Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, 1710

Name
Maria Magdalena /van der Westhuizen/
Given names
Maria Magdalena
Surname
van der Westhuizen
Name
Maria Magdalena /Olivier/
Type of name
married name
Baptism
November 16, 1710 31 27 (aged 0 days)
Citation details: Olivier, p105, a2b7.
Epidemic
Smallpox
March 16, 1713 (aged 2 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony.
Death of a maternal grandmother
May 1721 (aged 10 years)
Citation details: Olivier, p69, a1.
Marriage
Citation details: Myburgh, p760, b2c5.
Citation details: Olivier, p105, a2b7.
Death of a father
Citation details: Olivier, p83, a1b5.
Death of a mother
about 1736 (aged 25 years)
Citation details: Olivier, p83, a1b5.
Death of a husband
about 1746 (aged 35 years)
Citation details: Olivier, p105, a2b7.
Text:

MOOC 8/6 124

Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p760, b2c5.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2.
Baptism of a grandson
May 2, 1751 (aged 40 years)
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1.
Historical Event
Census
1754 (aged 43 years)
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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.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p756, b2c2d2.
Epidemic
Smallpox
May 1, 1755 (aged 44 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
Baptism of a grandson
July 4, 1756 (aged 45 years)
Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4.
Baptism of a granddaughter
July 10, 1757 (aged 46 years)
Citation details: Myburgh, p756, b2c2d3.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Smit, p435, a4b3c13d5.
Citation details: Death notice: Catharina MEYBURG (1841), MOOC 6/9/24 #5216, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQLY-J?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZV%3A1598082367 : 12 September 2017), 007844936 > image 1238 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 7 Dec 2019
Citation details: Myburgh, p765, b2c5d5.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1.
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4.
Baptism of a grandson
March 12, 1766 (aged 55 years)
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d2.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Text:

BEF 1789

Citation details: Du Plessis, p137, b1c5d11.
Citation details: van Heerden, p245, b1c11.
Citation details: Myburgh, p756, b2c2d2.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1.
Citation details: Deel 2, p4, b2c4d3.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 70 years)
Source citation:

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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 69 years)
Source citation:

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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Smit, p435, a4b3c13d5.
Citation details: Death notice: Catharina MEYBURG (1841), MOOC 6/9/24 #5216, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQLY-J?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZV%3A1598082367 : 12 September 2017), 007844936 > image 1238 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 7 Dec 2019
Citation details: Myburgh, p765, b2c5d5.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784 (aged 73 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d2.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Du Plessis, p137, b1c5d11.
Citation details: Myburgh, p756, b2c2d2.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1.
Death of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 88 years)
Source citation:

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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 84 years)
Source citation:

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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.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797 (aged 86 years)
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 105 years)
Source citation:

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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 98 years)
Source citation:

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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 101 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 107 years)
Source citation:

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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 109 years)
Source citation:

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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 114 years)
Source citation:

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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Family with parents
father
mother
16831736
Baptism: July 11, 1683 38 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: about 1736
Marriage MarriageNovember 7, 1706
4 years
herself
Family with Gerrit Olivier
husband
16931746
Baptism: May 31, 1693 37 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: about 1746
herself
Marriage MarriageApril 30, 1730
11 months
daughter
4 years
daughter
2 years
son

Descendants of Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen

  1. Generation 1
    1. Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, daughter of Nicolaas van der Westhuizen and Catharina Olivier, was baptized on November 16, 1710.

      She married Gerrit Olivier (first cousin once removed ascending), son of Hendrik Corneliszoon Olivier and Beatrix Guiberthe Verwey, on April 30, 1730. He was baptized on May 31, 1693 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1746.

      Children of Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen and Gerrit Olivier:

      1. Catharina Olivier (1731)
      2. Elizabeth Olivier (1734)
      3. Hendrik Olivier (1736)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Catharina Olivier, daughter of Gerrit Olivier and Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, was baptized on March 25, 1731.

      She married Jacobus Myburgh, son of Albert Lambertz Myburgh and Elsje van der Merwe, on February 20, 1747. He was baptized on December 19, 1723 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Catharina Olivier and Jacobus Myburgh:

      1. Gerrit Myburgh (1756)
      2. Catharina Engela Myburgh (17581841)
    2. Elizabeth Olivier, daughter of Gerrit Olivier and Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, was born on November 7, 1734.

      She married Willem Myburgh, son of Albert Lambertz Myburgh and Elsje van der Merwe, on April 26, 1750. He was baptized on February 17, 1718.

      Children of Elizabeth Olivier and Willem Myburgh:

      1. Albert Myburgh (17511798)
      2. Maria Magdalena Myburgh (1755)
      3. Elsie Myburgh (1757)
    3. Hendrik Olivier, son of Gerrit Olivier and Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, was baptized on November 18, 1736.

