Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg, 1805–?>
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- Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina /van den Berg/
- Given names
- Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina
- Surname
- van den Berg
- Name
- Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina /van den Berg/
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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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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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1e7. Citation details: Berg, p227, b1c9d5e2. |
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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. |
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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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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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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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Marriage | Marriage — June 28, 1801 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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Marriage | Marriage — April 4, 1825 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Marriage | Marriage — October 6, 1823 — Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Marriage | Marriage — January 6, 1827 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1836–
Birth: December 19, 1836
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1842–1906
Birth: February 7, 1842
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Death: August 15, 1906 — Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg
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Generation 1
Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg, daughter of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Martha Hendrina Koen, was baptized on May 20, 1805.
She married Izak Jacobus van den Berg (second cousin), son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Susanna van der Merwe, on April 4, 1825 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on November 17, 1805.
Ancestors of Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg
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Generation 1
Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg, daughter of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Martha Hendrina Koen, was baptized on May 20, 1805.
Generation 2 back to topAbraham Paulus van den Berg, son of Dirk van den Berg and Aletta van Rensburg, was baptized on October 5, 1782.
Martha Hendrina Koen was baptized in 1785.
Generation 3 back to topDirk van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized in 1744.
Aletta van Rensburg, daughter of Hendrik Janse van Rensburg and Anna Maria van der Merwe, was baptized on December 17, 1748.
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