Maria Adriana Tas
- Name
- Maria Adriana /Tas/
- Given names
- Maria Adriana
- Surname
- Tas
- Name
- Maria Adriana /van Niekerk/
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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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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Marriage
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3. |
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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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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d3e5. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3f2. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3f2. |
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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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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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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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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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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 — March 23, 1794 — |
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Descendants of Maria Adriana Tas
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Generation 1
She married Gerrit van Niekerk, son of Jan Albert van Niekerk and Helena Elizabeth Oberholster, on March 23, 1794. He was baptized on August 24, 1766.
Children of Maria Adriana Tas and Gerrit van Niekerk:
- Adam Adriaan van Niekerk (1802–)
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Generation 2 back to top
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 3 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)
Ancestors of Maria Adriana Tas
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Generation 1
