Johannes Jacobs, 1751–
- Name
- Johannes /Jacobs/
- Given names
- Johannes
- Surname
- Jacobs, Jacobse, Jacob
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Baptism
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Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7. |
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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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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Citation details: Pienaar, p14, b2. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7. Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1. |
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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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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 of a daughter
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Citation details: Jacobs, p40, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e3. Citation details: van Niekerk, p211, b2c1d7. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p215, b2c3d6. Citation details: van Niekerk, p211, b2c1d7. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Marriage of a daughter
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p216, b2c3d6e3. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1f1. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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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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Town founded
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Marriage
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Citation details: Jacobs, p39, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7. |
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War
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Jacobs, p37, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d6e5. Citation details: van Niekerk, p216, b2c3d6e3. |
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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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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p215, b2c3d6. |
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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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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p314, b3c4d11e1. Citation details: Jacobs, p40, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d7e6. |
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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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Death of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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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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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 — August 12, 1736 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — April 13, 1776 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1786–1834
Baptism: July 14, 1786
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Death: May 16, 1834 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — December 13, 1801 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 30, 1815 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Johannes Jacobs
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Generation 1
Johannes Jacobs, son of Pieter Jacobs and Anna Fourie, was baptized on October 3, 1751.
He married 3 times. The first time he married Jacomina Scholtz on April 13, 1776 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
The second time he married Lea Boshof on December 13, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
The third time he married Johanna Maria Catharina Faber on October 30, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz:
- Anna Maria Jacobs (1780–1820)
- Jacoba Christina Jacobs (1786–1834)
- Johanna Christina Jacobs (1792–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Anna Maria Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, was baptized on March 25, 1780 and died before April 23, 1820.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Jan Anthonie van Niekerk, son of Cornelis van Niekerk and Elisabeth Goosen, on October 23, 1796. He was baptized on October 29, 1775.
The second time she married Frederik van Niekerk, son of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Helena Elizabeth Oberholster, after 1796. He was born on May 30, 1772 and died on November 5, 1858 in Kameelfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa at the age of 86.
Children of Anna Maria Jacobs and Frederik van Niekerk:
- Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk (1801–)
Jacoba Christina Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, was baptized on July 14, 1786 and died on May 16, 1834 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 47.
She married Henning Johannes Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, on November 9, 1800. He was baptized on December 20, 1778 in Dist. Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Children of Jacoba Christina Jacobs and Henning Johannes Viljoen:
- Jacomina Susanna Viljoen (1801–1820)
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:
- Catharina Susanna Johanna Viljoen (1812–1892)
- Anna Sophia Viljoen (1819–1859)
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Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk, daughter of Frederik van Niekerk and Anna Maria Jacobs, was baptized on December 13, 1801.
She married David Stephanus Jacobse (first cousin once removed ascending), son of David Jacobse and Jacomina Adriana Smit, on May 4, 1817 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born in Nieuweveld, South Africa and died on November 3, 1863 in Jacobsdal, Free State, South Africa.
Children of Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk and David Stephanus Jacobse:
- Anna Maria Jacobse (1818–)
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 Johannes Jacobs
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Generation 1
Johannes Jacobs, son of Pieter Jacobs and Anna Fourie, was baptized on October 3, 1751.
Generation 2 back to topPieter Jacobs, son of Daniel Jacobs and Louisa Cordier, was baptized on October 14, 1703.
Anna Fourie, daughter of Louis Fourie and Anna Jourdan, was baptized on August 8, 1718.
Generation 3 back to topDaniel Jacobs, son of Pierre Jacob and Suzanne …, was born on September 14, 1673 in Guînes, Hauts-de-France, France and died about 1713.
Louisa Cordier, daughter of Louis Cordier and Francoise Martinet, was born about 1682 and died on November 22, 1774 in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa.
Louis Fourie was born in France and died in 1750.
Anna Jourdan, daughter of Pierre Jourdan and Anna Fouché, was born in 1698.
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