Geertruyd Loos

Name
Geertruyd /Loos/
Given names
Geertruyd
Surname
Loos
Name
Geertruyd /Wiederholt/
Type of name
married name
Marriage
Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3.
Epidemic
Smallpox
March 16, 1713
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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3.
Historical Event
Census
1754
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Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony.
Epidemic
Smallpox
May 1, 1755
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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
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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Descendants of Geertruyd Loos

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Geertruyd Loos and Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt:

      1. Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt (1730)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Henriëtta Wilhelmina Wiederholt, daughter of Hendrik Lodewyk Wiederholt and Geertruyd Loos, was baptized on February 26, 1730.

      She married Jan van Straten on November 9, 1746.

Ancestors of Geertruyd Loos

  1. Generation 1
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Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) John George Delport (1896–1949) Vera Theron (1954–2012) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967)