Frederik Constant Furstenburg, 18581916 (aged 58 years)

Name
Frederik Constant /Furstenburg/
Given names
Frederik Constant
Surname
Furstenburg
Birth
Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9.
Baptism
Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9.
Marriage
Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9.
Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1933), TAB MHG #81710, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-N514?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BT2%3A1590242822 : 14 February 2019), 007820146 > image 1407 of 1687; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 22 Nov 2019
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 0)
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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 7 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 6 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 8 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 father
Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 15 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 22 years)
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Death of a sister
Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d1.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 42 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 44 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 43 years)
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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 (aged 43 years)
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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 (aged 22 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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 27 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 45 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 47 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Death of a brother
Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2d2.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 52 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 53 years)
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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 (on the date of death)
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Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (on the date of death)
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Death
Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9.
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageMay 27, 1839Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
9 months
elder sister
18401888
Birth: February 27, 1840 22 20 Dist. Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: September 11, 1888Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa
15 months
elder brother
18411907
Birth: May 1841 23 22
Death: October 8, 1907Brandfort, Free State, South Africa
3 years
elder brother
18441932
Birth: June 1, 1844 26 25
Death: November 1932Dist. Brandfort, Free State, South Africa
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
18481924
Birth: December 23, 1848 31 29
Death: June 9, 1924Dist. Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
3 years
elder brother
1851
Birth: August 19, 1851 33 32 Uniondale, Western Cape, South Africa
2 years
elder brother
1853
Birth: August 30, 1853 35 34
2 years
elder sister
1855
Birth: December 18, 1855 38 36
2 years
himself
18581916
Birth: April 6, 1858 40 38 Free State, South Africa
Death: October 26, 1916Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
3 years
younger brother
18601944
Birth: about 1860 42 40
Death: September 17, 1944Brandfort, Free State, South Africa
Family with Johanna Susanna Brits
himself
18581916
Birth: April 6, 1858 40 38 Free State, South Africa
Death: October 26, 1916Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
wife
18601933
Birth: January 31, 1860 23 20 Boshof, Free State, South Africa
Death: May 30, 1933Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
Marriage MarriageBloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
daughter
son
18811950
Birth: December 1881 23 21 Brandfort, Free State, South Africa
Death: March 31, 1950Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
20 months
son
18831943
Birth: about July 1883 25 23
Death: June 20, 1943
2 years
son
18851952
Birth: November 13, 1885 27 25 Free State, South Africa
Death: June 5, 1952Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
18881938
Birth: about 1888 29 27 Free State, South Africa
Death: August 25, 1938Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
daughter
son
18921954
Birth: about 1892 33 31 Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Death: February 7, 1954Dist. Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
4 years
daughter
2 years
son
22 months
daughter
18991967
Birth: August 23, 1899 41 39 Skeerpoort, North West Province, South Africa
Death: July 27, 1967Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

Descendants of Frederik Constant Furstenburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Frederik Constant Furstenburg, son of Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg and Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, was born on April 6, 1858 in Free State, South Africa and died on October 26, 1916 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 58.

      He married Johanna Susanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. She was born on January 31, 1860 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on May 30, 1933 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 73.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Dina Carolina Furstenburg, daughter of Frederik Constant Furstenburg and Johanna Susanna Brits, was born on August 23, 1899 in Skeerpoort, North West Province, South Africa and died on July 27, 1967 in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 67.

      She married Petrus Du Toit Theron (sixth cousin), son of Pieter Andries Theron and Susara Maria du Toit.

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

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    The details of this generation are private.

Ancestors of Frederik Constant Furstenburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Frederik Constant Furstenburg, son of Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg and Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, was born on April 6, 1858 in Free State, South Africa and died on October 26, 1916 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 58.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenburg and Anna Margaretha Roos, was born on November 14, 1817 and died on December 17, 1872 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa at the age of 55.

    2. Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, daughter of Michiel Casparus Eksteen and Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer, was baptized on April 11, 1819.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Johan Pieter Fürstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenberg and Anna Elizabeth Hammes, was baptized on July 19, 1789.

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