Pieter du Plessis, 17601835 (aged 75 years)

Name
Pieter /du Plessis/
Given names
Pieter
Surname
du Plessis
Baptism
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1.
Marriage of a parent
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1.
Citation details: Botha, p374, b2c4d6.
Marriage
Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3.
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 20 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 19 years)
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784 (aged 23 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Marriage
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 38 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 34 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 36 years)
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Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1e3.
Citation details: Du Plessis, p134, b1c5d4e7.
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 55 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 48 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 51 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 58 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 59 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.
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 64 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (0 after death)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Death
Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1.
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageDecember 3, 1758
17 months
himself
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Baptism: April 13, 1760 27 18 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: May 5, 1835Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Father’s family with Catharina Botha
father
stepmother
Marriage MarriageOctober 27, 1771
Family with Anna Cornelia Venter
himself
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Baptism: April 13, 1760 27 18 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: May 5, 1835Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
wife
Marriage MarriageJanuary 30, 1780
5 years
daughter
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Baptism: May 8, 1785 25 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: July 7, 1838Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Family with Anna Maria Elisabeth de Klerk
himself
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Baptism: April 13, 1760 27 18 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: May 5, 1835Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
wife
Marriage MarriageAugust 24, 1794Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Pieter du Plessis

  1. Generation 1
    1. Pieter du Plessis, son of Jan du Plessis and Johanna Helena Bekker, was baptized on April 13, 1760 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 5, 1835 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 75.

      He married 2 times. The first time he married Anna Cornelia Venter on January 30, 1780.

      The second time he married Anna Maria Elisabeth de Klerk, daughter of Willem Abraham de Klerk and Catharina van Aarde, on August 24, 1794 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on February 7, 1779.

      Children of Pieter du Plessis and Anna Cornelia Venter:

      1. Cornelia Geertruida du Plessis (17851838)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. Cornelia Geertruida du Plessis, daughter of Pieter du Plessis and Anna Cornelia Venter, was baptized on May 8, 1785 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died on July 7, 1838 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 53.

      She married 2 times. The first time she married Francois Philippus du Plessis, son of Paulus du Plessis and Maria du Preez, on April 19, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on March 30, 1783 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

      The second time she married Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh, son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, on September 4, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on October 23, 1784 and died on August 1, 1874 at the age of 89.

Ancestors of Pieter du Plessis

  1. Generation 1
    1. Pieter du Plessis, son of Jan du Plessis and Johanna Helena Bekker, was baptized on April 13, 1760 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 5, 1835 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 75.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Jan du Plessis, son of Pieter du Plessis and Geertruy van Deventer, was baptized on September 7, 1732.

    2. Johanna Helena Bekker, daughter of Marthinus Bekker and Johanna Pretorius, was baptized on March 18, 1742.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Pieter du Plessis, son of Jean Prieur du Plessis and Marie Buisset, was born about 1708 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa and died about 1747.

    2. Geertruy van Deventer was baptized on June 30, 1714 and died about 1752.

    3. Marthinus Bekker was baptized on December 14, 1710 and died before 1753.

    4. Johanna Pretorius, daughter of Johannes Pretorius and Helena Vosloo, was baptized on November 8, 1716.

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