Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811–

Jacobus Stephanus Burger, 1811–

Name

Jacobus Stephanus Burger

Name: Jacobus Stephanus /Burger/
Given names: Jacobus Stephanus
Surname: Burger

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	March 26, 1811 26 17 Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1811-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I552&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p504, b2c2d9e1f1.
Baptism	September 29, 1811 27 17 (aged 6 months) Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1811-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I552&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p504, b2c2d9e1f1.
War	Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 4 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Town founded	The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 0) Source citation: Wikipedia
Town founded	Cradock is founded August 27, 1818 (aged 7 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	British settlers 1820 (aged 8 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 13 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage of a parent	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger — Alida Carolina Steenkamp — View this family November 15, 1829 (aged 18 years) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p504, b2c2d9e1. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 12 Citation details: Steenkamp, p165, b13c3d7.
Marriage	Martha Sophia van der Merwe — View this family October 4, 1835 (aged 24 years) Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1811-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I552&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p504, b2c2d9e1f1.
Historical Event	Great trek 1835 (aged 23 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded	Settlement of Victoria West is established 1844 (aged 32 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Influenza from 1857 to 1859 (aged 47 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War	American Civil War from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 54 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 53 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 55 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Death of a father	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger June 16, 1868 (aged 57 years) Age: 84 years 2 months 15 days Walkraal, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Burger, p504, b2c2d9e1. Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Schalk Willem Petrus BURGER (1864), MOOC 6/9/124 #4528, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-MSSV-6?mode=g&i=1793&cat=331262 image 1794/2192 : accessed 2 March 2017 Death notice: Schalk Willem Petrus BURGER (1864)
Marriage of a son	Karel Nicolaas Burger — Christina Johanna Hoon — View this family June 12, 1871 (aged 60 years) Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Karel Nicolaas BURGER (1840-1890), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I3603&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Economic Event	Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 62 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Death of a sister	Johanna Adriana Maria Burger October 30, 1880 (aged 69 years) Voorste Van Zylsplaas, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Johanna Adriana Maria BURGER (1819-1880), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I565&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 69 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 69 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Birth of a granddaughter	Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger August 15, 1885 (aged 74 years) Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Text: ABT 1886 Citation details: Deel 2, p121, b4c1d2e2f2g1h1. Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Johanna Maria Magdalena BURGER (1885-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I21012&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Baptism of a granddaughter	Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger September 27, 1885 (aged 74 years) Williston, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Johanna Maria Magdalena BURGER (1885-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I21012&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 74 years) 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.
Death of a son	Karel Nicolaas Burger May 11, 1890 (aged 79 years) Rietfontein, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Karel Nicolaas BURGER (1840-1890), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I3603&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 89 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 91 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 90 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 90 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 92 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Marriage of a granddaughter	Petrus Jacobus Theron — Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger — View this family May 7, 1906 (aged 95 years) Brandvlei, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Citation details: Deel 2, p121, b4c1d2e2f2g1h1. Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Johanna Maria Magdalena BURGER (1885-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I21012&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Epidemic	Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 94 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 99 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 100 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.
War	World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 107 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 106 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 108 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 113 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 118 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 128 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a mother	Elsje Sophia Lubbe

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: calculated April 1, 1784 22 19 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Baptism: April 10, 1784 22 19 Marriage: April 7, 1810 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: November 15, 1829 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: June 16, 1868 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elsje Sophia Lubbe Jacobus Stephanus Burger Johanna Adriana Maria Burger Family with spouse Alida Carolina Steenkamp Schalk Willem Petrus Burger 1784–1868 Birth: calculated April 1, 1784 22 19 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: June 16, 1868 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
mother	Links Baptism: December 25, 1793 36 34 Marriage: April 7, 1810 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jacobus Stephanus Burger Johanna Adriana Maria Burger Elsje Sophia Lubbe 1793– Baptism: December 25, 1793 36 34 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — April 7, 1810 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
1 year himself	Links Birth: March 26, 1811 26 17 Baptism: September 29, 1811 27 17 — Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 4, 1835 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Sophia van der Merwe Karel Nicolaas Burger Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811– Birth: March 26, 1811 26 17
9 years younger sister	Links Birth: December 10, 1819 35 25 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Baptism: February 20, 1820 35 26 — Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 1, 1838 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: October 30, 1880 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jacobus Christiaan Gabriël Theron Daniël Johannes Theron Elsje Sophia Johanna Theron Schalk Willem Petrus Schalk Profeet Theron Johanna Francina Maria Theron Jacobus Christiaan Theron Hester Johanna Sophia Theron Johanna Adriana Maria Burger 1819–1880 Birth: December 10, 1819 35 25 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: October 30, 1880 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Father’s family with Alida Carolina Steenkamp
father	Links Birth: calculated April 1, 1784 22 19 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Baptism: April 10, 1784 22 19 Marriage: April 7, 1810 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: November 15, 1829 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: June 16, 1868 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elsje Sophia Lubbe Jacobus Stephanus Burger Johanna Adriana Maria Burger Family with spouse Alida Carolina Steenkamp Schalk Willem Petrus Burger 1784–1868 Birth: calculated April 1, 1784 22 19 — Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: June 16, 1868 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
stepmother	Links Birth: June 20, 1813 45 38 Baptism: December 31, 1815 47 41 — Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: November 15, 1829 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Alida Carolina Steenkamp 1813– Birth: June 20, 1813 45 38 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — November 15, 1829 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Family with Martha Sophia van der Merwe
himself	Links Birth: March 26, 1811 26 17 Baptism: September 29, 1811 27 17 — Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 4, 1835 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Sophia van der Merwe Karel Nicolaas Burger Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811– Birth: March 26, 1811 26 17
wife	Links Birth: September 15, 1816 Marriage: October 4, 1835 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jacobus Stephanus Burger Karel Nicolaas Burger Martha Sophia van der Merwe 1816– Birth: September 15, 1816
Marriage	Marriage — October 4, 1835 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa
5 years son	Links Birth: December 15, 1840 29 24 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Baptism: October 15, 1841 30 25 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: June 12, 1871 — Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: May 11, 1890 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Christina Johanna Hoon Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger Karel Nicolaas Burger 1840–1890 Birth: December 15, 1840 29 24 — Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa Death: May 11, 1890 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Jacobus Stephanus Burger

