Michiel Nicolaas Bok 1763–

Michiel Nicolaas Bok, 1763–

Name

Michiel Nicolaas Bok

Name: Michiel Nicolaas /Bok/
Given names: Michiel Nicolaas
Surname: Bok, Bock

Gender Male

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Birth	April 11, 1763 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Citation details: Steenkamp, p158, b11c2.
War	Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 (aged 17 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event	Colonisation 1780 (aged 16 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
Marriage	Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp — View this family February 15, 1784 (aged 20 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Citation details: Steenkamp, p158, b11c2.
War	French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 20 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
War	French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 35 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 31 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 (aged 33 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Marriage of a daughter	Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt — Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock — View this family February 7, 1808 (aged 44 years) Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Jannetjie Sophia BOCK (1840), MOOC 6/9/20 #4196, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQPH-5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZV%3A1598082367 : 12 June 2018), 007844936 > image 110 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 7 Dec 2019 Death notice: Jannetjie Sophia BOCK (1840)
War	Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 52 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Natural disaster	Drought 1809 (aged 45 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded	The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 48 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Birth of a grandson	Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt September 3, 1813 (aged 50 years) Bokkeveld, Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p335, b1c3d6e3. Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Text: Groenrivier, Onder Bokkeveld Citation details: Death notice: Gert Christiaan Jacobus NIEUWOUDT (1847), MOOC 6/9/42 #8933, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSXM-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 12 September 2017), 007844937 > image 344 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Apr 2020 Death notice: Gert Christiaan Jacobus NIEUWOUDT (1847)
Baptism of a grandson	Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt October 9, 1814 (aged 51 years) Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p335, b1c3d6e3.
Town founded	Cradock is founded August 27, 1818 (aged 55 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	British settlers 1820 (aged 56 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 61 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event	Great trek 1835 (aged 71 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a grandson	Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt — Maatje Catharina Kotze — View this family January 3, 1836 (aged 72 years) Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Citation details: Deel 2, p226, b4c1d9e1f1. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p335, b1c3d6e3f1.
Death of a wife	Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp October 1, 1838 (aged 75 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Citation details: Steenkamp, p158, b11c2.
Death of a daughter	Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock February 27, 1840 (aged 76 years) Age: 49 years 11 months Groenrivier, Onder-Bokkeveld, Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 6 Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Jannetjie Sophia BOCK (1840), MOOC 6/9/20 #4196, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQPH-5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZV%3A1598082367 : 12 June 2018), 007844936 > image 110 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 7 Dec 2019 Death notice: Jannetjie Sophia BOCK (1840)
Town founded	Settlement of Victoria West is established 1844 (aged 80 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a grandson	Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt March 30, 1847 (aged 83 years) Age: 33 years 6 months 27 days Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Christiaan Jacobus NIEUWOUDT (1847), MOOC 6/9/42 #8933, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSXM-3?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 12 September 2017), 007844937 > image 344 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 23 Apr 2020 Death notice: Gert Christiaan Jacobus NIEUWOUDT (1847)
Epidemic	Influenza from 1857 to 1859 (aged 95 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War	American Civil War from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 102 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 (aged 138 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 138 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 101 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 103 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Economic Event	Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 110 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 117 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 117 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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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Family with Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp
himself	Links Birth: April 11, 1763 Marriage: February 15, 1784 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock Michiel Nicolaas Bok 1763– Birth: April 11, 1763
wife	Links Birth: October 8, 1757 25 19 Baptism: April 2, 1758 26 20 — Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: February 15, 1784 Death: October 1, 1838 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Michiel Nicolaas Bok Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp 1757–1838 Birth: October 8, 1757 25 19 Death: October 1, 1838
Marriage	Marriage — February 15, 1784 —
6 years daughter	Links Birth: March 29, 1790 26 32 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Baptism: October 19, 1790 27 33 — Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: February 7, 1808 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: February 27, 1840 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock 1790–1840 Birth: March 29, 1790 26 32 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: February 27, 1840 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Michiel Nicolaas Bok

Generation 1
1. Michiel Nicolaas Bok was born on April 11, 1763.
  He married Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp, daughter of Willem Wilhelm Steenkamp and Hendrina Smit, on February 15, 1784. She was born on October 8, 1757 and died on October 1, 1838 at the age of 80.
  Children of Michiel Nicolaas Bok and Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp:
  1. Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock (1790–1840)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock, daughter of Michiel Nicolaas Bok and Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp, was born on March 29, 1790 in Groenrivier, Onder-Bokkeveld, Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa and died on February 27, 1840 in Groenrivier, Onder-Bokkeveld, Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 49.
  She married Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, son of Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt and Jacoba Botma, on February 7, 1808 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born on December 14, 1787 in Klynfontein, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa and died on March 4, 1859 in Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
  Children of Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock and Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt:
  1. Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt (1813–1847)
Generation 3 back to top
1. Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt, son of Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt and Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock, was born on September 3, 1813 in Bokkeveld, Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on March 30, 1847 at the age of 33.
  He married Maatje Catharina Kotze, daughter of Theunis Gerhardus Kotze and Aletta Catharina Carstens, on January 3, 1836 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on August 25, 1818 and died on March 27, 1881 at the age of 62.
  Children of Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt and Maatje Catharina Kotze:
  1. Aletta Catharina Nieuwoudt (1837–1879)
  2. Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt (1839–)
  3. Theunis Gerhardus Josias Nieuwoudt (1841–)
  4. Gert Christiaan Jacobus Nieuwoudt (1845–)

Generation 1
1. Michiel Nicolaas Bok was born on April 11, 1763.

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Family with Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp
himself	Michiel Nicolaas Bok 1763–
wife Parents Willem Wilhelm Steenkamp Hendrina Smit	Johanna Sophia Jannetjie Steenkamp 1757–1838
daughter Family Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt Gerrit Christiaan Jacobus Gert Nieuwoudt	Jannetjie Sophia Johanna Bock 1790–1840

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