Maria Magdalena van Zyl, 1792–1864 (aged 71 years)
- Name
- Maria Magdalena /van Zyl/
- Given names
- Maria Magdalena
- Surname
- van Zyl
- Name
- Maria Magdalena /Nieuwoudt/
- Type of name
- married name
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Birth
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. |
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War
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Historical Event
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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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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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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Town founded
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Marriage
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. Citation details: Marriage: Heremias Cornelis NIEUWOUDT and Maria Magdalena VAN ZYL (1845), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJG-LW28?cat=244034 : accessed 21 Apr 2020 |
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Death of a husband
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. |
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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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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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Death
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p330, b1c3d6. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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1792–1864
Birth: Kruisfontein, South Africa Death: March 13, 1864 — Modderfontein, South Africa |
| husband |
1787–1859
Birth: December 14, 1787
43
30
— Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 4, 1859 — Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| herself |
1792–1864
Birth: Kruisfontein, South Africa Death: March 13, 1864 — Modderfontein, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — June 9, 1845 — Drooge Rivier, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa |
| husband |
1787–1859
Birth: December 14, 1787
43
30
— Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 4, 1859 — Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| husband’s wife |
1790–1840
Birth: March 29, 1790
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— Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: February 27, 1840 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — February 7, 1808 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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6 years
stepson |
1813–1847
Birth: September 3, 1813
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— Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: March 30, 1847 |
| husband |
1787–1859
Birth: December 14, 1787
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— Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 4, 1859 — Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| husband’s wife |
1812–1842
Birth: May 6, 1812
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28
— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: November 20, 1842 — Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — May 16, 1841 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Maria Magdalena van Zyl
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Generation 1
Maria Magdalena van Zyl, daughter of Gideon van Zyl and Catharina Johanna Kriel, was born in Kruisfontein, South Africa and died on March 13, 1864 in Modderfontein, South Africa.
She married Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, son of Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt and Jacoba Botma, on June 9, 1845 in Drooge Rivier, 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 Maria Magdalena van Zyl
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Generation 1
Maria Magdalena van Zyl, daughter of Gideon van Zyl and Catharina Johanna Kriel, was born in Kruisfontein, South Africa and died on March 13, 1864 in Modderfontein, South Africa.
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