Barbara Jacomina Pelzer
- Name
- Barbara Jacomina /Pelzer/
- Given names
- Barbara Jacomina
- Surname
- Pelzer
- Name
- Barbara Jacomina /Viljoen/
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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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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: Viljoen, p310, b3c4d10. |
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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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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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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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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. Citation details: Viljoen, p311, b3c4d10e1f5. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p311, b3c4d10e1f5. Second name of Barbara Jacomina (Zalomina) Magrietha VILJOEN (1816-) In her son's death notice, the informant refers to Barbara Jacomina and not Zalomina. |
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Town founded
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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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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. Citation details: Death notice: Herculaas Johannes DU TOIT (1924), TAB MHG #57229, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSS4-KS85-3?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BRK%3A1590242785 : 14 February 2019), 007819160 > image 1407 of 2503; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 25 Apr 2020 Citation details: Viljoen, p311, b3c4d10e1f5. Text: x Graaff-Reinet 22.3.1835 |
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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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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — May 30, 1779 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1780–
Baptism: December 21, 1780
27
— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — May 5, 1776 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Barbara Jacomina Pelzer
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Generation 1
Barbara Jacomina Pelzer, daughter of Abraham Pelzer and Engela Zaaiman.
She married Johannes Hercules Viljoen, son of Henning Viljoen and Susanna Durand, on May 30, 1779 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on April 29, 1753.
Children of Barbara Jacomina Pelzer and Johannes Hercules Viljoen:
- Henning Johannes Viljoen (1780–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Henning Johannes Viljoen, son of Johannes Hercules Viljoen and Barbara Jacomina Pelzer, was baptized on December 21, 1780 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
He married Anna Jacoba Griesel, daughter of Abraham Jacobus Griesel and Anna Maria Botma, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She died on April 25, 1825.
Children of Henning Johannes Viljoen and Anna Jacoba Griesel:
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Generation 3 back to top
Barbara Jacomina Magrietha Viljoen, daughter of Henning Johannes Viljoen and Anna Jacoba Griesel, was born on August 29, 1816.
She married Albertus Hendrik Adriaan du Toit, son of Francois Jacobus
Frans
du Toit and Elsie Susanna Grobbelaar, on March 22, 1836 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on October 2, 1810 and died on March 14, 1885 in Varkfontein, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 74.Children of Barbara Jacomina Magrietha Viljoen and Albertus Hendrik Adriaan du Toit:
- Hercules Johannes du Toit (1854–1924)
Ancestors of Barbara Jacomina Pelzer
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Generation 1
Barbara Jacomina Pelzer, daughter of Abraham Pelzer and Engela Zaaiman.
Generation 2 back to top2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
