Hermanus Johannes Berry
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- Hermanus Johannes /Berry/
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- Hermanus Johannes
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- Berry
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Citation details: Death notice: John George BERRY (1908), VAB MHG #B3611, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X399-269?i=300&cat=195564 : accessed 29 Jan 2020 |
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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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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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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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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Citation details: Death Notice: Aletha Maria FERREIRA (1883), VAB MHG F132/1883, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-J94T-T?i=398&cat=195564 : accessed 14 Oct 2018 Citation details: Death notice: John George BERRY (1908), VAB MHG #B3611, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X399-269?i=300&cat=195564 : accessed 29 Jan 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Johan George BERRY and Aletta Maria FERREIRA (1859), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-79M2-K?cc=2821281 : 17 July 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 8 Nov 2020 Age at marriage: John George BERRY and Aletta Maria FERREIRA (1859) The marriage record might have the ages of bride and groom transposed. Death record support this, even though the bride might well have been younger than 18y. |
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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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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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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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Text: CAL 1875 Citation details: Marriage: Gert Christiaan Jurgens DELPORT and Clementine Letiza Johanna BERRY (1894), VAB MHG F132/1883, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-J9H3-Q?i=409&cat=195564 : accessed 14 Oct 2018 Citation details: Death notice: Clementina Letitia Johanna BERRY (1950), 7/51/222 regd 6/1/51, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXDS-CQR?cc=1407787&wc=Q8W9-9LJ%3A1058033201%2C1058040801 : 16 February 2017), 1951 > 7 > image 2 of 28; Master of the Free State High Court, Bloemfontein : accessed 2 Feb 2020 |
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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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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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Source citation: Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. |
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Citation details: Death notice: John George BERRY (1908), VAB MHG #B3611, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X399-269?i=300&cat=195564 : accessed 29 Jan 2020 |
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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1834–1908
Birth: calculated June 1834
— Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 12, 1908 — Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa |
Descendants of Hermanus Johannes Berry
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Generation 1
He married Mary Alice Slater.
Children of Hermanus Johannes Berry and Mary Alice Slater:
- John George Berry (1834–1908)
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John George Berry, son of Hermanus Johannes Berry and Mary Alice Slater, was born calculated June 1834 in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 12, 1908 in Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa.
He married Aletha Maria Ferreira, daughter of Johannes Theodorus Metelerkamp Ferreira and Magdalena Salomina du Preez, on September 19, 1859 in Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated February 1845 and died on July 23, 1883 in Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa.
Children of John George Berry and Aletha Maria Ferreira:
- Clementina Letitia Johanna Berry (1875–1950)
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Clementina Letitia Johanna Berry, daughter of John George Berry and Aletha Maria Ferreira, was born on May 7, 1875 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 15, 1950 in Fouriesburg, Free State, South Africa at the age of 75.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Gert Christian Jurgens Delport (fourth cousin once removed ascending), son of Izaak Andries Delport and Cecilia Johanna Schoeman.
The second time she married David Benjamin Venter after May 9, 1942 in Koppies, Free State, South Africa. He was born on May 7, 1873.
Children of Clementina Letitia Johanna Berry and Gert Christian Jurgens Delport:
- Izaak Andries Delport (1895–)
- John George Delport (1896–1949)
- Aletta Maria Delport (1897–)
- Private
- Gert Christiaan
Boet
Delport (1905–1968) - Clement Berry Delport (1911–1997)
Clementina Letitia Johanna Berry and David Benjamin Venter had no children.
Ancestors of Hermanus Johannes Berry
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Generation 1
