Anna Cornelia Venter
- Name
- Anna Cornelia /Venter/
- Given names
- Anna Cornelia
- Surname
- Venter
- Name
- Anna Cornelia /du Plessis/
- Type of name
- married name
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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: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3. Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1. |
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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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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: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1e3. Citation details: Du Plessis, p134, b1c5d4e7. |
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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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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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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3. |
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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 husband
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Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1d1. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Death of a daughter
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Citation details: Myburgh, p761, b2c5d4e3. |
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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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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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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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1760–1835
Baptism: April 13, 1760
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 5, 1835 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — January 30, 1780 — |
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5 years
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1785–1838
Baptism: May 8, 1785
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— Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: July 7, 1838 — Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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1760–1835
Baptism: April 13, 1760
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 5, 1835 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — August 24, 1794 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Anna Cornelia Venter
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Generation 1
She married Pieter du Plessis, son of Jan du Plessis and Johanna Helena Bekker, on January 30, 1780. He 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.
Children of Anna Cornelia Venter and Pieter du Plessis:
- Cornelia Geertruida du Plessis (1785–1838)
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Generation 2 back to top
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 Anna Cornelia Venter
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Generation 1
