Johanna Christina Jacobs, 1792

Name
Johanna Christina /Jacobs/
Given names
Johanna Christina
Surname
Jacobs, Jacob, Jacobse
Name
Johanna Christina /Viljoen/
Type of name
married name
Baptism
October 6, 1792 41 (aged 0 days)
Citation details: Jacobs, p43, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e9.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 6 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 2 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 4 years)
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Marriage of a parent
Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7.
Marriage
1808 (aged 15 years)
Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f7.
Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4.
Citation details: Jacobs, p43, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e9.
Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 16 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Marriage of a parent
Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 23 years)
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Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 19 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 25 years)
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Death of a sister
before April 23, 1820 (aged 27 years)
Citation details: van Niekerk, p215, b2c3d6.
Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 27 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.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 32 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: van der Merwe, p588, b2c15d9e1f3g1.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1.
Citation details: Jacobs, p40, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e6.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 42 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Birth of a grandson
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
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 51 years)
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Marriage of a grandson
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
Death of a husband
Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4.
Death of a daughter
Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 66 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 72 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 72 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 74 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 80 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Marriage of a grandson
Text:

AFT 1877

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 Elizabeth Martha DU TOIT (1878), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-F96Z-8?cc=2821281 : 10 May 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 88 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 88 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 93 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Death of a daughter
Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4f3.
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: van der Merwe, p588, b2c15d9e1f3g1.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 108 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 109 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 109 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 109 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 111 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Death of a grandson
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
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 113 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 117 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 126 years)
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Family with parents
father
1751
Baptism: October 3, 1751 47 33
mother
Marriage MarriageApril 13, 1776Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
4 years
sister
6 years
sister
17861834
Baptism: July 14, 1786 34
Death: May 16, 1834Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
6 years
herself
Father’s family with Lea Boshof
father
1751
Baptism: October 3, 1751 47 33
stepmother
Marriage MarriageDecember 13, 1801Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Father’s family with Johanna Maria Catharina Faber
father
1751
Baptism: October 3, 1751 47 33
stepmother
Marriage MarriageOctober 30, 1815Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Family with Jan Viljoen
husband
17851858
Baptism: September 8, 1785 30 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: March 26, 1858Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
herself
Marriage Marriage1808
4 years
daughter
18121892
Birth: February 1, 1812 26 19 Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
Death: August 27, 1892Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
8 years
daughter
18191859
Birth: July 20, 1819 33 26 Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 2, 1859Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
Jan Viljoen + Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius
husband
17851858
Baptism: September 8, 1785 30 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: March 26, 1858Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
husband’s wife
18011873
Birth: October 30, 1801 27 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: March 27, 1873Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageAugust 23, 1841

Descendants of Johanna Christina Jacobs

  1. Generation 1
    1. Johanna Christina Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, was baptized on October 6, 1792.

      She married Jan Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, in 1808. He 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.

      Children of Johanna Christina Jacobs and Jan Viljoen:

      1. Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen (18121892)
      2. Anna Sophia Viljoen (18191859)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. 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:

      1. Johanna Christina van der Merwe (18311895)
    2. 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:

      1. Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (18361905)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. 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:

      1. Catharina Susanna van der Merwe (18491904)
    2. 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:

      1. Anna Sophia van der Merwe (1862)
      2. Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (1864)
      3. Elizabeth Mary van der Merwe (18661936)
      4. Johan Albertus Zastron van der Merwe (1870)
      5. Carolina Maria Joubert van der Merwe (1873)
      6. Susanna Magdalena van der Merwe (1875)
      7. van der Merwe (1877)
      8. van der Merwe (1877)

Ancestors of Johanna Christina Jacobs

  1. Generation 1
    1. Johanna Christina Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, was baptized on October 6, 1792.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Johannes Jacobs, son of Pieter Jacobs and Anna Fourie, was baptized on October 3, 1751.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
    1. Pieter Jacobs, son of Daniel Jacobs and Louisa Cordier, was baptized on October 14, 1703.

    2. Anna Fourie, daughter of Louis Fourie and Anna Jourdan, was baptized on August 8, 1718.

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