Jacob van Straaten, 1738–
- Name
- Jacob /van Straaten/
- Given names
- Jacob
- Surname
- van Straaten
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Baptism
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Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. |
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Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Marriage
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2d1. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
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War
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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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, a1b5c7d1e13. Citation details: Straaten, p292, a3b1c9. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f1. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f2. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f2. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Text: CAL 1833 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. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f4. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f4. |
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Town founded
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Marriage of a grandson
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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 |
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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — November 9, 1746 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — November 28, 1762 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — January 7, 1786 — |
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1805–1868
Birth: Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 30, 1868 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Descendants of Jacob van Straaten
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Generation 1
Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen, was baptized on February 9, 1738.
He married 3 times. The first time he married Martha van Aarde on November 28, 1762.
The second time he married Susara Catharina Erasmus, daughter of Abraham Erasmus and Adriana Smit, on January 7, 1786. She was baptized on August 13, 1769.
The third time he married Adriana Smit.
Children of Jacob van Straaten and Susara Catharina Erasmus:
- Susara Maria van Straaten (1805–1868)
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Generation 2 back to top
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.
She married Daniël Stephanus du Toit, son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Elisabeth Maria Theron, on March 2, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He 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.
Children of Susara Maria van Straaten and Daniël Stephanus du Toit:
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Generation 3 back to top
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:
- Susanna Elizabeth du Toit (1858–1937)
- Daniel Stephanus du Toit (1859–)
- Albert Grobbelaar du Toit (1862–1938)
- Petrus Jacobus du Toit (1864–)
- Susara Maria du Toit (1866–1958)
- Louwisa Maria du Toit (1867–)
- Elizabeth Maria du Toit (1869–)
- Johanna Francina du Toit (1871–)
- Jacob Stephanus du Toit (1873–)
- Hendrik Matthijs du Toit (1875–)
- Louisa Maria du Toit (1877–)
- Johannes Barend du Toit (1878–)
- Jacobus Johannes du Toit (1880–)
- Catharina du Toit (1883–)
Ancestors of Jacob van Straaten
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Generation 1
Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen, was baptized on February 9, 1738.
Generation 2 back to top2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
