Rudolph Johannes Brits, 1741

Name
Rudolph Johannes /Brits/
Given names
Rudolph Johannes
Surname
Brits
Baptism
March 12, 1741 38 (aged 0 days)
Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c7.
Historical Event
Census
1754 (aged 12 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.
Epidemic
Smallpox
May 1, 1755 (aged 14 years)
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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
Marriage
Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c7.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 39 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 38 years)
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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 42 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 57 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 53 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.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797 (aged 55 years)
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Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1.
Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d6.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3.
Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d7.
Birth of a grandson
October 21, 1803 (aged 62 years)
Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2.
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 74 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 67 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 70 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 77 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 78 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.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Death notice: Gert Roelof BRITS (1912), VAB MHG B3920, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-6Q9Q-1M?cat=195564 : accessed 26 Nov 2019
Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2.
Citation details: Death notice: Anna Cecilia MIJBURG (1896), VAB MHG M819, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-P93Z-L?i=1476&cat=195564 : accessed 7 Dec 2019
Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e2f3.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 83 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 93 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 102 years)
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 117 years)
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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 (aged 160 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 160 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.
Family with parents
father
1702
Baptism: October 24, 1702 29 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
mother
Marriage MarriageJanuary 17, 1740
14 months
himself
Father’s family with Maria Gerrits
father
1702
Baptism: October 24, 1702 29 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
stepmother
Marriage MarriageDecember 5, 1722
6 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Christoffel Smit
stepfather
mother
Marriage Marriagebefore 1740
Family with Geertruida van Eck
himself
wife
Marriage MarriageMay 1, 1768
15 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
1785
Baptism: February 3, 1785 43 Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Rudolph Johannes Brits

  1. Generation 1
    1. Rudolph Johannes Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Huibrecht Brand, was baptized on March 12, 1741.

      He married Geertruida van Eck on May 1, 1768.

      Children of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck:

      1. Maria Magdalena Brits (1782)
      2. Dina Carolina Brits (1785)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Maria Magdalena Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, was baptized on November 24, 1782.

      She married Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, on June 28, 1799. He was baptized on October 20, 1781 and died on May 11, 1864 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 82.

    2. Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.

      She married Rudolph Marthinus Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, on January 11, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.

      Children of Dina Carolina Brits and Rudolph Marthinus Brits:

      1. Jan Brits (18031869)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Jan Brits, son of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits, was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65.

      He married Anna Cecilia Meyburgh (fourth cousin once removed descending), daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, on January 21, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State, South Africa.

      Children of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh:

      1. Jacobus Brits (1828)
      2. Gert Roelof Brits (18361912)

Ancestors of Rudolph Johannes Brits

  1. Generation 1
    1. Rudolph Johannes Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Huibrecht Brand, was baptized on March 12, 1741.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Rudolph Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Dina Olivier, was baptized on October 24, 1702 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
    1. Hans Jacob Brits. He died on February 15, 1729 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

    2. Dina Olivier, daughter of Ockert Corneliszoon Olivier and Maria Jans Visser, was born about 1673.

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