Maria Aletta Pienaar 1830–1892

Maria Aletta Pienaar, 1830–1892 (aged 61 years)

Name

Maria Aletta Pienaar

Name: Maria Aletta /Pienaar/
Given names: Maria Aletta
Surname: Pienaar

Name

Maria Aletta Burger — married name

Name: Maria Aletta /Burger/
Type of name: married name

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	October 13, 1830 Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa 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	Great trek 1835 (aged 4 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded	Settlement of Victoria West is established 1844 (aged 13 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Marriage	Willem Jacobus Burger — View this family October 2, 1848 (aged 17 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1808-1883), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I375&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020
Epidemic	Influenza from 1857 to 1859 (aged 28 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 34 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.
Marriage of a son	Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger — Christina Johanna Booysen — View this family June 23, 1875 (aged 44 years) Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Citation details: Deel 2, p267, b4c5d1e1f8g9. Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Jacobus van Heerden BURGER (1853-), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I381&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020 Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Christina BOOYSEN (1898), MOOC 6/9/375 #980, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-SWQC-2?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9JJ%3A1598032368 : 11 October 2018), 007725074 > image 1015 of 2237; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 5 May 2020 Death notice: Johanna Christina BOOYSEN (1898)
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 50 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Birth of a granddaughter	Christina Johanna Burger 1882 (aged 51 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Theron - Geslagsregister van Therons in Suid-Afrika Citation details: Deel 2, p267, b4c5d1e1f8g9.
Death of a husband	Willem Jacobus Burger February 13, 1883 (aged 52 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa 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	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (9 years after death) 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 (9 years after death) 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	Economic depression 1865 (aged 34 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 36 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.
Economic Event	Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 42 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 50 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.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 55 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	May 30, 1892 (aged 61 years) Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Burger(s) Genealogy Citation details: Willem Jacobus BURGER (1808-1883), https://burgerfamilie.com/getperson.php?personID=I375&tree=Tree5 : accessed 1 May 2020

Date differences

Family with Willem Jacobus Burger
husband	Links Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism: July 4, 1808 22 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: July 2, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: March 24, 1836 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 2, 1848 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Maria Grobler Family with spouse Magdalena Johanna van Heerden Family with spouse Maria Aletta Pienaar Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883 Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
herself	Links Birth: October 13, 1830 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 2, 1848 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 30, 1892 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Jacobus Burger Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger Maria Aletta Pienaar 1830–1892 Birth: October 13, 1830 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 30, 1892 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — October 2, 1848 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
5 years son	Links Birth: November 28, 1853 45 23 Baptism: December 18, 1853 45 23 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: June 23, 1875 — Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Christina Johanna Booysen Christina Johanna Burger Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger 1853– Birth: November 28, 1853 45 23

Willem Jacobus Burger + Johanna Maria Grobler
husband	Links Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism: July 4, 1808 22 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: July 2, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: March 24, 1836 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 2, 1848 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Maria Grobler Family with spouse Magdalena Johanna van Heerden Family with spouse Maria Aletta Pienaar Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883 Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
husband’s wife	Links Birth: about 1804 Marriage: July 2, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Jacobus Burger Johanna Maria Grobler 1804– Birth: about 1804
Marriage	Marriage — July 2, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Willem Jacobus Burger + Magdalena Johanna van Heerden
husband	Links Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism: July 4, 1808 22 21 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: July 2, 1832 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: March 24, 1836 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: October 2, 1848 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johanna Maria Grobler Family with spouse Magdalena Johanna van Heerden Family with spouse Maria Aletta Pienaar Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883 Birth: May 30, 1808 22 21 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: February 13, 1883 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
husband’s wife	Links Birth: January 1820 54 27 — Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: March 24, 1836 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 21, 1847 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Willem Jacobus Burger Magdalena Johanna van Heerden 1820–1847 Birth: January 1820 54 27 — Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 21, 1847 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — March 24, 1836 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Maria Aletta Pienaar

Generation 1
1. Maria Aletta Pienaar was born on October 13, 1830 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 30, 1892 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 61.
  She married Willem Jacobus Burger, son of Andries Jacobus Dowe Andries Burger and Aletta Sophia van der Merwe, on October 2, 1848 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on May 30, 1808 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on February 13, 1883 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 74.
  Children of Maria Aletta Pienaar and Willem Jacobus Burger:
  1. Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger (1853–)
Generation 2 back to top
1. Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger, son of Willem Jacobus Burger and Maria Aletta Pienaar, was born on November 28, 1853.
  He married Christina Johanna Booysen, daughter of Piet F. Booysen, on June 23, 1875 in Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated 1856 in Dist. Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 2, 1898 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
  Children of Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger and Christina Johanna Booysen:
  1. Christina Johanna Burger (1882–1912)
Generation 3 back to top
1. Christina Johanna Burger, daughter of Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger and Christina Johanna Booysen, was born in 1882 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 18, 1912 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 30.
  She married Pieter Andries Theron (fourth cousin), son of Schalk Jacobus Theron and Elizabeth Gertruida Theron, on January 26, 1903 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa. He was born on January 27, 1881 and died on July 4, 1957 in Hursthill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa at the age of 76.

Ancestors of Maria Aletta Pienaar

Generation 1
1. Maria Aletta Pienaar was born on October 13, 1830 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 30, 1892 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 61.

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Family with Willem Jacobus Burger
husband Parents Andries Jacobus Dowe Andries Burger Aletta Sophia van der Merwe	Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883
herself	Maria Aletta Pienaar 1830–1892
son Family Christina Johanna Booysen Christina Johanna Burger	Willem Jacobus van Heerden Burger 1853–

Willem Jacobus Burger + Johanna Maria Grobler
husband Parents Andries Jacobus Dowe Andries Burger Aletta Sophia van der Merwe	Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883
husband’s wife	Johanna Maria Grobler 1804–

Willem Jacobus Burger + Magdalena Johanna van Heerden
husband Parents Andries Jacobus Dowe Andries Burger Aletta Sophia van der Merwe	Willem Jacobus Burger 1808–1883
husband’s wife Parents Willem Jacobus van Heerden Elisabeth Magdalena Theron	Magdalena Johanna van Heerden 1820–1847