Renske van der Walt, 1746

Name
Renske /van der Walt/
Given names
Renske
Surname
van der Walt
Name
Renske /Olivier/
Type of name
married name
Baptism
November 13, 1746 (aged 0 days)
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4.
Historical Event
Census
1754 (aged 7 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 8 years)
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Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die.
Marriage
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1.
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 34 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 33 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 37 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d2.
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 52 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 48 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 50 years)
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Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Olivier, p107, a2b7c4d2e6.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Olivier, p107, a2b7c4d2e6.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
Birth of a granddaughter
Text:

CAL 1805

Citation details: Death notice: Renske Maria OLIVIER (1863), MOOC 6/9/102 #160, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XSM4-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ5%3A1598082374 : 28 September 2018), 007844941 > image 1416 of 2198; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Jan 2020
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1e7.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1e7.
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f5.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f6.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f6.
Text:

†(sic) 3.12.1809

War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 69 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 62 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 65 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 71 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 73 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: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Deel 2, p120, b4c1d2e2.
Citation details: Olivier, p107, a2b7c4d2e6.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
Citation details: Death notice: Renske Maria OLIVIER (1863), MOOC 6/9/102 #160, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XSM4-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ5%3A1598082374 : 28 September 2018), 007844941 > image 1416 of 2198; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Jan 2020
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1e7.
Text:

x Worcester 5.7.1823

Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
Citation details: Death notice: Renske Maria OLIVIER (1863), MOOC 6/9/102 #160, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XSM4-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ5%3A1598082374 : 28 September 2018), 007844941 > image 1416 of 2198; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Jan 2020
Citation details: Olivier, p106, a2b7c4d1e7.
Text:

x Worcester 5.7.1823

Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 78 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f5.
Citation details: Deel 2, p205, b4c1d2e12.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 88 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 97 years)
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 112 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
Citation details: Death notice: Renske Maria OLIVIER (1863), MOOC 6/9/102 #160, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XSM4-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ5%3A1598082374 : 28 September 2018), 007844941 > image 1416 of 2198; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Jan 2020
Marriage of a grandson
after 1863 (aged 116 years)
Citation details: Myburgh, p754, b2c2d1e1f2.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 118 years)
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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.
Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 155 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 155 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 118 years)
South Africa
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Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage
herself
Family with Hendrik Olivier
husband
herself
Marriage MarriageMarch 24, 1765
1 year
son
23 months
son
1768
Baptism: February 14, 1768 31 21 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
11 years
daughter

Descendants of Renske van der Walt

  1. Generation 1
    1. Renske van der Walt, daughter of Geele Andriesz van der Walt and Johanna Weyers, was baptized on November 13, 1746.

      She married Hendrik Olivier, son of Gerrit Olivier and Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, on March 24, 1765. He was baptized on November 18, 1736.

      Children of Renske van der Walt and Hendrik Olivier:

      1. Gerrit Olivier (1766)
      2. Andries Olivier (1768)
      3. Beatrix Olivier (1778)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. 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)
    2. 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)
    3. 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)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. Renske Maria Olivier, daughter of Gerrit Olivier and Hester Myburgh, was born on June 11, 1805 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on February 15, 1863 in Freda, Dist. Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 57.

      She married Hendrik Myburgh (first cousin), son of Willem Myburgh and Beatrix Olivier, on August 3, 1823 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born on October 1, 1801 and died on November 14, 1873 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.

      Children of Renske Maria Olivier and Hendrik Myburgh:

      1. Willem Albertus Meijburgh (18361910)
    2. Johanna Catharina Olivier, daughter of Andries Olivier and Cecilia Johanna Korff, was born on July 21, 1801.

      She married Johannes Theron, son of Petrus Jacobus Theron and Anna Maria van der Westhuyzen, on December 9, 1821 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born calculated March 30, 1790 in Middel Roggeveld, South Africa and died on October 25, 1858.

    3. Hendrik Myburgh, son of Willem Myburgh and Beatrix Olivier, was born on October 1, 1801 and died on November 14, 1873 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.

      He married 3 times. The first time he married Hester Jacomina Visser on August 5, 1821.

      The second time he married Renske Maria Olivier (first cousin), daughter of Gerrit Olivier and Hester Myburgh, on August 3, 1823 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on June 11, 1805 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on February 15, 1863 in Freda, Dist. Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 57.

      The third time he married Hester Aletta Smuts after 1863.

      Children of Hendrik Myburgh and Renske Maria Olivier:

      1. Willem Albertus Meijburgh (18361910)
    4. Gert Jacobus Myburgh, son of Willem Myburgh and Beatrix Olivier, was born on January 18, 1807 and died on June 16, 1881 at the age of 74.

      He married Johanna Wilhelmina Theron (third cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Petrus Jacobus Theron and Anna Maria Cloete, on December 7, 1828 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on January 25, 1811 and died on February 20, 1875 at the age of 64.

      Children of Gert Jacobus Myburgh and Johanna Wilhelmina Theron:

      1. Anna Maria Myburgh (18281901)
    5. Anna Elizabeth Myburg, daughter of Willem Myburgh and Beatrix Olivier, was born on June 22, 1809 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

      Children of Anna Elizabeth Myburg and Christiaan George Immelman:

      1. Rensche Maria Immelman (18361911)

Ancestors of Renske van der Walt

  1. Generation 1
    1. Renske van der Walt, daughter of Geele Andriesz van der Walt and Johanna Weyers, was baptized on November 13, 1746.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
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