Adriana Smit
- Name
- Adriana /Smit/
- Given names
- Adriana
- Surname
- Smit
- Name
- Adriana /van Straaten/
- Type of name
- married name
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Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. |
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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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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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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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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Town founded
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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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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 — — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — November 28, 1762 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — January 7, 1786 — |
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20 years
stepdaughter |
1805–1868
Birth: Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 30, 1868 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Adriana Smit
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Generation 1
She married Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen,. He was baptized on February 9, 1738.
Ancestors of Adriana Smit
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Generation 1
