Gert Roelof Furstenburg, 1883–1943 (aged 59 years)
- Name
- Gert Roelof /Furstenburg/
- Given names
- Gert Roelof
- Surname
- Furstenburg
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Birth
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
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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: 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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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 maternal grandfather
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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 father
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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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Prime minister
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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 mother
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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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Death of a brother
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
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Death
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
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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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| mother |
1860–1933
Birth: January 31, 1860
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— 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
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2 years
younger brother |
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
younger sister |
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2 years
younger brother |
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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— Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 7, 1954 — Dist. Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
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4 years
younger sister |
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2 years
younger brother |
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22 months
younger sister |
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 Gert Roelof Furstenburg
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Generation 1
Gert Roelof Furstenburg, son of Frederik Constant Furstenburg and Johanna Susanna Brits, was born about July 1883 and died on June 20, 1943.
Ancestors of Gert Roelof Furstenburg
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Generation 1
Gert Roelof Furstenburg, son of Frederik Constant Furstenburg and Johanna Susanna Brits, was born about July 1883 and died on June 20, 1943.
Generation 2 back to topFrederik 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.
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 3 back to topFrancois 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.
Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, daughter of Michiel Casparus Eksteen and Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer, was baptized on April 11, 1819.
Gert 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.
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