Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk, 1735–
- Name
- Pieter Cornelis /van Niekerk/
- Given names
- Pieter Cornelis
- Surname
- van Niekerk
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Baptism
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p258, b4c1. |
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p258, b4c1. |
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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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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Ferreira, p291, b7c4. Citation details: van Niekerk, p262, b4c1d8. |
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War
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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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Historical Event
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Ferreira, p292, b7c4d7. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p262, b4c1d8. |
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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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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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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Sara Elizabeth VAN ROOYEN (1891), VAB MHG R472, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-PSC5?i=1053&cat=195564 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-P93D?i=1055&cat=195564 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Baptism: Martha Margaretha FERREIRA (1856), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-QFB4?cc=1910846&wc=39ZJ-N35%3A183083201%2C1301774502%2C1559163301 : 4 November 2016), Free State > Winburg > Christenings 1842-1871 > image 242 of 400; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Anthonie Michael FERREIRA (1856), MOOC 6/9/74 #3728, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-C919-X?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZN%3A1598082371 : 12 September 2017), 007844938 > image 1759 of 2120; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Gert Marthinus FERREIRA (1913), VAB MHG F933, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-J9VX-X?i=510&cc=3040532 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Anthonie Michael FERREIRA (1922), VAB MHG 15691, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-PWNJ?i=1320&cc=3040532 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Jacomina Adriana FERREIRA (1890), VAB MHG F204, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J9J3-2?i=331&cc=3040532 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Stephanus FERREIRA (1923), VAB MHG 16160, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-54VB?i=39&cc=3040532 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Christina Elizabeth FERREIRA (1925), VAB MHG 17599, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-5DBY?i=1618&cat=195564 : accessed 26 Dec 2019 Citation details: Ferreira, p292, b7c4d7. |
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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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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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1702–
Baptism: April 2, 1702
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— Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — November 14, 1734 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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13 months
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3 years
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 17, 1762 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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17 years
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Descendants of Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk, son of Petrus van Niekerk and Marie Taillefer, was baptized on November 27, 1735.
He married Christina de Bruyn, daughter of Pieter de Bruyn and Margaretha de Villiers, on October 17, 1762 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on December 8, 1743 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
Children of Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk and Christina de Bruyn:
- Christina Elizabeth van Niekerk (1779–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Christina Elizabeth van Niekerk, daughter of Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk and Christina de Bruyn, was baptized on June 4, 1779.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Stephanus Ferreira, son of Stephanus Ferreira and Jacomina Aletta Muller, on October 12, 1794. He was baptized on January 24, 1773.
The second time she married Georg Frederik Rautenbach after 1806.
Children of Christina Elizabeth van Niekerk and Stephanus Ferreira:
- Anthonie Michael Ferreira (1806–1856)
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Generation 3 back to top
Anthonie Michael Ferreira, son of Stephanus Ferreira and Christina Elizabeth van Niekerk, was baptized on January 12, 1806 and died on March 24, 1856 in South Africa at the age of 50.
He married Susara Elizabeth van Rooyen on December 26, 1833 in George, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated December 1813 and died on September 16, 1891 in Klipplaatdrif, Dist. Winburg, Free State, South Africa.
Children of Anthonie Michael Ferreira and Susara Elizabeth van Rooyen:
- Maria Susanna Ferreira (1835–)
- Stephanus Ferreira (1836–1923)
- Christina Elisabeth Ferreira (1840–1925)
- Sara Elisabeth Ferreira (1843–)
- Jacomina Adriana Ferreira (1845–1890)
- Anthonie Michael Ferreira (1848–1922)
- Gert Marthinus Ferreira (1851–1913)
- Martha Margaretha Ferreira (1856–1929)
Ancestors of Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Pieter Cornelis van Niekerk, son of Petrus van Niekerk and Marie Taillefer, was baptized on November 27, 1735.
Generation 2 back to topPetrus van Niekerk, son of Cornelis Gerritsz van Niekerk and Maria van der Westhuizen, was baptized on April 2, 1702 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Marie Taillefer was baptized on January 13, 1714.
Generation 3 back to topCornelis Gerritsz van Niekerk was born in Netherlands.
Maria van der Westhuizen was baptized on October 6, 1675.
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