      He married Renske van der Walt, daughter of Geele Andriesz van der Walt and Johanna Weyers, on March 24, 1765. She was baptized on November 13, 1746.

      Children of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt:

      1. Gerrit Olivier (1766)
      2. Andries Olivier (1768)
      3. Beatrix Olivier (1778)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Gerrit Myburgh, son of Jacobus Myburgh and Catharina Olivier, was baptized on July 4, 1756.

      He married Anna Cecilia Olivier, daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Olivier and Anna Catharina Putter, on July 18, 1779 in Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on February 7, 1762 and died on June 24, 1835 at the age of 73.

      Children of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier:

      1. Jacobus Myburgh (1783)
      2. Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh (17841874)
    2. Catharina Engela Myburgh, daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Catharina Olivier, was born on October 22, 1758 in Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa and died on November 18, 1841 in Roodezandskloof, Dist. Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 83.

      She married Francois Smit, son of Alewyn Smit and Engela Helena van Niekerk, on October 3, 1784. He was born on May 14, 1763.

      Children of Catharina Engela Myburgh and Francois Smit:

      1. Francois Smit (17891851)
    3. Albert Myburgh, son of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on May 2, 1751 and died on September 21, 1798 in Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 47.

      He married Anna Elisabeth Theron, daughter of Jacobus Theron and Hester Blignaut, on May 9, 1773 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on October 12, 1755 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on May 30, 1828 in Over Breede River, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.

      Children of Albert Myburgh and Anna Elisabeth Theron:

      1. Willem Myburgh (17741854)
      2. Hester Myburgh (1775)
    4. Maria Magdalena Myburgh, daughter of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on April 6, 1755.

      She married 2 times. The first time she married Petrus Johannes van Heerden (second cousin), son of Willem van Heerden and Martha van der Merwe, on August 12, 1770. He was baptized on March 8, 1750 and died in 1787 at the age of 36.

      The second time she married Phillipus du Plessis, son of Johannes du Plessis and Anna Claudina Roux, on December 5, 1790. He was baptized on April 4, 1762 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on July 20, 1839 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 77.

      Children of Maria Magdalena Myburgh and Petrus Johannes van Heerden:

      1. Willem van Heerden (17711826)

      Children of Maria Magdalena Myburgh and Phillipus du Plessis:

      1. Maria Magdalena du Plessis (1795)
    5. Elsie Myburgh, daughter of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on July 10, 1757.

      She married 2 times. The first time she married Izaak van Heerden (second cousin once removed descending), son of Pieter Willem van Heerden and Anna Sophia van der Merwe,. He was baptized on October 6, 1755.

      The second time she married Cosmos Jospeh Rademan.

      Children of Elsie Myburgh and Izaak van Heerden:

      1. Pieter Willem van Heerden (1778)
      2. Catharina Cecilia van Heerden (1793)
    6. Gerrit Olivier, son of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt, was baptized on March 12, 1766.

      He married Hester Myburgh (first cousin once removed descending), daughter of Albert Myburgh and Anna Elisabeth Theron, on February 3, 1793. She was baptized on November 12, 1775.

      Children of Gerrit Olivier and Hester Myburgh:

      1. Renske Maria Olivier (18051863)
    7. Andries Olivier, son of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt, was baptized on February 14, 1768 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

      He married Cecilia Johanna Korff, daughter of Hendrik Korff and Martha van der Linde, on February 22, 1789.

      Children of Andries Olivier and Cecilia Johanna Korff:

      1. Johanna Catharina Olivier (1801)
    8. Beatrix Olivier, daughter of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt, was born on October 3, 1778.

      She married Willem Myburgh (first cousin once removed descending), son of Albert Myburgh and Anna Elisabeth Theron, on May 5, 1796. He was born on February 20, 1774 and died on August 13, 1854 in Beaufort, South Africa at the age of 80.

      Children of Beatrix Olivier and Willem Myburgh:

      1. Hendrik Myburgh (18011873)
      2. Gert Jacobus Myburgh (18071881)
      3. Anna Elizabeth Myburg (1809)

Ancestors of Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen

  1. Generation 1
    1. Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, daughter of Nicolaas van der Westhuizen and Catharina Olivier, was baptized on November 16, 1710.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Nicolaas van der Westhuizen, son of Pieter van der Westhuyzen and Maria Hendriks Winkelhausen, was baptized on May 7, 1679 and died on October 8, 1736 at the age of 57.

    2. Catharina Olivier, daughter of Ockert Corneliszoon Olivier and Aletta Verwey, was baptized on July 11, 1683 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1736.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Ockert Corneliszoon Olivier, son of Cornelis Olivier, was born about 1645 in Netherlands and died about 1705 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

    2. Aletta Verwey, daughter of Gysbert Verwey and Catharina Ganzevanger. She died in May 1721.

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