Martha Elizabeth Marais, 18551912 (aged 56 years)

Name
Martha Elizabeth /Marais/
Given names
Martha Elizabeth
Surname
Marais
Name
Martha Elizabeth /Conradie/
Type of name
married name
Birth
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 3 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 9 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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 9 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 11 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 18 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Marriage
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War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 25 years)
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 25 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 30 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 45 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 46 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 46 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 46 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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 48 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 50 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 54 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (0 after death)
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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.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (on the date of death)
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Death
July 13, 1912 (aged 56 years)
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Family with Jacobus Lodewicus Conradie
husband
18511930
Birth: July 11, 1851 24 16
Death: August 9, 1930Ashton, Western Cape, South Africa
herself
Marriage MarriageAugust 11, 1874
13 years
son

Descendants of Martha Elizabeth Marais

  1. Generation 1
    1. Martha Elizabeth Marais was born on July 27, 1855 and died on July 13, 1912 at the age of 56.

      She married Jacobus Lodewicus Conradie, son of Jacobus Lodewikus Conradie and Helena Catharina Steyn, on August 11, 1874. He was born on July 11, 1851 and died on August 9, 1930 in Ashton, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.

      Children of Martha Elizabeth Marais and Jacobus Lodewicus Conradie:

      1. David Jakob Conradie (18861962)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. David Jakob Conradie, son of Jacobus Lodewicus Conradie and Martha Elizabeth Marais, was born on December 5, 1886 and died on November 24, 1962 at the age of 75.

      Children of David Jakob Conradie:

      1. David Jacob Jaap Conradie (19242004)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. David Jacob Jaap Conradie, son of David Jakob Conradie and Private, was born on April 18, 1924 and died on July 29, 2004 at the age of 80.

      David Jacob Jaap Conradie and Maria Elizabeth Meraai van Zyl had 3 children.

      David Jacob Jaap Conradie had 1 child.

      David Jacob Jaap Conradie had 1 child.

Ancestors of Martha Elizabeth Marais

  1. Generation 1
    1. Martha Elizabeth Marais was born on July 27, 1855 and died on July 13, 1912 at the age of 56.

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