Susanna Haarhof
- Name
- Susanna /Haarhof/
- Given names
- Susanna
- Surname
- Haarhof
- Name
- Susanna /Maartens/
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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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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Citation details: Maartens, p373, a6b4. |
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1. |
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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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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1918), MOOC 6/9/1065 #678, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-BWSJ?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K9%3A1598032382 : 11 October 2018), 007730937 > image 511 of 745; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Deel 2, p253, b4c5d1e1f1g5. 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 Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: du Toit, p255, a1b5c7d1e13f3. Citation details: Death notice: Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1918), MOOC 6/9/1065 #678, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-BWSJ?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9K9%3A1598032382 : 11 October 2018), 007730937 > image 511 of 745; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 20 Nov 2019 Citation details: Marriage: Petrus Jacobus DU TOIT and Louisa Maria GROBBELAAR (1857), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-492H-Y?i=610&cat=244034 : accessed 14 May 2020 |
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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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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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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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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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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Susanna Elizabeth MAARTENS (1866), MOOC 6/9/115 #2627, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VBC3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZP%3A1598082375 : 28 September 2018), 007844942 > image 2003 of 2278; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Nov 2019 Citation details: Grobbelaar, p567, b9c7d1. |
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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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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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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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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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1798–1866
Birth: 1798
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: April 30, 1866 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Susanna Haarhof
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Generation 1
She married Matthys Daniel Maartens, son of Joachim Heinrich Martens and Jacomina van den Berg, on May 13, 1798. He was baptized on July 3, 1768.
Children of Susanna Haarhof and Matthys Daniel Maartens:
- Susanna Elizabeth Maartens (1798–1866)
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Generation 2 back to top
Susanna Elizabeth Maartens, daughter of Matthys Daniel Maartens and Susanna Haarhof, was born in 1798 in Buffelshoek, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 30, 1866 in Pretoriuskloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 68.
She married Albertus Grobbelaar, son of Johannes Jacobus Grobbelaar and Elizabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld, on April 9, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on July 2, 1792 and died on April 9, 1846 in Over-Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 53.
Children of Susanna Elizabeth Maartens and Albertus Grobbelaar:
- Louisa Maria Grobbelaar (1838–1918)
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Generation 3 back to top
Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, daughter of Albertus Grobbelaar and Susanna Elizabeth Maartens, was born on March 10, 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 12, 1918 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.
She married Petrus Jacobus du Toit, son of Daniël Stephanus du Toit and Susara Maria van Straaten, on April 27, 1857 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on March 15, 1833 in Groenkloof, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 25, 1900 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 67.
Children of Louisa Maria Grobbelaar and Petrus Jacobus du Toit:
- Susanna Elizabeth du Toit (1858–1937)
- Daniel Stephanus du Toit (1859–)
- Albert Grobbelaar du Toit (1862–1938)
- Petrus Jacobus du Toit (1864–)
- Susara Maria du Toit (1866–1958)
- Louwisa Maria du Toit (1867–)
- Elizabeth Maria du Toit (1869–)
- Johanna Francina du Toit (1871–)
- Jacob Stephanus du Toit (1873–)
- Hendrik Matthijs du Toit (1875–)
- Louisa Maria du Toit (1877–)
- Johannes Barend du Toit (1878–)
- Jacobus Johannes du Toit (1880–)
- Catharina du Toit (1883–)
Ancestors of Susanna Haarhof
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Generation 1
