Anna Louisa Jacobs, 1783–
- Name
- Anna Louisa /Jacobs/
- Given names
- Anna Louisa
- Surname
- Jacobs, Jacob, Jacobse
- Name
- Anna Louisa /van der Merwe/
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- married name
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Baptism
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Citation details: Jacobs, p34, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d4e4. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Citation details: van der Merwe, p547, b2c10d2e4. Citation details: Jacobs, p34, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d4e4. |
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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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Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: Hugo, p505, b3c4d3. |
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War
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p547, b2c10d2e4f6. Citation details: van der Merwe, p563, b2c11d2e8f6. and g1-g5 |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Citation details: Marriage: Heremias Cornelis NIEUWOUDT Sr and Sophia Maria Jacoba VAN DER MERWE (1841), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-WSJF-H?i=265&cat=244034 : accessed 18 Apr 2020 |
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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. |
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Town founded
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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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War
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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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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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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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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — June 2, 1776 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 9, 1796 — |
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1776–
Birth: about 1776
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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1812–1842
Birth: May 6, 1812
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: November 20, 1842 — Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Anna Louisa Jacobs
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Generation 1
Anna Louisa Jacobs, daughter of Pieter Jacobs and Machteld Jordaan, was baptized on December 25, 1783.
She married Willem Schalk van der Merwe (third cousin), son of Schalk Willem van der Merwe and Elsie Janse van Rensburg,. He was born about 1776 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
Children of Anna Louisa Jacobs and Willem Schalk van der Merwe:
- Sophia Maria Jacoba van der Merwe (1812–1842)
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Generation 2 back to top
Sophia Maria Jacoba van der Merwe, daughter of Willem Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Louisa Jacobs, was born on May 6, 1812 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on November 20, 1842 in Onder-Bokkeveld, Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 30.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Izaak Johannes van der Merwe (third cousin), son of Carel Aaron van der Merwe and Elsie Johanna van Heerden, before 1831. He was born on April 8, 1809.
The second time she married Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, son of Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt and Jacoba Botma, on May 16, 1841 in Clanwilliam, 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.
Ancestors of Anna Louisa Jacobs
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Generation 1
Anna Louisa Jacobs, daughter of Pieter Jacobs and Machteld Jordaan, was baptized on December 25, 1783.
Generation 2 back to topPieter Jacobs, son of Pieter Jacobs and Anna Fourie, was baptized on November 7, 1745.
Machteld Jordaan, daughter of Johannes Jordaan and Sophia van Heerden, was baptized on November 4, 1753.
Generation 3 back to topPieter Jacobs, son of Daniel Jacobs and Louisa Cordier, was baptized on October 14, 1703.
Anna Fourie, daughter of Louis Fourie and Anna Jourdan, was baptized on August 8, 1718.
Johannes Jordaan, son of Jan Jordaan and Susanna Jordaan, was baptized on July 8, 1725.
Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Pieter Willems van Heerden and Magtilt van der Merwe, was baptized on December 31, 1724.
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