Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen

Name
Johanna Jacomina /van der Westhuizen/
Given names
Johanna Jacomina
Surname
van der Westhuizen
Name
Johanna Jacomina /Delport/
Type of name
married name
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.
Marriage
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2.
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).
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1.
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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Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e1.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e2.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e3.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e3.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e4.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e5.
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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Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e6.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e6.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e7.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e7.
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 grandson
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e6.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Death notice: Gert Christiaan Jurgens DELPORT (1925), VAB MHG #18232/1925, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-56J7?cat=195564 : accessed 14 Oct 2018
Citation details: Death notice: Cecilia Johanna SCHOEMAN (1894), VAB MHG S1124/1894, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-5Q36?i=1268&cat=195564 : accessed 14 Oct 2018
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e6.
Citation details: Marriage: Isaak Andries DELPORT and Johanna Secilia SCHOEMAN (1844), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-W4DX?i=601&cat=244034 : accessed 20 Apr 2020
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Death of a grandson
January 16, 1850 Age: 46 years 1 month 10 days
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e3.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
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.
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.
Family with Jacobus Delport
husband
herself
Marriage MarriageNovember 8, 1772
16 months
son
4 years
son
6 years
son

Descendants of Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen

  1. Generation 1
    1. She married Jacobus Delport, son of Jacobus Delport and Susanna Maree, on November 8, 1772. He was baptized on September 1, 1737.

      Children of Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen and Jacobus Delport:

      1. Jacobus Petrus Delport (1774)
      2. Pieter Johannes Delport (1777)
      3. Izak Christiaan Delport (1783)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Jacobus Petrus Delport, son of Jacobus Delport and Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen, was baptized on February 27, 1774.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Sara Maria Strydom on May 22, 1796.

      The second time he married Johanna Jacomina le Roux on May 18, 1800 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Jacobus Petrus Delport and Sara Maria Strydom:

      1. Jacobus Petrus Delport (1797)

      Children of Jacobus Petrus Delport and Johanna Jacomina le Roux:

      1. Catharina Johanna Delport (1802)
      2. Petrus Jacobus Delport (18031850)
      3. Gabriel Johannes Delport (1806)
      4. Johannes Mattheus Delport (1809)
      5. Izaak Andries Delport (1814)
      6. Daniel Delport (1819)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Izaak Andries Delport, son of Jacobus Petrus Delport and Johanna Jacomina le Roux, was born on March 9, 1814.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Catharina Elizabeth Sophia Oosthuizen on December 26, 1836 in George, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated 1816 in Olifantsrivier, Dist. George, Western Cape, South Africa and died on December 13, 1842 in Rietvalley, South Africa.

      The second time he married Cecilia Johanna Schoeman, daughter of Jurgens Johannes Schoeman and Catharina Cecilia Elisabett Le Roux, on January 15, 1844 in George, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated December 1, 1826 in Dist. Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa and died on April 16, 1894 in Dist. Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa.

      Children of Izaak Andries Delport and Catharina Elizabeth Sophia Oosthuizen:

      1. Catharina Elizabeth Johanna Delport (1837)
      2. Petrus Marthinus Jacobus Delport (1840)
      3. Johanna Jacomina Petronella Delport (1842)

      Children of Izaak Andries Delport and Cecilia Johanna Schoeman:

      1. Gert Christian Jurgens Delport (18711925)

Ancestors of Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen

  1. Generation 1
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Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Vera Theron (1954–2012) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835)