Generation 1
1. Jacobus Stephanus Burger, son of Schalk Willem Petrus Burger and Elsje Sophia Lubbe, was born on March 26, 1811.
  He married Martha Sophia van der Merwe on October 4, 1835 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on September 15, 1816.
  Children of Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Martha Sophia van der Merwe:
  1. Karel Nicolaas Burger (1840–1890)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Karel Nicolaas Burger, son of Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Martha Sophia van der Merwe, was born on December 15, 1840 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa and died on May 11, 1890 in Rietfontein, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 49.
  He married Christina Johanna Hoon on June 12, 1871 in Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born on March 24, 1840.
  Children of Karel Nicolaas Burger and Christina Johanna Hoon:
  1. Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger (1885–)
Generation 3 back to top
1. Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger, daughter of Karel Nicolaas Burger and Christina Johanna Hoon, was born on August 15, 1885.
  She married Petrus Jacobus Theron (second cousin), son of Johannes Gysbert Theron and Elsje Sophia Johanna Theron, on May 7, 1906 in Brandvlei, Northern Cape, South Africa. He was born on August 6, 1867.

Ancestors of Jacobus Stephanus Burger

Generation 1
1. Jacobus Stephanus Burger, son of Schalk Willem Petrus Burger and Elsje Sophia Lubbe, was born on March 26, 1811.
Generation 2 back to top
1. Schalk Willem Petrus Burger, son of Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Hester Sophia van der Merwe, was born calculated April 1, 1784 in Karnmelksvallei, Dist. Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 16, 1868 in Walkraal, Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa.
2. Elsje Sophia Lubbe, daughter of Frans Lubbe and Johanna Andriana Burger, was baptized on December 25, 1793.
Generation 3 back to top
1. Jacobus Stephanus Burger, son of Schalk Willem Burger and Hester Smit, was baptized on August 2, 1761.
2. Hester Sophia van der Merwe, daughter of Schalk Willem van der Merwe and Johanna Adriana Smit, was baptized on April 22, 1764 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
3. Frans Lubbe, son of Barend Lubbe and Martha Burger, was baptized on May 1, 1757 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
4. Johanna Andriana Burger, daughter of Schalk Willem Burger and Hester Smit, was baptized on December 2, 1759.

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Family with parents
father Parents Jacobus Stephanus Burger Hester Sophia van der Merwe	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger 1784–1868
mother Parents Frans Lubbe Johanna Andriana Burger	Elsje Sophia Lubbe 1793–
himself	Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811–
younger sister Family Jacobus Christiaan Gabriël Theron Daniël Johannes Theron Elsje Sophia Johanna Theron Schalk Willem Petrus Schalk Profeet Theron Johanna Francina Maria Theron Jacobus Christiaan Theron Hester Johanna Sophia Theron	Johanna Adriana Maria Burger 1819–1880

Father’s family with Alida Carolina Steenkamp
father Parents Jacobus Stephanus Burger Hester Sophia van der Merwe	Schalk Willem Petrus Burger 1784–1868
stepmother Parents Jan Harmse Steenkamp Regina Barbara Nieuwoudt	Alida Carolina Steenkamp 1813–

Family with Martha Sophia van der Merwe
himself	Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811–
wife	Martha Sophia van der Merwe 1816–
son Family Christina Johanna Hoon Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger	Karel Nicolaas Burger 1840–1890