Abraham Erasmus, 1738–
- Name
- Abraham /Erasmus/
- Given names
- Abraham
- Surname
- Erasmus
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Baptism
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Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2. |
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2. Citation details: Smit, p417, a4b3c5d4. |
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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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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Citation details: Straaten, p290, a3b1. Citation details: Erasmus, p224, b6c2d1. |
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War
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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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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Citation details: Straaten, p292, a3b1c9. |
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War
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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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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT (1900), MOOC 6/9/403 #2085, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-73F6-F?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8B%3A1598092306 : 12 September 2017), 007844974 > image 758 of 2141; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13. Citation details: Straaten, p292, a3b1c9. |
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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — August 4, 1737 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1753–
Baptism: December 2, 1753
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— Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — March 27, 1768 — |
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Descendants of Abraham Erasmus
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Generation 1
Abraham Erasmus, son of Jacob Erasmus and Sara de Klerk, was baptized on July 6, 1738.
He married Adriana Smit, daughter of Jacobus Smit and Catharina van Dyk, on March 27, 1768. She was baptized on December 2, 1753 in Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa.
Children of Abraham Erasmus and Adriana Smit:
- Susara Catharina Erasmus (1769–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Susara Catharina Erasmus, daughter of Abraham Erasmus and Adriana Smit, was baptized on August 13, 1769.
She married Jacob van Straaten, son of Jan van Straten and Maria Claasen, on January 7, 1786. He was baptized on February 9, 1738.
Children of Susara Catharina Erasmus and Jacob van Straaten:
- Susara Maria van Straaten (1805–1868)
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Generation 3 back to top
Susara Maria van Straaten, daughter of Jacob van Straaten and Susara Catharina Erasmus, was born in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 30, 1868 in Groenekloof, Petrusburg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She married Daniël Stephanus du Toit, son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Elisabeth Maria Theron, on March 2, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on March 9, 1800 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on September 1, 1876 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa at the age of 76.
Children of Susara Maria van Straaten and Daniël Stephanus du Toit:
Ancestors of Abraham Erasmus
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Generation 1
Abraham Erasmus, son of Jacob Erasmus and Sara de Klerk, was baptized on July 6, 1738.
Generation 2 back to topJacob Erasmus, son of Pieter Erasmus and Maria Elisabeth Joost.
Generation 3 back to topPieter Erasmus. He died in 1731.
Maria Elisabeth Joost was born in Netherlands and died in September 1723.
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