Maria de Leeuw
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- Maria /de Leeuw/
- Given names
- Maria
- Surname
- de Leeuw
- Name
- Maria /Hendriks/
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8. |
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Source citation: Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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War
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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 daughter
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p361, b7c8. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
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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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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 grandson
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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 |
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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 grandson
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
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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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Death of a grandson
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Citation details: Nieuwoudt, p364, b7c8d4. |
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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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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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Descendants of Maria de Leeuw
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Generation 1
She married Johannes Jacob Hendriks.
Children of Maria de Leeuw and Johannes Jacob Hendriks:
- Jacoba Louisa Hendriks (1778–)
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Generation 2 back to top
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:
- Heremias Hendrik Nieuwoudt (1806–1867)
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Generation 3 back to top
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 Maria de Leeuw
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Generation 1
