Anna Maria Jacobse, 1818

Name
Anna Maria /Jacobse/
Given names
Anna Maria
Surname
Jacobse
Name
Anna Maria /Smit/
Type of name
married name
Birth
May 4, 1818 22 16
Citation details: Jacobs, p38, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d6e5f1.
Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 3 months)
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Baptism
Citation details: Jacobs, p38, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d6e5f1.
Death of a maternal grandmother
before April 23, 1820 (aged 1 year)
Citation details: van Niekerk, p215, b2c3d6.
Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 1 year)
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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 (aged 6 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 16 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Marriage
Citation details: Smit, p406, a2b10c5.
Citation details: Jacobs, p38, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d6e5f1.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 25 years)
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Death of a husband
Citation details: Smit, p406, a2b10c5.
Death of a maternal grandfather
Citation details: van Niekerk, p215, b2c3d6.
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 40 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
Death of a father
Citation details: Jacobs, p37, Pierre Jacob, b5c1d6e5.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 46 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 62 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 67 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.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 82 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 84 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 83 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 83 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 46 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 48 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 55 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 62 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 85 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 87 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 92 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 93 years)
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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 (aged 100 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 99 years)
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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 (aged 101 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 106 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 111 years)
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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 (aged 121 years)
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Family with parents
father
17951863
Birth: Nieuweveld, South Africa
Death: November 3, 1863Jacobsdal, Free State, South Africa
mother
Marriage MarriageMay 4, 1817Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1 year
herself
1818
Birth: May 4, 1818 22 16
Family with Cornelis Johannes Smit
husband
17891850
Baptism: September 13, 1789 38 27
Death: August 22, 1850
herself
1818
Birth: May 4, 1818 22 16
Marriage MarriageOctober 8, 1838Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Cornelis Johannes Smit + Jacomina Elizabeth van Wyk
husband
17891850
Baptism: September 13, 1789 38 27
Death: August 22, 1850
husband’s wife
Marriage MarriageOctober 1, 1814Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
11 years
stepdaughter
18251887
Birth: April 22, 1825 35 Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: April 22, 1887Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Cornelis Johannes Smit + Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya Swanepoel
husband
17891850
Baptism: September 13, 1789 38 27
Death: August 22, 1850
husband’s wife
Marriage MarriageJuly 3, 1837Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Anna Maria Jacobse

  1. Generation 1
    1. Anna Maria Jacobse, daughter of David Stephanus Jacobse and Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk, was born on May 4, 1818.

      She married Cornelis Johannes Smit, son of Albert Smit and Cecilia Jacoba Coetzee, on October 8, 1838 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on September 13, 1789 and died on August 22, 1850 at the age of 60.

Ancestors of Anna Maria Jacobse

  1. Generation 1
    1. Anna Maria Jacobse, daughter of David Stephanus Jacobse and Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk, was born on May 4, 1818.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. David Stephanus Jacobse, son of David Jacobse and Jacomina Adriana Smit, was born in Nieuweveld, South Africa and died on November 3, 1863 in Jacobsdal, Free State, South Africa.

    2. Helena Elizabeth van Niekerk, daughter of Frederik van Niekerk and Anna Maria Jacobs, was baptized on December 13, 1801.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. David Jacobse, son of Pieter Jacobs and Anna Fourie, was baptized on December 7, 1749.

    2. Frederik van Niekerk, son of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Helena Elizabeth Oberholster, was born on May 30, 1772 and died on November 5, 1858 in Kameelfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa at the age of 86.

    3. Anna Maria Jacobs, daughter of Johannes Jacobs and Jacomina Scholtz, was baptized on March 25, 1780 and died before April 23, 1820.

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