Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer

Name
Maria Susanna Magdalena /Coetzer/
Given names
Maria Susanna Magdalena
Surname
Coetzer
Name
Maria Susanna Magdalena /Eksteen/
Type of name
married name
Marriage
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War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795
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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.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820
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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.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a daughter
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Birth of a grandson
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Birth of a grandson
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Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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Birth of a grandson
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Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Birth of a grandson
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Baptism of a grandson
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Birth of a grandson
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War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865
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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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Death of a granddaughter
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Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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
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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
Economic depression
1865
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881
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
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
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Death of a grandson
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Descendants of Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer and Michiel Casparus Eksteen:

      1. Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen (1819)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, daughter of Michiel Casparus Eksteen and Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer, was baptized on April 11, 1819.

      She married Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenburg and Anna Margaretha Roos, on May 27, 1839 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born on November 14, 1817 and died on December 17, 1872 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa at the age of 55.

      Children of Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen and Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg:

      1. Maria Susanna Margaretha Furstenburg (18401888)
      2. Johan Pieter Hendrik Furstenburg (18411907)
      3. Michiel Casparus Furstenburg (18441932)
      4. Anna Margaretha Furstenburg (1846)
      5. Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg (18481924)
      6. Hendrik Oostewald Furstenburg (1851)
      7. Roelof Abraham Furstenburg (1853)
      8. Martha Hendrina Magdalena Furstenburg (1855)
      9. Frederik Constant Furstenburg (18581916)
      10. Jeremias Petrus Furstenburg (18601944)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    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.

Ancestors of Maria Susanna Magdalena Coetzer

  1. Generation 1
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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) John George Delport (1896–1949) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990)