Barbara Maria Roets
- Name
- Barbara Maria /Roets/
- Given names
- Barbara Maria
- Surname
- Roets
- Name
- Barbara Maria /Brits/
- Type of name
- married name
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3. |
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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 son
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c3d3e6. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4. |
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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4f1. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4f1. |
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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 daughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d3e5. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3f2. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3f2. |
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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 granddaughter
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4f1. |
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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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Death of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. |
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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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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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Economic Event
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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Death of a son
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Address: Roodekoppies, Transvaal Text: † Roodekoppies (tans Brits) Tvl. Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — March 7, 1784 — |
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6 years
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1790–1875
Baptism: February 21, 1790
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Death: April 7, 1875 — Brits, North West Province, South Africa |
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3 years
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14 years
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Descendants of Barbara Maria Roets
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Generation 1
She married Gerrit Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Hester Engela van der Heiden, on March 7, 1784. He was baptized on April 15, 1756.
Children of Barbara Maria Roets and Gerrit Brits:
- Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits (1790–1875) - Johannes Jacobus Brits (1792–)
- Margaretha Elizabeth Brits (1806–)
- Johannes Nicolaas
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Generation 2 back to top
Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on February 21, 1790 and died on April 7, 1875 in Brits, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 85.He married Anna Johanna Wilken on October 30, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits and Anna Johanna Wilken:- Elizabeth Catharina Brits (1816–1857)
Johannes Jacobus Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on November 4, 1792.
He married Anna Maria Botha, daughter of Theunis Johannes Botha and Magdalena Gesina Roets, on May 22, 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated January 16, 1799 and died on June 14, 1880 in Gemsboksfontein, South Africa.
Children of Johannes Jacobus Brits and Anna Maria Botha:
- Magdalena Catharina Gesina Brits (1823–)
Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, daughter of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on May 11, 1806.
She married Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Maria Adriana Tas, on October 8, 1821 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on November 14, 1802.
Children of Margaretha Elizabeth Brits and Adam Adriaan van Niekerk:
- Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk (1824–)
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Generation 3 back to top
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.
Magdalena Catharina Gesina Brits, daughter of Johannes Jacobus Brits and Anna Maria Botha, was born on December 28, 1823.
She married Albertus Hendrik Adriaan du Toit, son of Francois Jacobus
Frans
du Toit and Elsie Susanna Grobbelaar, on September 11, 1879 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa. He was born on October 2, 1810 and died on March 14, 1885 in Varkfontein, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 74.Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk, son of Adam Adriaan van Niekerk and Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, was born on August 26, 1824.
He married Aletta Maria van Niekerk (second cousin), daughter of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Aletta Margaretha van der Merwe,. She was born on February 28, 1826 and died on March 27, 1886 in Edenburg, Free State, South Africa at the age of 60.
Children of Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk and Aletta Maria van Niekerk:
- Margaretha Elizabeth van Niekerk (1855–1936)
Ancestors of Barbara Maria Roets
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Generation 1
