Geertruida van Eck
- Name
- Geertruida /van Eck/
- Given names
- Geertruida
- Surname
- van Eck
- Name
- Geertruida /Brits/
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- married name
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c7. |
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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: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d6. |
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War
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d7. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3f2. |
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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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Marriage of a grandson
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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. |
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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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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — May 1, 1768 — |
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2 years
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1785–
Baptism: February 3, 1785
43
— Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Geertruida van Eck
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Generation 1
She married Rudolph Johannes Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Huibrecht Brand, on May 1, 1768. He was baptized on March 12, 1741.
Children of Geertruida van Eck and Rudolph Johannes Brits:
- Maria Magdalena Brits (1782–)
- Dina Carolina Brits (1785–)
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Generation 2 back to top
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.
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:
- Jan Brits (1803–1869)
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Generation 3 back to top
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:
- Jacobus Brits (1828–)
- Gert Roelof Brits (1836–1912)
Ancestors of Geertruida van Eck
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Generation 1
