Abraham Paulus van den Berg, 1747–
- Name
- Abraham Paulus /van den Berg/
- Given names
- Abraham Paulus
- Surname
- van den Berg
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Baptism
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. |
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Historical Event
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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: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. Citation details: Janse van Rensburg, p353, b6c4. |
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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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Historical Event
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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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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1. Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d9e3. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. Citation details: Pretorius, p395, b3c7d1e5. |
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War
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Historical Event
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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
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1e7. |
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. |
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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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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Text: Graaff-Reinet Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1e7. Text: Cradock Citation details: Naudé, p38, a2b1c1. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1e7. Citation details: Berg, p227, b1c9d5e2. |
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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 grandson
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Citation details: Baptism: Elisabeth Susanna VAN DEN BERG (1837), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-YL9M?i=414&cat=959223 : accessed 9 Dec 2019 Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10d1e7. Citation details: Death notice: Anna Susanna VAN DEN BERG (1906), MOOC 6/9/554 #2662, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-4S8N-6?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCY%3A1598082345 : 1 October 2018), 007844459 > image 532 of 2125; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 Dec 2019 Citation details: Joubert, p175, b8c1d12e7. |
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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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Historical Event
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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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Historical Event
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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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Death of a father
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| Marriage | Marriage — December 24, 1724 — |
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5 months
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4 years
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3 years
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1753–
Baptism: January 14, 1753
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — November 5, 1769 — |
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1782–
Baptism: September 22, 1782
30
— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — April 2, 1797 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — between 1798 and 1815 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 27, 1816 — |
Descendants of Abraham Paulus van den Berg
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Generation 1
Abraham Paulus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on April 1, 1747.
He married 4 times. The first time he married Hendrina van Rensburg, daughter of Hendrik Janse van Rensburg and Anna Maria van der Merwe, on November 5, 1769. She was baptized on January 14, 1753 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
The second time he married Magdalena Pretorius (great-niece), daughter of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Rachel Meyer, on April 2, 1797. She was baptized on September 22, 1782 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
The third time he married Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg (niece), daughter of Daniel van den Berg and Helena Maria Olivier, between 1798 and 1815. She was born on March 31, 1796.
The fourth time he married Heyla Magdalena de Beer on October 27, 1816.
Children of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Hendrina van Rensburg:
- Jacobus van den Berg (1773–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Jacobus van den Berg, son of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Hendrina van Rensburg, was baptized on April 10, 1773.
He married Maria Susanna van der Merwe (first cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Isak van der Merwe and Anna Susanna van Heerden, on February 23, 1794. She was born about 1774 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on January 26, 1859 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Susanna van der Merwe:
- Izak Jacobus van den Berg (1805–)
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Generation 3 back to top
Izak Jacobus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Susanna van der Merwe, was baptized on November 17, 1805.
He married 3 times. The first time he married Johanna Maria Naudé (first cousin), daughter of Carel David Naudé and Elisabeth van der Merwe, on October 6, 1823 in Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on May 11, 1806.
The second time he married Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg (second cousin), daughter of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Martha Hendrina Koen, on April 4, 1825 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on May 20, 1805.
The third time he married Elisabeth Susanna Joubert, daughter of Francois Joubert and Maria Hendrika Meegel, on January 6, 1827 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on April 15, 1809.
Children of Izak Jacobus van den Berg and Elisabeth Susanna Joubert:
- Elizabeth Susanna
Johanna
van den Berg (1836–) - Anna Susanna van den Berg (1842–1906)
- Elizabeth Susanna
Ancestors of Abraham Paulus van den Berg
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Generation 1
Abraham Paulus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on April 1, 1747.
Generation 2 back to topJacobus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Jacomina Carteniers, was baptized on August 6, 1702.
Generation 3 back to top2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
