Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg, 18371903 (aged 65 years)

Name
Maria Susanna Elizabeth /Janse van Rensburg/
Given names
Maria Susanna Elizabeth
Surname
Janse van Rensburg
Name
Maria Susanna Elizabeth /Pretorius/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Citation details: Death notice: Maria Susanna Elizabeth JANSE VAN RENSBURG (1903), VAB MHG R1439, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P96K-Q?cc=3040532 : accessed 10 May 2020
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 6 years)
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Marriage
Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 21 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 27 years)
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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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 43 years)
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Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 63 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 64 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 64 years)
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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.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 64 years)
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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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 27 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 29 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 36 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 43 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 48 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Death
Citation details: Death notice: Maria Susanna Elizabeth JANSE VAN RENSBURG (1903), VAB MHG R1439, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P96K-Q?cc=3040532 : accessed 10 May 2020
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage
herself
18371903
Birth: calculated July 2, 1837 Free State, South Africa
Death: February 23, 1903Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa
Family with Petrus Hermanus Pretorius
husband
18311908
Birth: November 18, 1831 26
Death: March 23, 1908
herself
18371903
Birth: calculated July 2, 1837 Free State, South Africa
Death: February 23, 1903Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa
Marriage MarriageMarch 13, 1854Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa
Petrus Hermanus Pretorius + Barbara Wilhelmina Stear
husband
18311908
Birth: November 18, 1831 26
Death: March 23, 1908
husband’s wife
18551934
Birth: October 14, 1855 32 30 Boshof, Free State, South Africa
Death: August 8, 1934Christiana, North West Province, South Africa
Marriage MarriageFebruary 15, 1904Boshof, Free State, South Africa

Descendants of Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg, daughter of Luduwich Johannes Janse van Rensburg and Maria Susanna Elizabeth Jacobs, was born calculated July 2, 1837 in Free State, South Africa and died on February 23, 1903 in Schulpatkuil, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa.

      She married Petrus Hermanus Pretorius, son of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Maria van Vreeden, on March 13, 1854 in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. He was born on November 18, 1831 and died on March 23, 1908 at the age of 76.

Ancestors of Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg, daughter of Luduwich Johannes Janse van Rensburg and Maria Susanna Elizabeth Jacobs, was born calculated July 2, 1837 in Free State, South Africa and died on February 23, 1903 in Schulpatkuil, Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa.

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