Francois Nicolaas Viljoen, 1850–1934 (aged 83 years)
- Name
- Francois Nicolaas /Viljoen/
- Given names
- Francois Nicolaas
- Surname
- Viljoen
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Birth
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Text: CAL OCT 1850 Citation details: Death notice: Francois Nicolaas VILJOEN (1934), MOOC 6/9/4424 #41350, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-XWJD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMY%3A1598062368 : 27 April 2020), 007736443 > image 96 of 1439; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 |
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Baptism
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Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6g2. |
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Occupation
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accountant
Citation details: Death notice: Francois Nicolaas VILJOEN (1934), MOOC 6/9/4424 #41350, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-XWJD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMY%3A1598062368 : 27 April 2020), 007736443 > image 96 of 1439; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Text: boekhouer |
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Citation details: Viljoen, p321, b3c4d12e6. Citation details: Death notice: Margaretha Louisa JOUBERT (1858), MOOC 6/9/83 #5373, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CS6Y-4?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZX%3A1598082377 : 28 September 2018), 007844939 > image 1383 of 2166; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 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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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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Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6. Citation details: Death notice: Adriana Petronella JOUBERT (1904), VAB MHG V1634, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-J25Y?cc=3040532 : accessed 2 May 2020 |
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Death of a mother
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Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6. |
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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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Economic Event
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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Citation details: Joubert, p169, b8c1d6e4f3. |
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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: 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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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Death notice: Alexander Mathewson VILJOEN (1933), MOOC 6/9/4271 #37888, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-N9C1-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMR%3A1598062359 : 12 June 2018), 007736434 > image 622 of 1384; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Death notice: Francois Nicolaas VILJOEN (1934), MOOC 6/9/4424 #41350, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-XWJD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMY%3A1598062368 : 27 April 2020), 007736443 > image 96 of 1439; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Aletta JOUBERT (1941), MOOC 6/9/7631 #73700, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-G9S4-Q?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMG%3A1598062406 : 28 September 2018), 007736466 > image 28 of 1559; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6g2. |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p544, b2c9d6e2f7. |
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Death of a father
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Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6. |
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War
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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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Death of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Alexander Mathewson VILJOEN (1933), MOOC 6/9/4271 #37888, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-N9C1-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMR%3A1598062359 : 12 June 2018), 007736434 > image 622 of 1384; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 |
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Prime minister
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Death
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Citation details: Death notice: Francois Nicolaas VILJOEN (1934), MOOC 6/9/4424 #41350, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-XWJD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMY%3A1598062368 : 27 April 2020), 007736443 > image 96 of 1439; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6g2. |
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| Marriage | Marriage — June 7, 1847 — |
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3 years
himself |
1850–1934
Birth: September 26, 1850
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— Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: April 11, 1934 — Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1827–1904
Birth: September 4, 1827
39
— Dist. Bethulie, Free State, South Africa Death: April 25, 1904 — Dist. Bethulie, Free State, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — July 13, 1865 — |
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1850–1934
Birth: September 26, 1850
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— Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: April 11, 1934 — Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1857–1941
Birth: calculated November 1857
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— Dist. Bethulie, Free State, South Africa Death: May 13, 1941 — Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — April 8, 1875 — Bethulie, Free State, South Africa |
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11 years
son |
1885–1933
Birth: calculated October 1885
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— Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: May 8, 1933 — Heidelberg, Western Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Francois Nicolaas Viljoen
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Generation 1
Francois Nicolaas Viljoen, accountant, son of Francois Jacobus Viljoen and Jacoba Aletta Joubert, was born on September 26, 1850 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 11, 1934 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 83.
He married Johanna Aletta Joubert (second cousin), daughter of Francois Nicolaas Joubert and Sophia Adriana Pretorius, on April 8, 1875 in Bethulie, Free State, South Africa. She was born calculated November 1857 in Dist. Bethulie, Free State, South Africa and died on May 13, 1941 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Francois Nicolaas Viljoen and Johanna Aletta Joubert:
- Alexander Mathewson Viljoen (1885–1933)
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Generation 2 back to top
Alexander Mathewson Viljoen, bank manager (to 1933), son of Francois Nicolaas Viljoen and Johanna Aletta Joubert, was born calculated October 1885 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on May 8, 1933 in Heidelberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
He married Elizabeth Gertruida Joubert (fifth cousin), daughter of Gideon David Joubert and Anna Susanna Naudé.
Alexander Mathewson Viljoen and Elizabeth Gertruida Joubert had 1 child.
Ancestors of Francois Nicolaas Viljoen
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Generation 1
Francois Nicolaas Viljoen, accountant, son of Francois Jacobus Viljoen and Jacoba Aletta Joubert, was born on September 26, 1850 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 11, 1934 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 83.
Generation 2 back to topFrancois Jacobus Viljoen, son of Hercules David Jacobus Viljoen and Margaretha Louisa Joubert, was born on March 3, 1825 and died on March 10, 1880 at the age of 55.
Jacoba Aletta Joubert, daughter of Francois Nicolaas Joubert and Anna Maria van der Merwe, was born on August 18, 1829 and died about 1865.
Generation 3 back to topHercules David Jacobus Viljoen, son of Johannes Hendricus Viljoen and Susanna Elisabeth Lubbe, was born on May 25, 1794 and died on August 4, 1842 at the age of 48.
Margaretha Louisa Joubert, daughter of Petrus Jacobus Joubert and Adriana Smit, was born calculated March 24, 1791 and died on August 10, 1858 in Klipbanksfontein, South Africa.
Francois Nicolaas Joubert, son of Petrus Jacobus Joubert and Adriana Smit, was born about 1798 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and died on August 24, 1866.
Anna Maria van der Merwe, daughter of Johannes Lodewicus van der Merwe and Martha Sophia van der Merwe, was born in June 1798 and died on August 22, 1878 in Ruigtefontein, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 80.
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