Johannes Hendrik Fourie, 1766–
- Name
- Johannes Hendrik /Fourie/
- Given names
- Johannes Hendrik
- Surname
- Fourie
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Baptism
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Citation details: Fourie, p345, b15c3. |
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3. Citation details: Fourie, p345, b15c3. Citation details: Steyn, p211, a2b2c3d6e3. |
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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 of a daughter
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3. Citation details: Fourie, p345, b15c3d1. |
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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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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Myburgh, p762, b2c5d4e3f9. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Myburgh, p762, b2c5d4e3f9. |
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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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Death of a brother
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Citation details: Fourie, p345, b15c1. |
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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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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Myburgh, p762, b2c5d4e3f9. |
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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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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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Death of a grandson
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Citation details: Myburgh, p762, b2c5d4e3f9. |
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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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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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — March 9, 1760 — |
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1 year
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5 years
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| Marriage | Marriage — after 1760 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — August 12, 1786 — |
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3 years
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Descendants of Johannes Hendrik Fourie
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Generation 1
Johannes Hendrik Fourie, son of Johannes Fourie and Cecilia Johanna du Preez, was baptized on May 8, 1766.
He married Martha Catharina Steyn, daughter of Hermanus Steyn and Anna Margaretha van Staden, on August 12, 1786. She was baptized on March 3, 1771.
Children of Johannes Hendrik Fourie and Martha Catharina Steyn:
- Cicilia Johanna Fourie (1789–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Cicilia Johanna Fourie, daughter of Johannes Hendrik Fourie and Martha Catharina Steyn, was baptized on March 30, 1789.
She married Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh (third cousin), son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, on October 30, 1803 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on October 23, 1784 and died on August 1, 1874 at the age of 89.
Children of Cicilia Johanna Fourie and Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh:
- Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh (1816–1865)
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Generation 3 back to top
Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh, son of Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh and Cicilia Johanna Fourie, was born on October 2, 1816 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on June 15, 1865 at the age of 48.
He married Elisabet Geertruida Lubbe (fourth cousin once removed descending), daughter of Henning Jeremias Lubbe and Jacomina Anna Maria Vermeulen, on July 6, 1835 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on April 17, 1818 and died on March 29, 1885 at the age of 66.
Children of Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh and Elisabet Geertruida Lubbe:
Ancestors of Johannes Hendrik Fourie
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Generation 1
Johannes Hendrik Fourie, son of Johannes Fourie and Cecilia Johanna du Preez, was baptized on May 8, 1766.
Generation 2 back to topJohannes Fourie, son of Louis Fourie and Anna Jourdan, was baptized on October 29, 1724.
Cecilia Johanna du Preez, daughter of Philippe du Preez and Isabella Potgieter, was baptized on April 7, 1743.
Generation 3 back to topLouis Fourie was born in France and died in 1750.
Anna Jourdan, daughter of Pierre Jourdan and Anna Fouché, was born in 1698.
Philippe du Preez, son of Philippe du Preez and Elizabeth Prévot, was baptized on April 4, 1705 in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1765.
Isabella Potgieter was baptized about 1711.
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