Petrus Pieter
van den Berg, 1781–
- Name
- Petrus /van den Berg/
- Given names
- Petrus
- Nickname
- Pieter
- Surname
- van den Berg
- Nickname
- Pieter
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Baptism
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Citation details: Berg, p225, a3b1c6d10. |
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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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War
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Historical Event
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Berg, p227, b1c9d6. Citation details: Berg, p225, a3b1c6d10. |
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War
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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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Marriage
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Citation details: Berg, p225, a3b1c6d10. Citation details: Janse van Rensburg, p352, b6c2d3. |
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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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
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p214, b2c3d4e1. Citation details: Berg, p225, a3b1c6d10. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Berg, p225, a3b1c6d8. |
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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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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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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — February 15, 1761 — |
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13 months
sister |
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15 years
sister |
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5 years
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| Marriage | Marriage — March 13, 1803 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1784–
Baptism: November 21, 1784
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — May 3, 1818 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — January 6, 1827 — |
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| Marriage | Marriage — April 4, 1831 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1797–1826
Baptism: October 15, 1797
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Death: about 1826 — Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — September 7, 1817 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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9 years
stepdaughter |
1826–1886
Birth: February 28, 1826
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Death: March 27, 1886 — Edenburg, Free State, South Africa |
Descendants of Petrus Pieter
van den Berg
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Generation 1
Petrus
Pieter
van den Berg, son of Barend van den Berg and Johanna Sophia van Wyk, was baptized on March 4, 1781.He married 4 times. The first time he married Anna Aletta Susanna van den Berg (first cousin), daughter of Dirk van den Berg and Aletta van Rensburg, on March 13, 1803 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on October 15, 1786.
The second time he married Anna Maria van Rensburg, daughter of David van Rensburg and Elsie Sophia Burger, on May 3, 1818 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on November 21, 1784 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
The third time he married Aletta Margaretha van der Merwe on January 6, 1827.
The fourth time he married Hermina C. Breytenbach on April 4, 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ancestors of Petrus Pieter
van den Berg
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Generation 1
Petrus
Pieter
van den Berg, son of Barend van den Berg and Johanna Sophia van Wyk, was baptized on March 4, 1781.Generation 2 back to topBarend van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on February 20, 1738.
Generation 3 back to topJacobus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Jacomina Carteniers, was baptized on August 6, 1702.
2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
