Gert Roelof Brits, 1836–1912 (aged 75 years)
- Name
- Gert Roelof /Brits/
- Given names
- Gert Roelof
- Surname
- Brits
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Birth
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Text: CAL SEP 1836 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 Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g6. |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2g6. |
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Town founded
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Marriage
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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 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 Citation details: Marriage: Gerrit Rudolf BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEIBURG (1857), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-BNPY?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1301817626 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1848-1870 > image 229 of 544; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 29 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2. |
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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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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Death notice: Rudolph Marthinus BRITS (1868), VAB MHG B208, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DNS5-48?i=351&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: Baptism: Anna Cecilia BRITS (1870), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-S9GT-9?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-T3X%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C1559168493 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Bloemfontein > Christenings, memberships 1869-1872 > image 35 of 149; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Shared note: Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) Anna Cecilia BRITS (*1863 and *1869) There are two children named Anna Cecilia baptised to Gert Roelof BRITS and Maria Jacoba MEYBURGH. The first born in 1863 is presumed to have died before the second was born in 1869. |
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Death of a father
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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War
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Marriage: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS and Martha Sophia VILJOEN (1881), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95S-B9XP-L?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-GPD%3A183083201%2C183129501%2C1559164501 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Brandfort > Marriages 1875-1901 > image 56 of 452; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e2. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e3. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BRITS (1930), VAB MHG 22411, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-J9DT-W?i=1664&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Citation details: Death notice: David Jacobus VILJOEN (1910), VAB MHG V1834, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9WG-K?i=166&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Citation details: Marriage: David Jacobus VILJOEN and Dina Carolina BRITS (1884), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZGL8?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-L29%3A183083201%2C183099001%2C183104101 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Bloemfontein > Marriages 1870-1890 > image 641 of 828; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g3. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e4. |
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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e5. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia BRITZ (1926), VAB MHG 19084, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P6XP?i=309&cat=195564 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p389, b2c2d9e6. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Marriage: Gerhardus Albertus VAN ASWEGEN and Martha Cornelia BRITS (1889), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZY67?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 395 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Maria Jacoba BRITS (1919), VAB MHG V2142, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9Q6-G?i=1654&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Citation details: Marriage: Jan Hendrik VILJOEN and Maria Jacoba BRITS (1891), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-ZYF2?cc=1910846&wc=39ZX-T36%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C183123202 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Boshof > Marriages 1878-1900 > image 470 of 712; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 30 Nov 2019 Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g7. Text: x BRITS |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e8. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e9. |
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Death of a mother
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Text: 15.1.1896 (88.6.-) Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia MIJBURG (1896), VAB MHG M819, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-P93Z-L?i=1476&cat=195564 : accessed 7 Dec 2019 |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e10. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Text: 1899 Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5h2.
Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library
Citation details: Gravestone: Petrus Du Toit THERON (1890-1949) and Dina Carolina FURSTENBURG (1899-1967), http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3450449 : accessed 21 Nov 2019 Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c2d9e11. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notices: Hermanus Bernardus GROENEWALD (1902), VAB MHG G813, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DJ-4?i=464&cat=195564 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DN-D?i=465&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Baptism: Maria Jacoba GROENEWALD (1900), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GM-KQ1Q?cc=1910846&wc=39ZN-V8J%3A183083201%2C183123201%2C1301770676 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Boshof > Christenings 1898-1902 > image 35 of 59; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Death of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notices: Hermanus Bernardus GROENEWALD (1902), VAB MHG G813, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DJ-4?i=464&cat=195564 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-V9DN-D?i=465&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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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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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Marriage: Pieter Johannes Venter JOUBERT and Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITZ (1907), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-SS3V-M?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-MNT%3A183083201%2C1301841311%2C1559233681 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Dealesville > Marriages 1905-1919 > image 34 of 226; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 1 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Cecilia Johanna BRITS (1942), VAB MHG 34716, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9L4-HGFX?i=1021&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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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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Prime minister
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Death
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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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1808–1896
Birth: calculated May 1808
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Death: November 15, 1896 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 21, 1825 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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3 years
elder brother |
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9 years
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1836–1912
Birth: September 12, 1836
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Death: August 19, 1912 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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1836–1912
Birth: September 12, 1836
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28
Death: August 19, 1912 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — August 17, 1857 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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10 months
son |
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20 months
daughter |
1860–1933
Birth: January 31, 1860
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— Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 30, 1933 — Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa |
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16 months
son |
1861–1919
Birth: June 2, 1861
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 10, 1919 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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23 months
daughter |
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21 months
daughter |
1864–1919
Birth: calculated December 1864
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: February 17, 1919 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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3 years
daughter |
1867–1930
Birth: calculated June 1867
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27
— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: April 1, 1930 — Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa |
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2 years
daughter |
1869–1926
Birth: October 14, 1869
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— Dist. Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa Death: August 3, 1926 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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3 years
daughter |
1871–1928
Birth: between June 1871 and April 1872
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— Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 6, 1928 — Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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3 years
daughter |
1874–1942
Birth: calculated February 1874
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— Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: November 23, 1942 — Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
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5 years
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Descendants of Gert Roelof Brits
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Generation 1
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.
