Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, –1839
- Name
- Johanna Elizabeth /Griesel/
- Given names
- Johanna Elizabeth
- Surname
- Griesel
- Name
- Johanna Elizabeth /Viljoen/
- Type of name
- married name
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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: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11. |
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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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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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Historical Event
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1. Citation details: Jacobs, p40, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e6. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e3f5. Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1f1. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1f1. |
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Marriage of a son
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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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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f5. Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4f3. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4f3. |
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War
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Town founded
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Town founded
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f7. Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e3f5. Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1f1. |
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Death of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e3f5. Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1f1. |
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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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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Death
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — May 25, 1777 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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19 months
son |
1778–
Baptism: December 20, 1778
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— Dist. Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa |
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7 years
son |
1785–1858
Baptism: September 8, 1785
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: March 26, 1858 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Johanna Elizabeth Griesel
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Generation 1
Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, daughter of Johannes David Griesel and Anna Maria Jacoba Pelser. She died on March 8, 1839.
She married Albertus Viljoen, son of Henning Viljoen and Susanna Durand, on May 25, 1777 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born about 1755.
Children of Johanna Elizabeth Griesel and Albertus Viljoen:
- Henning Johannes Viljoen (1778–)
- Jan Viljoen (1785–1858)
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Generation 2 back to top
Henning Johannes Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, was baptized on December 20, 1778 in Dist. Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
He married Jacoba Christina Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, on November 9, 1800. She was baptized on July 14, 1786 and died on May 16, 1834 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 47.
Children of Henning Johannes Viljoen and Jacoba Christina Jacobs:
- Jacomina Susanna Viljoen (1801–1820)
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 3 back to top
Jacomina Susanna Viljoen, daughter of Henning Johannes Viljoen and Jacoba Christina Jacobs, was born on January 16, 1801 and died on December 10, 1820 at the age of 19.
She married Willem Johannes van der Merwe, son of Petrus van der Merwe and Magdalena Jacoba Lubbe, before December 1820. He was born on January 8, 1799 in Vlermuisgat, Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on October 27, 1891 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 92.
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)
Ancestors of Johanna Elizabeth Griesel
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Generation 1
Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, daughter of Johannes David Griesel and Anna Maria Jacoba Pelser. She died on March 8, 1839.
Generation 2 back to top2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
