Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, 1802–
- Name
- Adam Adriaan /van Niekerk/
- Given names
- Adam Adriaan
- Surname
- van Niekerk
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Baptism
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. |
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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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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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Marriage
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d3e5. |
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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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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Margaretha VAN NIEKERK (1936), VAB MHG 27580, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-29LL-3?i=1448&cat=195564 : accessed 3 May 2020 Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3f2g6. |
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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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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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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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: 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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — March 23, 1794 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 8, 1821 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Descendants of Adam Adriaan van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Maria Adriana Tas, was baptized on November 14, 1802.
He married Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, daughter of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, on October 8, 1821 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on May 11, 1806.
Children of Adam Adriaan van Niekerk and Margaretha Elizabeth Brits:
- Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk (1824–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk, son of Adam Adriaan van Niekerk and Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, was born on August 26, 1824.
He married Aletta Maria van Niekerk (second cousin), daughter of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Aletta Margaretha van der Merwe,. She was born on February 28, 1826 and died on March 27, 1886 in Edenburg, Free State, South Africa at the age of 60.
Children of Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk and Aletta Maria van Niekerk:
- Margaretha Elizabeth van Niekerk (1855–1936)
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Margaretha Elizabeth van Niekerk, daughter of Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk and Aletta Maria van Niekerk, was born calculated September 1855 in Edenburg, Free State, South Africa and died on February 11, 1936 in Veelgeluk, Dist. Reddersburg, Free State, South Africa.
She married Johannes Jacobus Kachelhoffer in Veelgeluk, Dist. Reddersburg, Free State, South Africa. He died on September 29, 1900.
Children of Margaretha Elizabeth van Niekerk and Johannes Jacobus Kachelhoffer:
- Rudolf Johannes Francois Kachelhoffer (1884–1933)
Ancestors of Adam Adriaan van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Maria Adriana Tas, was baptized on November 14, 1802.
Generation 2 back to topGerrit van Niekerk, son of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Helena Elizabeth Oberholster, was baptized on August 24, 1766.
Generation 3 back to topJan Albert van Niekerk, son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Anna Dorothea Brons, was baptized on September 28, 1732.
Helena Elizabeth Oberholster, daughter of Guillaume Oberholster and Johanna Margaretha Bergman, was baptized on April 11, 1745 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
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