Johannes Jacob Hendriks

Name
Johannes Jacob /Hendriks/
Given names
Johannes Jacob
Surname
Hendriks
Marriage
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8.
Historical Event
Census
1754
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Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony.
Epidemic
Smallpox
May 1, 1755
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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795
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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 of a daughter
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799
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Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797
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Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820
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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
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage of a grandson
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
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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
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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.

Descendants of Johannes Jacob Hendriks

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Johannes Jacob Hendriks and Maria de Leeuw:

      1. Jacoba Louisa Hendriks (1778)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    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)
  3. Generation 3 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 Johannes Jacob Hendriks

  1. Generation 1
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Vera Theron (1954–2012) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972)