He married Maria Jacoba Meybürgh (first cousin), daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh and Johanna Susanna Nienaber, on August 17, 1857 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. She was born calculated 1840.
Children of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh:
- Jan Jacobus Brits (1858–)
- Johanna Susanna Brits (1860–1933)
- Philippus Arnoldus Brits (1861–1919)
- Anna Cecilia Brits (1863–1869)
- Maria Jacoba Brits (1864–1919)
- Dina Carolina Brits (1867–1930)
- Anna Cecilia Brits (1869–1926)
- Martha Cornelia Brits (1871–1928)
- Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits (1874–1942)
- Jeanetta Jacoba Brits (1878–)
- Marthinus Jacobus Johannes Brits
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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.
She married Frederik Constant Furstenburg, son of Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg and Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen, in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. He 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.
Children of Johanna Susanna Brits and Frederik Constant Furstenburg:
- Maria Susanna Furstenburg
- Francois Johannes Furstenburg (1881–1950)
- Gert Roelof Furstenburg (1883–1943)
- Frederik Constandt Furstenburg (1885–1952)
- Johanna Susanna Furstenburg (1887–)
- Philippus Arnoldus Furstenburg (1888–1938)
- Martha Magdalena Furstenburg
- Marthinus Jacobus Furstenburg (1892–1954)
- Maria Jacoba Furstenburg (1895–)
- Michiel Casparus Furstenburg (1897–)
- Dina Carolina Furstenburg (1899–1967)
Philippus Arnoldus Brits, son of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born on June 2, 1861 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa and died on February 10, 1919 in Doornpan, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 57.
He married Martha Sophia Viljoen on April 25, 1881 in Brandfort, Free State, South Africa. She was born calculated 1862.
Maria Jacoba Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated December 1864 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa and died on February 17, 1919 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
She married Jan Hendrik
Jerman
Viljoen (sixth cousin), son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, on November 23, 1891 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa. He was born on July 17, 1865.Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated June 1867 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa and died on April 1, 1930 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa.
She married David Jacobus Viljoen (sixth cousin), son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, on July 7, 1884 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. He was born on April 15, 1858 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on October 22, 1910 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa at the age of 52.
Anna Cecilia Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born on October 14, 1869 in Edenburg, Dist. Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa and died on August 3, 1926 in Grassland, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa at the age of 56.
She married Thomas Deacon on March 14, 1887 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Martha Cornelia Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born between June 1871 and April 1872 in Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on May 6, 1928 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
She married Gerhardus Albertus van Aswegen on August 26, 1889 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa. He was born calculated 1866.
Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated February 1874 in Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on November 23, 1942 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
She married Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert, son of Francois Jacobus Joubert and Margaretha Louisa Boshoff, on May 7, 1907 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa. He was born on June 29, 1870 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa and died on October 8, 1948 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 78.
Jeanetta Jacoba Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated 1878.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald, son of Johannes Jacobus Groenewald and Abrahamina Johanna
Amy
du Plessis, before 1900. He was born calculated 1877 in Klippan, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa and died on February 7, 1902 in Hospital, Refugee camp, Brandfort, Free State, South Africa.The second time she married Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis.
Children of Jeanetta Jacoba Brits and Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald:
- Maria Jacoba Groenewald (1900–1902)
Jeanetta Jacoba Brits and Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis had 2 children.
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Dina Carolina Furstenburg, daughter of Frederik Constant Furstenburg and Johanna Susanna Brits, was born on August 23, 1899 in Skeerpoort, North West Province, South Africa and died on July 27, 1967 in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 67.
She married Petrus Du Toit Theron (sixth cousin), son of Pieter Andries Theron and Susara Maria du Toit.
Dina Carolina Furstenburg and Petrus Du Toit Theron had 5 children.
Ancestors of Gert Roelof Brits
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Generation 1
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.
Generation 2 back to topJan Brits, son of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits, was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65.
Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State, South Africa.
Generation 3 back to topRudolph Marthinus Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
Jacobus Myburgh, son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, was baptized on February 9, 1783.
Martha du Plessis, daughter of Gabriel du Plessis and Magdalena Maria Venter, was baptized on February 10, 1787 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa and died on November 3, 1858 at the age of 71.
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