Anna Johanna Wilken

Name
Anna Johanna /Wilken/
Given names
Anna Johanna
Surname
Wilken
Name
Anna Johanna /Brits/
Type of name
married name
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799
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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.
Historical Event
The Cape becomes a British Colony
March 5, 1797
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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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Marriage
Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4.
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 daughter
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Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Death of a daughter
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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.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865
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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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Death of a husband
Address: Roodekoppies, Transvaal
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† Roodekoppies (tans Brits) Tvl.

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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Family with Johannes Nicolaas Johan Brits
husband
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Baptism: February 21, 1790 33
Death: April 7, 1875Brits, North West Province, South Africa
herself
Marriage MarriageOctober 30, 1815Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
8 months
daughter
18161857
Birth: July 9, 1816 26
Death: December 27, 1857

Descendants of Anna Johanna Wilken

  1. Generation 1
    1. She married Johannes Nicolaas Johan Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, on October 30, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on February 21, 1790 and died on April 7, 1875 in Brits, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 85.

      Children of Anna Johanna Wilken and Johannes Nicolaas Johan Brits:

      1. Elizabeth Catharina Brits (18161857)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Elizabeth Catharina Brits, daughter of Johannes Nicolaas Johan Brits and Anna Johanna Wilken, was born on July 9, 1816 and died on December 27, 1857 at the age of 41.

      She married Rudolph Marthinus Brits (first cousin once removed ascending), son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, on October 6, 1833 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.

Ancestors of Anna Johanna Wilken

  1. Generation 1
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Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Vera Theron (1954–2012) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) John George Delport (1896–1949) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–)