 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 53 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 55 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 60 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 65 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a husband	Barend Stephanus van der Merwe July 31, 1936 (aged 72 years) Age: 70 years Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1121109 : accessed 5 July 2019 Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Citation details: Death registration: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-92BK?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GR%3A139966401%2C139965702 : 3 December 2019), 1936 > Cradock > image 269 of 418; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 9 Jan 2020 Death registration: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936)
Prime minister	James Barry Munnik Hertzog from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 75 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a sister	Martha Helena Dorothea Bosch August 28, 1943 (aged 79 years) Age: 75 years Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Martha Helena Dorothea BOSCH (1943), MOOC 6/9/10378 #88129/1943, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91H-8SKF-V?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S7N%3A1598072321 : 28 September 2018), 007739242 > image 727 of 1390; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 July 2019
War	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 81 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (on the date of death) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death	December 28, 1947 (aged 83 years) Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1121109 : accessed 5 July 2019 Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947)
Burial	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1121109 : accessed 5 July 2019 Gravestone: Barend Stephanus VAN DER MERWE (1936) and Maria Susanna Catharina VAN DER MERWE (1947)

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: March 20, 1837 56 31 Baptism: May 14, 1837 56 32 — Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: September 12, 1859 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Aletta Johanna Hayter Aletta Johanna Bosch Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch Louisa Christina Bosch Martha Helena Dorothea Bosch Helena Wilhelmina Bosch Roelof Anthony Bosch 1837– Birth: March 20, 1837 56 31
mother	Links Marriage: September 12, 1859 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Roelof Anthony Bosch Aletta Johanna Bosch Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch Louisa Christina Bosch Martha Helena Dorothea Bosch Helena Wilhelmina Bosch Aletta Johanna Hayter –
Marriage	Marriage — September 12, 1859 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: April 19, 1862 25 Baptism: June 2, 1862 25 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Aletta Johanna Bosch 1862– Birth: April 19, 1862 25
2 years herself	Links Birth: June 12, 1864 27 Baptism: July 10, 1864 27 — Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: August 27, 1888 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 28, 1947 Burial: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Aletta Johanna van der Merwe Barend Stefanus van der Merwe Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch 1864–1947 Birth: June 12, 1864 27 Death: December 28, 1947
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: July 27, 1866 29 Baptism: November 18, 1866 29 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Louisa Christina Bosch 1866– Birth: July 27, 1866 29
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: August 19, 1868 31 Baptism: May 2, 1869 32 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: August 28, 1943 — Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Michiel Coenraad Bosch Martha Helena Dorothea Bosch 1868–1943 Birth: August 19, 1868 31 Death: August 28, 1943 — Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: February 8, 1871 33 Baptism: April 9, 1871 34 — Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Helena Wilhelmina Bosch 1871– Birth: February 8, 1871 33

Family with Barend Stephanus van der Merwe
husband	Links Birth: March 15, 1866 33 28 Baptism: May 20, 1866 34 28 — Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: August 27, 1888 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 31, 1936 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch Aletta Johanna van der Merwe Barend Stefanus van der Merwe Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Barend Stephanus van der Merwe 1866–1936 Birth: March 15, 1866 33 28 Death: July 31, 1936 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
herself	Links Birth: June 12, 1864 27 Baptism: July 10, 1864 27 — Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: August 27, 1888 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 28, 1947 Burial: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Aletta Johanna van der Merwe Barend Stefanus van der Merwe Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch 1864–1947 Birth: June 12, 1864 27 Death: December 28, 1947
Marriage	Marriage — August 27, 1888 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
16 months daughter	Links Birth: December 13, 1889 23 25 Baptism: March 2, 1890 23 25 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Aletta Johanna van der Merwe 1889– Birth: December 13, 1889 23 25
22 months son	Links Birth: October 2, 1891 25 27 Baptism: February 7, 1892 25 27 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Barend Stefanus van der Merwe 1891– Birth: October 2, 1891 25 27
19 months son	Links Birth: April 25, 1893 27 28 Baptism: July 2, 1893 27 29 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe 1893– Birth: April 25, 1893 27 28
10 years daughter	Links Birth: August 9, 1903 37 39 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe 1903– Birth: August 9, 1903 37 39 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
8 years son	Links Birth: May 28, 1911 45 46 Death: March 23, 1969 Burial: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Barend Stephanus van der Merwe 1911–1969 Birth: May 28, 1911 45 46 Death: March 23, 1969

Descendants of Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch

Generation 1
1. Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch, daughter of Roelof Anthony Bosch and Aletta Johanna Hayter, was born on June 12, 1864 and died on December 28, 1947 at the age of 83.
  She married Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (fourth cousin), son of Barend Stephanus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, on August 27, 1888 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on March 15, 1866 and died on July 31, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.
  Children of Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch and Barend Stephanus van der Merwe:
  1. Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–)
  2. Barend Stefanus van der Merwe (1891–)
  3. Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–)
  4. Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–)
  5. Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe, daughter of Barend Stephanus van der Merwe and Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch, was born on August 9, 1903 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe had 1 child.
Generation 3 back to top

The details of this generation are private.

Ancestors of Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch

Generation 1
1. Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch, daughter of Roelof Anthony Bosch and Aletta Johanna Hayter, was born on June 12, 1864 and died on December 28, 1947 at the age of 83.
Generation 2 back to top
1. Roelof Anthony Bosch, son of Michiel Coenraad Bosch and Maria Susanna Catharina Wagenaar, was born on March 20, 1837.
2. Aletta Johanna Hayter.
Generation 3 back to top
1. Michiel Coenraad Bosch, son of Jan Hendrik Bosch and Aletta du Plooy, was born calculated 1781 in Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa and died on April 15, 1843 in Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. Maria Susanna Catharina Wagenaar, daughter of Willem Wagenaar and Catharina Neethling, was baptized on May 12, 1805.

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Family with parents
father Parents Michiel Coenraad Bosch Maria Susanna Catharina Wagenaar	Roelof Anthony Bosch 1837–
mother	Aletta Johanna Hayter –
elder sister	Aletta Johanna Bosch 1862–
herself	Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch 1864–1947
younger sister	Louisa Christina Bosch 1866–
younger sister Family Michiel Coenraad Bosch Private Private Private Private	Martha Helena Dorothea Bosch 1868–1943
younger sister	Helena Wilhelmina Bosch 1871–

Family with Barend Stephanus van der Merwe
husband Parents Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed	Barend Stephanus van der Merwe 1866–1936
herself	Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch 1864–1947
daughter	Aletta Johanna van der Merwe 1889–
son	Barend Stefanus van der Merwe 1891–
son	Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe 1893–
daughter Family Private Private	Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe 1903–
son	Barend Stephanus van der Merwe 1911–1969