Willem Abraham Johannes Burger 1886–1956

Willem Abraham Johannes Burger, 1886–1956 (aged 70 years)

Name

Willem Abraham Johannes Burger

Name: Willem Abraham Johannes /Burger/
Given names: Willem Abraham Johannes
Surname: Burger

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	June 13, 1886 37 34 Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Abraham Johannes BURGER (1886-1956), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I1568&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 0) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Baptism	May 8, 1887 38 35 (aged 10 months) Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Abraham Johannes BURGER (1886-1956), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I1568&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Death of a paternal grandmother	Hester Josina van Wyk October 9, 1888 (aged 2 years) Haasfontein, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Barend Frederik BURGER (1818-1882), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I882&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Death of a father	Abraham Johannes Burger May 27, 1894 (aged 7 years) Korannakolk, Dist. Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Abraham Johannes BURGER (1848-1894), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I899&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 14 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 15 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 15 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 15 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 17 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic	Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 19 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 23 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 25 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
Marriage	Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl — View this family September 28, 1914 (aged 28 years) Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Abraham Johannes BURGER (1886-1956), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I1568&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
War	World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 32 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 31 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 33 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 38 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 43 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a mother	Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert February 18, 1937 (aged 50 years) Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Abraham Johannes BURGER (1848-1894), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I899&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Prime minister	James Barry Munnik Hertzog from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 53 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Marriage of a son	Willem Jacobus Burger — Christina Oosterwald Dina Stone — View this family May 9, 1942 (aged 55 years) Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: eGSSA Documents Citation details: Death notice: Adriaan Pieter STONE (1949), MOOC 6/9/15990 #2155/49, http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=1513764 : accessed 23 Oct 2015 Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1915-2006), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I8343&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
War	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 59 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 61 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Daniel Francois Malan from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 68 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (on the date of death) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death	September 29, 1956 (aged 70 years) Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Abraham Johannes BURGER (1886-1956), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I1568&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: November 6, 1848 30 26 — Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Baptism: September 1849 31 27 — Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Marriage: Death: May 27, 1894 — Dist. Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert Willem Abraham Johannes Burger Abraham Johannes Burger 1848–1894 Birth: November 6, 1848 30 26 — Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: May 27, 1894 — Dist. Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa
mother	Links Birth: September 2, 1851 Marriage: Death: February 18, 1937 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Johannes Burger Willem Abraham Johannes Burger Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert 1851–1937 Birth: September 2, 1851 Death: February 18, 1937 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — —
himself	Links Birth: June 13, 1886 37 34 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Baptism: May 8, 1887 38 35 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Marriage: September 28, 1914 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: September 29, 1956 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl Willem Jacobus Burger Willem Abraham Johannes Burger 1886–1956 Birth: June 13, 1886 37 34 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: September 29, 1956 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa

Family with Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl
himself	Links Birth: June 13, 1886 37 34 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Baptism: May 8, 1887 38 35 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Marriage: September 28, 1914 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: September 29, 1956 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl Willem Jacobus Burger Willem Abraham Johannes Burger 1886–1956 Birth: June 13, 1886 37 34 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: September 29, 1956 — Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: about 1895 Marriage: September 28, 1914 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Abraham Johannes Burger Willem Jacobus Burger Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl 1895– Birth: about 1895
Marriage	Marriage — September 28, 1914 — Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa
14 months son	Links Birth: November 25, 1915 29 20 Baptism: January 9, 1916 29 21 — Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa Marriage: May 9, 1942 — Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa Occupation: farmer — before 1984 Death: February 2, 2006 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Christina Oosterwald Dina Stone Willem Jacobus Burger 1915–2006 Birth: November 25, 1915 29 20 Death: February 2, 2006

Descendants of Willem Abraham Johannes Burger

Generation 1
1. Willem Abraham Johannes Burger, son of Abraham Johannes Burger and Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert, was born on June 13, 1886 in Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on September 29, 1956 in Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.
  He married Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl on September 28, 1914 in Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born about 1895.
  Children of Willem Abraham Johannes Burger and Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl:
  1. Willem Jacobus Burger (1915–2006)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Willem Jacobus Burger, farmer (before 1984), son of Willem Abraham Johannes Burger and Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl, was born on November 25, 1915 and died on February 2, 2006 at the age of 90.
  He married Christina Oosterwald Dina Stone, daughter of Adriaan Pieter Stone and Carolina Petronella Barbara van den Heever, on May 9, 1942 in Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born on December 12, 1918 and died on September 7, 1995 at the age of 76.

Ancestors of Willem Abraham Johannes Burger

Generation 1
1. Willem Abraham Johannes Burger, son of Abraham Johannes Burger and Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert, was born on June 13, 1886 in Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on September 29, 1956 in Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.
Generation 2 back to top
1. Abraham Johannes Burger, son of Barend Frederik Burger and Hester Josina van Wyk, was born on November 6, 1848 in Ramskop, Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on May 27, 1894 in Korannakolk, Dist. Kenhardt, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 45.
2. Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert was born on September 2, 1851 and died on February 18, 1937 in Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 85.
Generation 3 back to top
1. Barend Frederik Burger, son of Willem Schalk Burger and Anna Wilhelmina Visagie, was born on August 1, 1818 in Piketberg, Western Cape, South Africa and died on October 18, 1882 in Jaagfontein, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 64.
2. Hester Josina van Wyk was born in February 1822 in Ramskop, Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on October 9, 1888 in Haasfontein, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 66.

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Family with parents
father Parents Barend Frederik Burger Hester Josina van Wyk	Abraham Johannes Burger 1848–1894
mother	Martha Fredrika Petronella Mostert 1851–1937
himself	Willem Abraham Johannes Burger 1886–1956

Family with Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl
himself	Willem Abraham Johannes Burger 1886–1956
wife	Hester Johanna Christina van Zyl 1895–
son Family Christina Oosterwald Dina Stone	Willem Jacobus Burger 1915–2006