Nicolaas Haarhof
- Name
- Nicolaas /Haarhof/
- Given names
- Nicolaas
- Surname
- Haarhof
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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: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1. Citation details: Joubert, p182, b10c5. |
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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 of a daughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1. |
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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f1. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f1. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
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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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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f1. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
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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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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Viljoen, p317, b3c4d11e4. |
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Town founded
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| Marriage | Marriage — May 20, 1759 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa |
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Descendants of Nicolaas Haarhof
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Generation 1
He married Susanna Joubert, daughter of Francois Joubert and Elizabeth Taillefer Cronjé, on May 20, 1759 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on May 28, 1741.
Children of Nicolaas Haarhof and Susanna Joubert:
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Generation 2 back to top
Martha Magdalena Haarhof, daughter of Nicolaas Haarhof and Susanna Joubert.
She married Jacobus Johannes Pretorius, son of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Rachel Meyer, on March 13, 1796. He was baptized on July 17, 1774 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and died on January 23, 1837 in Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 62.
Children of Martha Magdalena Haarhof and Jacobus Johannes Pretorius:
- Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius (1801–1873)
- Johannes Jacobus Pretorius (1805–1890)
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Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius, daughter of Jacobus Johannes Pretorius and Martha Magdalena Haarhof, was born on October 30, 1801 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 27, 1873 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Dawid Schalk van der Merwe on January 6, 1822 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The second time she married Jan Viljoen, son of Albertus Viljoen and Johanna Elizabeth Griesel, on August 23, 1841. He was baptized on September 8, 1785 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa and died on March 26, 1858 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.
Johannes Jacobus Pretorius, son of Jacobus Johannes Pretorius and Martha Magdalena Haarhof, was born on November 2, 1805 and died on June 10, 1890 in Dist. Marico, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 84.
He married Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden on December 4, 1825.
Children of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden:
- Petrus Hermanus Pretorius (1831–1908)
Ancestors of Nicolaas Haarhof
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Generation 1
