Theunsina Hendrika Potgieter

Name
Theunsina Hendrika /Potgieter/
Given names
Theunsina Hendrika
Surname
Potgieter
Name
Theunsina Hendrika /van Niekerk/
Type of name
married name
Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865
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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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Marriage
Citation details: Death notice: Gerrit VAN NIEKERK (1929), TAB MHG 70068, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9P-SS5C-W?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BGL%3A1590242704 : 14 February 2019), 007808634 > image 631 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 May 2020
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902
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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.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924
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Death of a husband
Citation details: Death notice: Gerrit VAN NIEKERK (1929), TAB MHG 70068, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9P-SS5C-W?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BGL%3A1590242704 : 14 February 2019), 007808634 > image 631 of 2117; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 May 2020
Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961
South Africa
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Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event
Republic of South Africa
May 31, 1961
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966
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Prime minister
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978
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Family with Gerrit van Niekerk
husband
18411929
Birth: calculated February 1841 24 20 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 19, 1929Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
herself
Marriage Marriageafter 1882Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Gerrit van Niekerk + Anna Magdalena Cloete
husband
18411929
Birth: calculated February 1841 24 20 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: July 19, 1929Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
husband’s wife
18481882
Birth: July 18, 1848 31 28
Death: March 20, 1882Dist. Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Marriage Marriage
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stepson
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Descendants of Theunsina Hendrika Potgieter

  1. Generation 1
    1. She married Gerrit van Niekerk, son of Daniel Jacobus van Niekerk senior and Anna Susanna Dippenaar, after 1882 in Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. He was born calculated February 1841 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 19, 1929 in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Ancestors of Theunsina Hendrika Potgieter

  1. Generation 1
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Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Rosine Maud Townsend (1897–) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Judith Daisy Welgemoed (1914–1987) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Magdalena Elizabeth Grové (1841–1907) Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808–1881) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Magdalena Elizabeth Lenie Conradie (1883–1951) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981)