Andries Petrus Burger, 1811–1890?> (aged 79 years)
- Name
- Andries Petrus /Burger/
- Given names
- Andries Petrus
- Surname
- Burger
Birth
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Citation details: Burger, p503, b2c2d2e5f4.
Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Petrus BURGER (1811-1890), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I386&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Burger, p503, b2c2d2e5f4.
Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Petrus BURGER (1811-1890), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I386&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
War
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Town founded
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Town founded
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Death of a mother
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Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Jacobus BURGER (1785-1866), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I371&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p571, b2c13d2e1f4g9. Citation details: Burger, p502, b2c2d2e5. Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e1f10. |
Historical Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
Marriage
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Citation details: Burger, p503, b2c2d2e5f4.
Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Petrus BURGER (1811-1890), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I386&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
Death of a maternal grandfather
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e2. Citation details: Viljoen, p356, b4c2d7. |
Town founded
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1936), MOOC 6/9/4852 #52716/1936, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-PQTL-2?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S91%3A1598062420 : 12 June 2018), 007736491 > image 429 of 1561; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 Dec 2018 Citation details: Baptism: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1865), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-S1GM?i=15&cat=1153592 : accessed 28 Jan 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Margaretha BURGER (1908), MOOC 6/9/599 #1937/1908, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ6-GQTV-P?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ8%3A1598082354 : 28 September 2018), 007844927 > image 1378 of 2118; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Jan 2019
Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Elizabeth Margaretha BURGER (1836-1908), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I2425&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
Birth of a grandson
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Text: CAL APR 1865 Citation details: Death notice: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1936), MOOC 6/9/4852 #52716/1936, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-PQTL-2?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S91%3A1598062420 : 12 June 2018), 007736491 > image 429 of 1561; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 Dec 2018 Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: Baptism: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1865), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-S1GM?i=15&cat=1153592 : accessed 28 Jan 2019 |
Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Baptism: Jacobus Stephanus BURGER (1865), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-S1GM?i=15&cat=1153592 : accessed 28 Jan 2019 |
War
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Source citation: 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
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Death of a father
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Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Jacobus BURGER (1785-1866), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I371&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
Economic Event
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Source citation: 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. |
Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Baptism: Elisabeth Margaretha BURGER (1871), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-S9MD-5?cat=1153592 : accessed 29 Dec 2021 |
Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Baptism: Elisabeth Margaretha BURGER (1871), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-S9MD-5?cat=1153592 : accessed 29 Dec 2021 |
Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
War
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Death of a brother
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Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1808-1883), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I375&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
Historical Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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
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Source: Burger(s) Genealogy
Citation details: Andries Petrus BURGER (1811-1890), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I386&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 |
father |
1785–1866
Birth: July 23, 1785
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— Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: November 11, 1866 — Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa |
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mother |
1787–1820
Baptism: March 14, 1787
25
30
Death: July 25, 1820 |
Marriage | Marriage — September 7, 1806 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
21 months
elder brother |
1808–1883
Birth: May 30, 1808
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
4 years
himself |
1811–1890
Birth: November 16, 1811
26
24
— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 1, 1890 — Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
father |
1785–1866
Birth: July 23, 1785
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— Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: November 11, 1866 — Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa |
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stepmother |
1801–1868
Birth: March 1801
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 28, 1868 — Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa |
Marriage | Marriage — December 3, 1820 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
10 years
half-sister |
1831–1898
Birth: January 26, 1831
45
29
— Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa Death: 1898 — Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa |
himself |
1811–1890
Birth: November 16, 1811
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 1, 1890 — Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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wife |
1816–1895
Birth: February 11, 1816
Death: April 5, 1895 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Marriage | Marriage — October 8, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
3 years
son |
1835–1922
Birth: May 19, 1835
23
19
— Dist. Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa Death: January 14, 1922 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Andries Petrus Burger
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Generation 1
Andries Petrus Burger, son of Andries Jacobus
Dowe Andries
Burger and Aletta Sophia van der Merwe, was born on November 16, 1811 in Driefontein, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 1, 1890 in Leebeksfontein, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.He married Anna van der Merwe on October 8, 1832 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on February 11, 1816 and died on April 5, 1895 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.
Children of Andries Petrus Burger and Anna van der Merwe:
- Andries Jacobus Burger (1835–1922)
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Generation 2 back to top
Andries Jacobus Burger, son of Andries Petrus Burger and Anna van der Merwe, was born on May 19, 1835 in Dist. Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa and died on January 14, 1922 in Gegundefontein, Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 86.
He married Elizabeth Margaretha Burger (second cousin), daughter of Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Maartje Johanna Grobbelaar, on November 20, 1854 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born on January 17, 1836 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 13, 1908 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 72.
Children of Andries Jacobus Burger and Elizabeth Margaretha Burger:
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Generation 3 back to top
Jacobus Stephanus Burger, son of Andries Jacobus Burger and Elizabeth Margaretha Burger, was born on April 16, 1865 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on November 25, 1936 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
He married 3 times. The first time he married Rachel Maria Theron (fourth cousin), daughter of Schalk Jacobus Theron and Elizabeth Gertruida Theron.
The second time he married Martha Magdalena van der Merwe, daughter of Barend Johannes van der Merwe and Jacoba Johanna Burger.
The third time he married Jacoba Susara Barendina Viljoen after 1918 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated July 1870 in Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on December 22, 1935 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Rachel Maria Theron:
- Private
- Elizabeth Gertruida Margaretha Burger (1889–)
- Private
- … Burger (1893–)
Jacobus Stephanus Burger and Martha Magdalena van der Merwe had 8 children.
Ancestors of Andries Petrus Burger
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Generation 1
Andries Petrus Burger, son of Andries Jacobus
Dowe Andries
Burger and Aletta Sophia van der Merwe, was born on November 16, 1811 in Driefontein, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on December 1, 1890 in Leebeksfontein, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.Generation 2 back to topAndries Jacobus
Dowe Andries
Burger, son of Barend Jacobus Burger and Jacoba Lubbe, was born on July 23, 1785 in Rhenosterfontein, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on November 11, 1866 in Driefontein, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 81.Aletta Sophia van der Merwe, daughter of Willem Jacobus van der Merwe and Geertruida Jacomina Viljoen, was baptized on March 14, 1787 and died on July 25, 1820 at the age of 33.
Generation 3 back to topBarend Jacobus Burger, son of Schalk Willem Burger and Hester Smit, was baptized on August 22, 1747.
Jacoba Lubbe, daughter of Barend Lubbe and Martha Burger, was baptized on March 18, 1753 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
Willem Jacobus van der Merwe, son of Petrus van der Merwe and Anna Sophia van Heerden, was baptized on September 3, 1761 in Bokkeveld, Dist. Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa and died on June 27, 1841 in Eenzaamheid, Cambdeboo, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.
Geertruida Jacomina Viljoen, daughter of Johannes Viljoen and Aletta Olivier, was baptized about 1757 and died about 1787.
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