Philip Mans

Name
Philip /Mans/
Given names
Philip
Surname
Mans
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820
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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.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage
Citation details: Death notice: Cicilya Jacoba SMIT (1887), MOOC 6/9/244 #725, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-D3MH-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 28 September 2018), 007844956 > image 860 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Apr 2020
Citation details: Smit, p406, a2b10c5d5.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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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
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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
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Death of a wife
Citation details: Deel 2, p120, b4c1d2e2f2.
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(wed. v. Philip Mans)...
d.v. Cornelius Mans en Nina van Wyk

Citation details: Death notice: Cicilya Jacoba SMIT (1887), MOOC 6/9/244 #725, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-D3MH-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8Q%3A1598082395 : 28 September 2018), 007844956 > image 860 of 2061; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Apr 2020
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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
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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
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
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
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881
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
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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939
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Family with Cecilia Jacoba Smit
himself
wife
18251887
Birth: April 22, 1825 35 Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: April 22, 1887Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageJanuary 23, 1843Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
Petrus Jacobus Theron + Cecilia Jacoba Smit
wife’s husband
18151902
Birth: August 30, 1815 25 20
Death: April 1, 1902Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
wife
18251887
Birth: April 22, 1825 35 Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: April 22, 1887Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Marriage MarriageJanuary 31, 1876Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Philip Mans

  1. Generation 1
    1. He married Cecilia Jacoba Smit, daughter of Cornelis Johannes Smit and Jacomina Elizabeth van Wyk, on January 23, 1843 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on April 22, 1825 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa and died on April 22, 1887 in Tygerhoek, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 62.

Ancestors of Philip Mans

  1. Generation 1
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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) John George Delport (1896–1949) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Harriet Hockly (1817–1874) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Leon Theron (1916–1966) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962)