Elsie Rachel van den Berg, 1775–
- Name
- Elsie Rachel /van den Berg/
- Given names
- Elsie Rachel
- Surname
- van den Berg
- Name
- Elsie Rachel /Pretorius/
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- married name
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Birth
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Citation details: Pretorius, p414, b3c9d5. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Pretorius, p414, b3c9d5. |
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Source citation: Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Town founded
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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 of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Sophia Adriana PRETORIUS (1924), MOOC 6/9/2571 #3474, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-W9H4-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9LJ%3A1598032486 : 11 October 2018), 007733402 > image 530 of 667; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 May 2020 Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Text: Pretoria, CAL MAY 1835 Citation details: Death notice: Sophia Adriana PRETORIUS (1924), MOOC 6/9/2571 #3474, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-W9H4-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9LJ%3A1598032486 : 11 October 2018), 007733402 > image 530 of 667; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 May 2020 Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4f6. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4f6. |
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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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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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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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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — August 30, 1761 — |
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1766–
Baptism: December 25, 1766
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — April 21, 1793 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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6 years
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1798–
Baptism: September 30, 1798
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Elsie Rachel van den Berg
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Generation 1
Elsie Rachel van den Berg, daughter of Jan Christoffel van den Berg and Elsie van Emmenes, was born on December 17, 1775.
She married Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, son of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius and Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, on April 21, 1793 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on December 25, 1766 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
Children of Elsie Rachel van den Berg and Jan Lodewyk Pretorius:
- Jan Christoffel Pretorius (1798–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Jan Christoffel Pretorius, son of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius and Elsie Rachel van den Berg, was baptized on September 30, 1798 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
He married Johanna Aletta Benade, daughter of Dirk Christoffel Benade and Martha Wilhelmina Venter, on July 3, 1826 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born about 1809.
Children of Jan Christoffel Pretorius and Johanna Aletta Benade:
- Sophia Adriana Pretorius (1835–1924)
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Generation 3 back to top
Sophia Adriana Pretorius, daughter of Jan Christoffel Pretorius and Johanna Aletta Benade, was born on April 23, 1835 and died on January 5, 1924 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 88.
She married Francois Nicolaas Joubert (fourth cousin), son of Petrus Jacobus Joubert and Elizabeth Geertruyda van Aswegen,. He was born on February 4, 1835 in Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on August 10, 1903 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 68.
Children of Sophia Adriana Pretorius and Francois Nicolaas Joubert:
- Johanna Aletta Joubert (1857–1941)
Ancestors of Elsie Rachel van den Berg
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Generation 1
Elsie Rachel van den Berg, daughter of Jan Christoffel van den Berg and Elsie van Emmenes, was born on December 17, 1775.
Generation 2 back to topJan Christoffel van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on August 3, 1732.
Generation 3 back to topJacobus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Jacomina Carteniers, was baptized on August 6, 1702.
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