Anna van der Merwe, 1816–1895 (aged 79 years)
- Name
- Anna /van der Merwe/
- Given names
- Anna
- Surname
- van der Merwe
- Name
- Anna /Burger/
- Type of name
- married name
- Name
- Anna Sophia /van der Merwe/
- Given names
- Anna Sophia
- Surname
- van der Merwe
- Name
- Anna Sophia /Burger/
- Type of name
- married name
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Birth
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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 |
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Town founded
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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. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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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 |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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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 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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War
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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. |
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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. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Death of a husband
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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3 years
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1835–1922
Birth: May 19, 1835
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— Dist. Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa Death: January 14, 1922 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Anna van der Merwe
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Generation 1
Anna van der Merwe was born on February 11, 1816 and died on April 5, 1895 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.
She married Andries Petrus Burger, son of Andries Jacobus
Dowe Andries
Burger and Aletta Sophia van der Merwe, on October 8, 1832 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He 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.Children of Anna van der Merwe and Andries Petrus Burger:
- 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 Anna van der Merwe
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Generation 1
Anna van der Merwe was born on February 11, 1816 and died on April 5, 1895 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 79.
