Petrus Jacobus du Toit, 18331900 (aged 67 years)

Name
Petrus Jacobus /du Toit/
Given names
Petrus Jacobus
Surname
du Toit
Name
Pieter Jacobus /du Toit/
Type of name
also known as
Birth
Text:

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Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900), MOOC 6/9/403 #2085, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-73F6-F?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8B%3A1598092306 : 12 September 2017), 007844974 > image 758 of 2141; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019
Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3.
Baptism
Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 1 year)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 10 years)
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Marriage
Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5.
Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900), MOOC 6/9/403 #2085, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-73F6-F?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8B%3A1598092306 : 12 September 2017), 007844974 > image 758 of 2141; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3.
Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1918), MOOC 6/9/1065 #678, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-BWSJ?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K9%3A1598032382 : 11 October 2018), 007730937 > image 511 of 745; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019
Citation details: Marriage: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT and Louisa Maria GROBBELAAR (1857), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-492H-Y?i=610&cat=244034 : accessed 14 May 2020
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 25 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 32 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 31 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 33 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.
Death of a mother
Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 40 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Death of a father
Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 48 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 47 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.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h1.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h1.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 52 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.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g6.
Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Elisabeth DU TOIT (1937), MOOC 6/9/4922 #54863, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-7FLK?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9YC%3A1598052367 : 12 June 2018), 007735692 > image 591 of 1535; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Apr 2020
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h2.
Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Du Toit THERON (1949), MHG #1192/49, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3W-WVZL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-B2J%3A1590242985 : 16 December 2016), 007830354 > image 682 of 2658; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Nov 2019
Citation details: Gravestone: Petrus Du Toit THERON (1890-1949) and Dina Carolina FURSTENBURG (1899-1967), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3450449 : accessed 21 Nov 2019
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h2.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Citation details: Gravestone: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1868-1904), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3346271 : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h3.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h3.
Birth of a granddaughter
May 5, 1893 (aged 60 years)
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h4.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h5.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h5.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h6.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Deel 2, p254, b4c5d1e1f1g5h6.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Death notice: Janet Elizabeth ERLANK (1904), TAB MHG #5429/1904, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-H7DV-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-RBV%3A1590242339 : 16 December 2016), 007805278 > image 1266 of 1430; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 Dec 2018
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (on the date of death)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (1 year after death)
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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 (1 year after death)
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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.
Death
Address: Ryneveld Square
Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900), MOOC 6/9/403 #2085, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-73F6-F?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8B%3A1598092306 : 12 September 2017), 007844974 > image 758 of 2141; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019
Family with parents
father
18001876
Baptism: March 9, 1800 47 40 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: September 1, 1876Rouxville, Free State, South Africa
mother
18051868
Birth: Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: December 30, 1868Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageMarch 2, 1823Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
1827
Birth: June 18, 1827 27 22
6 years
himself
18331900
Birth: March 15, 1833 33 27 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 25, 1900Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
5 years
younger brother
1838
Birth: February 4, 1838 37 32
sister
sister
sister
brother
Family with Louisa Maria Grobbelaar
himself
18331900
Birth: March 15, 1833 33 27 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 25, 1900Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
wife
18381918
Birth: March 10, 1838 45 40 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 12, 1918Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageApril 27, 1857Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
11 months
daughter
18581937
Birth: March 26, 1858 25 20
Death: May 7, 1937Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
20 months
son
1859
Birth: November 1, 1859 26 21
3 years
son
18621938
Birth: July 11, 1862 29 24 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 27, 1938Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
21 months
son
1864
Birth: April 5, 1864 31 26
22 months
daughter
18661958
Birth: February 2, 1866 32 27 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 18, 1958Winburg, Free State, South Africa
22 months
daughter
1867
Birth: November 16, 1867 34 29
23 months
daughter
1869
Birth: September 22, 1869 36 31
23 months
daughter
1871
Birth: August 13, 1871 38 33
21 months
son
1873
Birth: April 25, 1873 40 35
2 years
son
1875
Birth: April 19, 1875 42 37
2 years
daughter
1877
Birth: June 13, 1877 44 39
18 months
son
1878
Birth: November 26, 1878 45 40
2 years
son
1880
Birth: December 23, 1880 47 42
2 years
daughter
1883
Birth: February 13, 1883 49 44

Descendants of Petrus Jacobus du Toit

  1. Generation 1
    1. Petrus Jacobus du Toit, son of Daniël Stephanus du Toit and Susara Maria van Straaten, was born on March 15, 1833 in Groenkloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 25, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 67.

      He married Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, daughter of Albertus Grobbelaar and Susanna Elizabeth Maartens, on April 27, 1857 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on March 10, 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 12, 1918 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.

