Jan Hendrik Jerman
Viljoen, 1865–
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- Jan Hendrik /Viljoen/
- Given names
- Jan Hendrik
- Nickname
- Jerman
- Surname
- Viljoen
- Nickname
- Jerman
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Birth
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Text: CAL 1865 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. Citation details: Death notice: Hester Catharina VAN ASWEGEN (1902), VAB MHG #A372, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62NS-3BD?i=504&cat=195564 : accessed 23 Apr 2020 Identification of Jan Hendrik VILJOEN x Maria Jacoba BRITS (1864-1919) From the marriage certificate his birth year is calculated as 1865. A search of SAG 14 for Jan Hendrik reveals he is the only person of that name born close to 1865. The inscription in SAG 14 also shows that this Jan Hendrik x BRITS. |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g7. |
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Death of a father
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Text: Ficksburg Citation details: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7. Citation details: Death notice: David Jacobus VILJOEN (1879), VAB MHG #V253, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-J93M-P?cat=195564 : accessed 23 Apr 2020 |
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Marriage
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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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Death of a mother
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Address: Refugee camp, Winburg Citation details: Death notice: Hester Catharina VAN ASWEGEN (1902), VAB MHG #A372, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62NS-3BD?i=504&cat=195564 : accessed 23 Apr 2020 |
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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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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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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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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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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 brother
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Cause: struck by lightning Text: BEF 01 APR 1930 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: Viljoen, p324, b3c4d12e8f7g3. |
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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 wife
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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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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Source citation: Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: South Africa becomes a republic. |
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1833–1879
Birth: April 15, 1833
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 28, 1879 — Dist. Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa |
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1835–1902
Birth: January 3, 1835
— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 24, 1902 — Winburg, Free State, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — November 28, 1853 — Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1858–1910
Birth: April 15, 1858
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— Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: October 22, 1910 — Dist. Hoopstad, Free State, South Africa |
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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 |
| Marriage | Marriage — November 23, 1891 — Boshof, Free State, South Africa |
Descendants of Jan Hendrik Jerman
Viljoen
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Generation 1
Jan Hendrik
Jerman
Viljoen, son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, was born on July 17, 1865.He married Maria Jacoba Brits (sixth cousin), daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, on November 23, 1891 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa. She 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.
Ancestors of Jan Hendrik Jerman
Viljoen
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Generation 1
Jan Hendrik
Jerman
Viljoen, son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, was born on July 17, 1865.Generation 2 back to topDavid Jacobus Viljoen, farmer and farmer, son of Frederik Jacobus
Kootjie
Viljoen and Martha Sophia van der Merwe, was born on April 15, 1833 in Rietvlei, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 28, 1879 in Boompie Alleen, Dist. Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa at the age of 46.Hester Catherina van Aswegen, daughter of Johannes Henning van Aswegen and Anna Jacoba …, was born on January 3, 1835 in Klipfontein, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 24, 1902 in Winburg, Free State, South Africa at the age of 67.
Generation 3 back to topFrederik Jacobus
Kootjie
Viljoen, farmer and farmer, son of Johannes Hendricus Viljoen and Susanna Elisabeth Lubbe, was baptized on August 19, 1798 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.Martha Sophia van der Merwe, daughter of Johannes Lodewicus van der Merwe and Martha Sophia van der Merwe, was born in 1800 in Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 23, 1839 in Rietvlei, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 39.
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