Martha Sophia van der Merwe 1816–

Martha Sophia van der Merwe, 1816–

Name

Martha Sophia van der Merwe

Name: Martha Sophia /van der Merwe/
Given names: Martha Sophia
Surname: van der Merwe

Name

Martha Sophia Burger — married name

Name: Martha Sophia /Burger/
Type of name: married name

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	September 15, 1816 Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1811-), https://www.burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I552&tree=Tree5 : accessed 30 Apr 2020
Town founded	Cradock is founded August 27, 1818 (aged 1 year) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	British settlers 1820 (aged 3 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 8 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage	Jacobus Stephanus Burger — View this family October 4, 1835 (aged 19 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 18 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded	Settlement of Victoria West is established 1844 (aged 27 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Influenza from 1857 to 1859 (aged 42 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 48 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 48 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 50 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.
Marriage of a son	Karel Nicolaas Burger — Christina Johanna Hoon — View this family June 12, 1871 (aged 54 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 56 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 64 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 64 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 68 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 69 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
Death of a son	Karel Nicolaas Burger May 11, 1890 (aged 73 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 84 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 85 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 85 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 85 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.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 69 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.
Epidemic	Pneumonic plague February 1904 (aged 87 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 89 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 89 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 93 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 95 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 102 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 101 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 102 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 107 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 113 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 122 years) Source citation: Wikipedia

Date differences

Family with Jacobus Stephanus Burger
husband	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
herself	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 Martha Sophia van der Merwe

Generation 1
1. Martha Sophia van der Merwe was born on September 15, 1816.
  She married Jacobus Stephanus Burger, son of Schalk Willem Petrus Burger and Elsje Sophia Lubbe, on October 4, 1835 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. He was born on March 26, 1811.
  Children of Martha Sophia van der Merwe and Jacobus Stephanus Burger:
  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 Martha Sophia van der Merwe

Generation 1
1. Martha Sophia van der Merwe was born on September 15, 1816.

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Family with Jacobus Stephanus Burger
husband Parents Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Elsje Sophia Lubbe	Jacobus Stephanus Burger 1811–
herself	Martha Sophia van der Merwe 1816–
son Family Christina Johanna Hoon Johanna Maria Magdalena Burger	Karel Nicolaas Burger 1840–1890