Johannes Mattheus Delport, 1809

Name
Johannes Mattheus /Delport/
Given names
Johannes Mattheus
Surname
Delport
Baptism
November 30, 1809 35 (aged 0 days)
Citation details: Delport, p54, b6c2d1e5.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 5 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 0)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 2 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 8 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 10 years)
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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 (aged 15 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 25 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 34 years)
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Death of a brother
January 16, 1850 (aged 40 years) Age: 46 years 1 month 10 days
Citation details: Delport, p53, b6c2d1e3.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 49 years)
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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 (aged 55 years)
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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.
Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 57 years)
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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 71 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 76 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 91 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 92 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 92 years)
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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 (aged 92 years)
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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 (aged 55 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 63 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 71 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 94 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 96 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 100 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 102 years)
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 108 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 108 years)
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 109 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 114 years)
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Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 129 years)
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Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageMay 18, 1800Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2 years
sister
15 months
younger brother
18031850
Birth: calculated December 6, 1803 29
Death: January 16, 1850
3 years
brother
3 years
himself
4 years
younger brother
6 years
younger brother
1819
Birth: September 2, 1819 45
Father’s family with Sara Maria Strydom
father
stepmother
Marriage MarriageMay 22, 1796
1 year
half-brother

Descendants of Johannes Mattheus Delport

  1. Generation 1
    1. Johannes Mattheus Delport, son of Jacobus Petrus Delport and Johanna Jacomina le Roux, was baptized on November 30, 1809.

Ancestors of Johannes Mattheus Delport

  1. Generation 1
    1. Johannes Mattheus Delport, son of Jacobus Petrus Delport and Johanna Jacomina le Roux, was baptized on November 30, 1809.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Jacobus Petrus Delport, son of Jacobus Delport and Johanna Jacomina van der Westhuizen, was baptized on February 27, 1774.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
    1. Jacobus Delport, son of Jacobus Delport and Susanna Maree, was baptized on September 1, 1737.

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