Jacoba Louisa Hendriks, 1778

Name
Jacoba Louisa /Hendriks/
Given names
Jacoba Louisa
Surname
Hendriks
Name
Jacoba Louisa /Nieuwoudt/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 2 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 1 year)
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784 (aged 5 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 20 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 16 years)
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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.
Marriage
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797 (aged 19 years)
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 37 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 30 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 33 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 40 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 41 years)
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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 46 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Marriage: Heremias Hendrik NIEUWOUD and Anna Maria THERON (1832), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QD89?i=210&cat=959223 : accessed 7 Dec 2019
Text:

D. 8de April 32

Citation details: Death notice: Anna Maria NIEUWOUDT (1838), MOOC 6/9/13 #2940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-M9MK-T?mode=g&i=1014 image 1015/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Text:

26 FEB 1832

Citation details: Deel 2, p274, b4c5d1e6.
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
Text:

x Graaff-Reinet 7.4.1832 Anna Maria THERON

Marriage date: Heremias Hendrik NIEUWOUD and Anna Maria THERON

The standard genealogies, Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika and SAG 6 give 26.2.1832 and 7.4.1832 respectively. My transcription of the marriage record copy is 8.4.1832

Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 56 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 65 years)
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Death of a husband
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 80 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 87 years)
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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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 103 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 123 years)
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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 123 years)
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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 86 years)
South Africa
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Death of a son
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 88 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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 95 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 102 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 107 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage
herself
Family with Heremias Nieuwoudt
husband
17731851
Baptism: February 28, 1773 42 32 Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: December 26, 1851Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
herself
Marriage MarriageJuly 24, 1796Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
10 years
son
18061867
Birth: February 13, 1806 32 28
Death: November 24, 1867Karriboschpoort, South Africa

Descendants of Jacoba Louisa Hendriks

  1. Generation 1
    1. Jacoba Louisa Hendriks, daughter of Johannes Jacob Hendriks and Maria de Leeuw, was born on January 18, 1778.

      She married Heremias Nieuwoudt, son of Izaak Nieuwoudt and Dorothea Elizabeth Hertzog, on July 24, 1796 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on February 28, 1773 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and died on December 26, 1851 in Toon Bothasfontein, Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 78.

      Children of Jacoba Louisa Hendriks and Heremias Nieuwoudt:

      1. Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt (18061867)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt, son of Heremias Nieuwoudt and Jacoba Louisa Hendriks, was born on February 13, 1806 and died on November 24, 1867 in Karriboschpoort, South Africa at the age of 61.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Anna Maria Theron, daughter of Pieter Carel Theron and Aletta Catherina Steenberg, on April 8, 1832 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on March 25, 1811 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 29, 1838 in Sneeuwberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 27.

      The second time he married Judith Johanna Haarhof, daughter of Pieter Josua Haarhof and Judith Johanna le Roux, on December 13, 1838 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on October 1, 1818 in Sneeuberg, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Ancestors of Jacoba Louisa Hendriks

  1. Generation 1
    1. Jacoba Louisa Hendriks, daughter of Johannes Jacob Hendriks and Maria de Leeuw, was born on January 18, 1778.

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