Martha Cornelia Brits, 1871–1928 (aged 56 years)
- Name
- Martha Cornelia /Brits/
- Given names
- Martha Cornelia
- Surname
- Brits
- Name
- Martha Cornelia /van Aswegen/
- Type of name
- married name
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Birth
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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 Text: CAL 1871 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 Text: CAL 1872 Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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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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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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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Address: Palmietfontein, Dist. Caledonrivier Citation details: Death notice: Phillipus Arnoldus MYBURG (1884), VAB MHG M405, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-G9NP-W?i=748&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
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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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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Susanna NIENABER (1888), VAB MHG N275, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P1C1?i=656&cat=195564 : accessed 28 Nov 2019 |
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Marriage
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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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Death of a paternal grandmother
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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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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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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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Death of a father
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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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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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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: Death notice: Philippus Arnoldus BRITS (1919), VAB MHG B4645, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DN33-CK?i=561&cc=3040532 : accessed 30 Nov 2019 |
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Death of a sister
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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 |
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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Death of a sister
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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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Residence
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Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Prime minister
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Death
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Address: 27 Boshof Road, Kimberley Citation details: Death registration: Martha Cornelia BRITS (1928), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F7-9FBP?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-8GW%3A139968901%2C141194401 : 23 August 2019), 1928 > Kimberley > image 446 of 1225; National Archives, Pretoria : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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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
elder brother |
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20 months
elder sister |
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
elder brother |
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
elder sister |
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21 months
elder sister |
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
elder sister |
1867–1930
Birth: calculated June 1867
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— Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Death: April 1, 1930 — Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa |
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2 years
elder sister |
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
herself |
1871–1928
Birth: between June 1871 and April 1872
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32
— Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa Death: May 6, 1928 — Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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3 years
younger sister |
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
younger sister |
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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 |
| Marriage | Marriage — August 26, 1889 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
Descendants of Martha Cornelia Brits
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Generation 1
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.
Ancestors of Martha Cornelia Brits
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Generation 1
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.
Generation 2 back to topGert 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.
Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh and Johanna Susanna Nienaber, was born calculated 1840.
Generation 3 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.
Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh, son of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born on September 5, 1818 and died on December 2, 1884 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State, South Africa at the age of 66.
Johanna Susanna Nienaber, daughter of Jan Hendrik Nienaber and Maria Jacoba van den Berg, was born calculated August 24, 1823 in Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on August 26, 1888 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State, South Africa.
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