Jan Viljoen, 1785–1858 (aged 72 years)
- Name
- Jan /Viljoen/
- Given names
- Jan
- Surname
- Viljoen
- Name
- Albertus /Viljoen/
- Type of name
- also known as
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Baptism
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. |
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War
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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: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f7. Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. Citation details: Jacobs, p43, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e9. |
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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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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p588, b2c15d9e1f3g1. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Death of a mother
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. |
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Town founded
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary VAN DER MERWE (1936), MOOC 6/9/4738 #49487/1936, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5S22-V?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 54 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 Jan 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE and Elisabeth Mary GADNEY (1856), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-7L13?cc=2821281 : 8 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 |
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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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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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Death
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — May 25, 1777 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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19 months
brother |
1778–
Baptism: December 20, 1778
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— Dist. Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa |
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7 years
himself |
1785–1858
Baptism: September 8, 1785
30
— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 26, 1858 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| himself |
1785–1858
Baptism: September 8, 1785
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 26, 1858 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| wife | |
| Marriage | Marriage — 1808 — |
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4 years
daughter |
1812–1892
Birth: February 1, 1812
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— Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: August 27, 1892 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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8 years
daughter |
1819–1859
Birth: July 20, 1819
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 2, 1859 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| himself |
1785–1858
Baptism: September 8, 1785
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 26, 1858 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| wife |
1801–1873
Birth: October 30, 1801
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 27, 1873 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — August 23, 1841 — |
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1801–1873
Birth: October 30, 1801
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 27, 1873 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 6, 1822 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Jan Viljoen
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Generation 1
Jan Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, was baptized on September 8, 1785 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on March 26, 1858 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Johanna Christina Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, in 1808. She was baptized on October 6, 1792.
The second time he married Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius, daughter of Jacobus Johannes Pretorius and Martha Magdalena Haarhof, on August 23, 1841. She was born on October 30, 1801 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 27, 1873 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
Children of Jan Viljoen and Johanna Christina Jacobs:
- Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen (1812–1892)
- Anna Sophia Viljoen (1819–1859)
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Generation 2 back to top
Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen, daughter of Jan Viljoen and Johanna Christina Jacobs, was born on February 1, 1812 in Zoetvlei, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on August 27, 1892 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 80.
She married Philippus Jacobus van der Merwe, son of Nicolaas van der Merwe and Susanna Margaretha Liebenberg,. He was born on August 27, 1810 and died on August 28, 1895 in Rietfontein, South Africa at the age of 85.
Children of Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen and Philippus Jacobus van der Merwe:
- Johanna Christina van der Merwe (1831–1895)
Anna Sophia Viljoen, daughter of Jan Viljoen and Johanna Christina Jacobs, was born on July 20, 1819 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 2, 1859 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 39.
She married Petrus Johannes van der Merwe, son of Nicolaas van der Merwe and Susanna Margaretha Liebenberg,. He was born on March 7, 1814 in Ou Plaas, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on October 22, 1885 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
Children of Anna Sophia Viljoen and Petrus Johannes van der Merwe:
- Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (1836–1905)
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Generation 3 back to top
Johanna Christina van der Merwe, daughter of Philippus Jacobus van der Merwe and Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen, was born in 1831 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa and died in 1895 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 64.
She married Roelof Petrus van der Merwe (fourth cousin), son of Andries Petrus van der Merwe and Johanna Catharina Pienaar,. He was born on July 13, 1830 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in 1873 at the age of 42.
Children of Johanna Christina van der Merwe and Roelof Petrus van der Merwe:
- Catharina Susanna van der Merwe (1849–1904)
Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe, son of Petrus Johannes van der Merwe and Anna Sophia Viljoen, was born calculated August 25, 1836 in Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on September 26, 1905 in Britstown, Northern Cape, South Africa.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Elizabeth Mary Gadney, daughter of John Gadney, on December 8, 1856 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated March 22, 1837 in Dist. Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa and died on October 3, 1877 in Kombuisfontein, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
The second time he married Elizabeth Martha du Toit on June 26, 1878 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Mary Gadney:
- Anna Sophia van der Merwe (1862–)
- Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (1864–)
- Elizabeth Mary van der Merwe (1866–1936)
- Johan Albertus Zastron van der Merwe (1870–)
- Carolina Maria Joubert van der Merwe (1873–)
- Susanna Magdalena van der Merwe (1875–)
- … van der Merwe (1877–)
- … van der Merwe (1877–)
Children of Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Martha du Toit:
- Sara Magdalena van der Merwe (1879–)
- Elizabeth Martha van der Merwe (1881–)
- Jacomina Jacoba van der Merwe (1883–)
- Steffina Francina van der Merwe (1885–)
- Johanna Susanna Elizabeth van der Merwe (1887–)
- Magdalena Steffina Cornelia van der Merwe (1890–)
- Carolina Petronella van der Merwe (1894–)
- Stephanus Francois van der Merwe (1897–)
- Dawid Schalk van der Merwe (1899–)
Ancestors of Jan Viljoen
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Generation 1
Jan Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, was baptized on September 8, 1785 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on March 26, 1858 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.
Generation 2 back to topAlbertus Viljoen, son of Henning Viljoen and Susanna Durand, was born about 1755.
Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, daughter of Johannes David Griesel and Anna Maria Jacoba Pelser. She died on March 8, 1839.
Generation 3 back to topHenning Viljoen, son of Henning Viljoen and Marguerite Therese de Savoye, was baptized on August 16, 1713 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Susanna Durand, daughter of Jean Durand and Wilhelmina van Zyl.
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