Johanna Susanna Brits, 1860–1933 (aged 73 years)
- Name
- Johanna Susanna /Brits/
- Given names
- Johanna Susanna
- Surname
- Brits
- Name
- Johanna Susanna /Furstenburg/
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- married name
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Birth
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Text: CAL JAN 1860 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 Citation details: Baptism: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1860), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-597R-G?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 129 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 27 Nov 2019 |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Baptism: Johanna Susanna BRITS (1860), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-597R-G?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-2N5%3A183083201%2C183194001%2C1301770801 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Smithfield > Christenings 1848-1899 > image 129 of 546; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 27 Nov 2019 |
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Marriage
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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 |
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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-S9GT-9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1559168493 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings, memberships 1869-1872 > image 35 of 149; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Shared note: Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) There are two children named Anna Cecilia baptised to Gert Roelof BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEYBURGH. The first born in 1863 is presumed to have died before the second was born in 1869. |
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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War
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Address: Palmietfontein, Dist. Caledonrivier Citation details: Death notice: Phillipus Arnoldus MYBURG (1884), VAB MHG M405, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-G9NP-W?i=748&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1888), VAB MHG N275, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P1C1?i=656&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Text: 15.1.1896 (88.6.-) Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia MIJBURG (1896), VAB MHG M819, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-P93Z-L?i=1476&cat=195564 : accessed 7 Dec 2019 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Death of a father
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Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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Death of a husband
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: Death notice: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1919), VAB MHG B4645, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN33-CK?i=561&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba BRITS (1919), VAB MHG V2142, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9Q6-G?i=1654&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITZ (1926), VAB MHG 19084, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P6XP?i=309&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a sister
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Address: 27 Boshof Road, Kimberley Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BRITS (1930), VAB MHG 22411, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-J9DT-W?i=1664&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Prime minister
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Death
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Address: 51 Barend Street, Randgate, Krugersdorp 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 |
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1836–1912
Birth: September 12, 1836
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Death: August 19, 1912 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — August 17, 1857 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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10 months
elder brother |
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20 months
herself |
1860–1933
Birth: January 31, 1860
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— Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 30, 1933 — Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa |
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16 months
younger brother |
1861–1919
Birth: June 2, 1861
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 10, 1919 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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23 months
younger sister |
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21 months
younger sister |
1864–1919
Birth: calculated December 1864
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 17, 1919 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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3 years
younger sister |
1867–1930
Birth: calculated June 1867
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: April 1, 1930 — Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa |
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2 years
younger sister |
1869–1926
Birth: October 14, 1869
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— Dist. Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa Death: August 3, 1926 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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3 years
younger sister |
1871–1928
Birth: between June 1871 and April 1872
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— Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 6, 1928 — Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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3 years
younger sister |
1874–1942
Birth: calculated February 1874
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— Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: November 23, 1942 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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5 years
younger sister |
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1858–1916
Birth: April 6, 1858
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— Free State, South Africa Death: October 26, 1916 — Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| herself |
1860–1933
Birth: January 31, 1860
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20
— Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 30, 1933 — Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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1881–1950
Birth: December 1881
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— Brandfort, Free State, South Africa Death: March 31, 1950 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
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20 months
son |
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2 years
son |
1885–1952
Birth: November 13, 1885
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— Free State, South Africa Death: June 5, 1952 — Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
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2 years
daughter |
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2 years
son |
1888–1938
Birth: about 1888
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— Free State, South Africa Death: August 25, 1938 — Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
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1892–1954
Birth: about 1892
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31
— Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 7, 1954 — Dist. Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
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4 years
daughter |
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2 years
son |
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22 months
daughter |
1899–1967
Birth: August 23, 1899
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— Skeerpoort, North West Province, South Africa Death: July 27, 1967 — Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa |
Descendants of Johanna Susanna Brits
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Generation 1
Johanna Susanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, 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.
She married Frederik Constant Furstenburg, son of Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg and Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. He 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.
Children of Johanna Susanna Brits and Frederik Constant Furstenburg:
- Maria Susanna Furstenburg
- Francois Johannes Furstenburg (1881–1950)
- Gert Roelof Furstenburg (1883–1943)
- Frederik Constandt Furstenburg (1885–1952)
- Johanna Susanna Furstenburg (1887–)
- Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg (1888–1938)
- Martha Magdalena Furstenburg
- Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg (1892–1954)
- Maria Jacoba Furstenburg (1895–)
- Michiel Casparus Furstenburg (1897–)
- Dina Carolina Furstenburg (1899–1967)
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Generation 2 back to top
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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Generation 3 back to topThe details of this generation are private.
Ancestors of Johanna Susanna Brits
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Generation 1
Johanna Susanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, 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.
Generation 2 back to topGert Roelof Brits, son of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, was born on September 12, 1836 and died on August 19, 1912 in Biesempan, Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 75.
Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh and Johanna Susanna Nienaber, was born calculated 1840.
Generation 3 back to topJan Brits, son of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits, was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65.
Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh, son of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born on September 5, 1818 and died on December 2, 1884 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State, South Africa at the age of 66.
Johanna Susanna Nienaber, daughter of Jan Hendrik Nienaber and Maria Jacoba van den Berg, was born calculated August 24, 1823 in Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on August 26, 1888 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State, South Africa.
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