      Children of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Louisa Maria Grobbelaar:

      1. Susanna Elizabeth du Toit (18581937)
      2. Daniel Stephanus du Toit (1859)
      3. Albert Grobbelaar du Toit (18621938)
      4. Petrus Jacobus du Toit (1864)
      5. Susara Maria du Toit (18661958)
      6. Louwisa Maria du Toit (1867)
      7. Elizabeth Maria du Toit (1869)
      8. Johanna Francina du Toit (1871)
      9. Jacob Stephanus du Toit (1873)
      10. Hendrik Matthijs du Toit (1875)
      11. Louisa Maria du Toit (1877)
      12. Johannes Barend du Toit (1878)
      13. Jacobus Johannes du Toit (1880)
      14. Catharina du Toit (1883)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Susanna Elizabeth du Toit, daughter of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, was born on March 26, 1858 and died on May 7, 1937 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.

      She married Gideon Johannes Theron (fourth cousin), son of Pieter Andreas Theron and Magdalena Elizabeth Nieuwoudt, on November 5, 1888 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on April 7, 1861 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on August 23, 1950 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 89.

      Susanna Elizabeth du Toit and Gideon Johannes Theron had no children.

    2. Albert Grobbelaar du Toit, son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, was born on July 11, 1862 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 27, 1938 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 75.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Janet Elizabeth Erlank (fifth cousin once removed descending), daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Susanna Sophia Ritchie, before 1891 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on October 28, 1868 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 28, 1904 in Carolina, Mpumalanga, South Africa at the age of 35.

      The second time he married Margaretha Gertruida Steytler Muntingh Hamman.

      Children of Albert Grobbelaar du Toit and Janet Elizabeth Erlank:

      1. Sophia Janet Ritchie du Toit (1891)
      2. Andreas Petrus du Toit (1894)
      3. Albert Louis du Toit (1896)
      4. Haddon Hendrik du Toit (1898)

      Children of Albert Grobbelaar du Toit and Margaretha Gertruida Steytler Muntingh Hamman:

      1. Private
      2. Private
      3. Private
      4. Carolina du Toit (19172011)
      5. Private
    3. Susara Maria du Toit, daughter of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, was born on February 2, 1866 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 18, 1958 in Winburg, Free State, South Africa at the age of 92.

      She married Pieter Andries Theron (fourth cousin), son of Pieter Andreas Theron and Magdalena Elizabeth Nieuwoudt.

      Children of Susara Maria du Toit and Pieter Andries Theron:

      1. Pieter Andreas Theron (18861968)
      2. Petrus Du Toit Theron (18901949)
      3. Johannes Nieuwoudt Theron (18911969)
      4. Louisa Theron (18931957)
      5. Elizabeth Magdalena Theron (1895)
      6. Daniël Theron (18971967)
      7. Gideon Johannes Theron (19051987)
      8. Private
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Carolina du Toit, teacher (in 1940) and teacher (before 1984), daughter of Albert Grobbelaar du Toit and Margaretha Gertruida Steytler Muntingh Hamman, was born on May 6, 1917 and died on March 30, 2011 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 93.

      Carolina du Toit had 1 child.

    2. Petrus Du Toit Theron, son of Pieter Andries Theron and Susara Maria du Toit, was born on January 1, 1890 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 7, 1949 in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 59.

      He married Dina Carolina Furstenburg (sixth cousin), daughter of Frederik Constant Furstenburg and Johanna Susanna Brits.

      Petrus Du Toit Theron and Dina Carolina Furstenburg had 5 children.

Ancestors of Petrus Jacobus du Toit

  1. Generation 1
    1. Petrus Jacobus du Toit, son of Daniël Stephanus du Toit and Susara Maria van Straaten, was born on March 15, 1833 in Groenkloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 25, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 67.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Daniël Stephanus du Toit, son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Elisabeth Maria Theron, was baptized on March 9, 1800 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on September 1, 1876 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa at the age of 76.

    2. Susara Maria van Straaten, daughter of Jacob van Straaten and Susara Catharina Erasmus, was born in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 30, 1868 in Groenekloof, Petrusburg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Petrus Jacobus du Toit, son of Johannes du Toit and Johanna Pienaar, was baptized on July 23, 1752 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

    2. Elisabeth Maria Theron, daughter of Jacobus Theron and Hester Blignaut, was baptized on June 29, 1759 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on February 8, 1824 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 64.

    3. Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen, was baptized on February 9, 1738.

    4. Susara Catharina Erasmus, daughter of Abraham Erasmus and Adriana Smit, was baptized on August 13, 1769.

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