Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk, 1858–1934 (aged 75 years)
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- Izaak Jacobus Marthinus /van Niekerk/
- Given names
- Izaak Jacobus Marthinus
- Surname
- van Niekerk
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Citation details: Death notice: Izaak Jacobus Marthinus VAN NIEKERK (1934), MOK 1/1/838 #R11/1471, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-DQWK-X?cc=2521616&wc=Q64T-VRG%3A1590123773 : 31 May 2019), 007736410 > image 439 of 1486; National Archives of South Africa, Cape Town Archives Repository, Cape Town : accessed 3 May 2020 |
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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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War
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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: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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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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Death of a wife
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Citation details: Death notice: Aletta Berendina Maria KENNEDY (1909), MOOC 6/9/634 #26, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-ZFY5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ3%3A1598082357 : 28 September 2018), 007844929 > image 2073 of 2153; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 3 May 2020 |
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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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War
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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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Prime minister
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Prime minister
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
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Prime minister
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Death
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Citation details: Death notice: Izaak Jacobus Marthinus VAN NIEKERK (1934), MOK 1/1/838 #R11/1471, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-DQWK-X?cc=2521616&wc=Q64T-VRG%3A1590123773 : 31 May 2019), 007736410 > image 439 of 1486; National Archives of South Africa, Cape Town Archives Repository, Cape Town : accessed 3 May 2020 |
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1858–1934
Birth: calculated September 1858
— Mesklip, Namaqualand, South Africa Death: March 21, 1934 — Kotzesdal, Gordonia, South Africa |
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1858–1934
Birth: calculated September 1858
— Mesklip, Namaqualand, South Africa Death: March 21, 1934 — Kotzesdal, Gordonia, South Africa |
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1863–1909
Birth: calculated June 1863
— Springbokfontein, Namaqualand, South Africa Death: May 13, 1909 — Klip Aar, Gordonia, South Africa |
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20 months
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23 months
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2 years
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2 years
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2 years
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1894–1981
Birth: September 17, 1894
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Death: December 1981 |
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3 years
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4 years
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1903–1988
Birth: October 21, 1903
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40
Death: November 7, 1988 |
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1858–1934
Birth: calculated September 1858
— Mesklip, Namaqualand, South Africa Death: March 21, 1934 — Kotzesdal, Gordonia, South Africa |
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Descendants of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk, son of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Maria Magdalena Johanna …, was born calculated September 1858 in Mesklip, Namaqualand, South Africa and died on March 21, 1934 in Kotzesdal, Gordonia, South Africa.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy, daughter of Arnoldus Kennedy and Margaretha Johanna Myburgh Roux.
The second time he married Aletta Elizabeth Duvenhage.
Children of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy:
- Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk (1884–)
- Arnoldus Kennedy van Niekerk (1886–)
- Margaretha Johanna Myburgh van Niekerk (1888–)
- Maria Magdalena van Niekerk (1890–)
- John Hunter van Niekerk (1892–1977)
- Adriaan Pieter van Niekerk (1894–1981)
- Helt Hermanus van Niekerk (1897–)
- Gert Jacobus van Niekerk (1900–1980)
- Hermanus Abertus Kennedy van Niekerk (1903–1988)
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Children of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Elizabeth Duvenhage:
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- Frederik Petrus van Niekerk (1918–1988)
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Generation 2 back to top
Arnoldus Kennedy van Niekerk, son of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy, was born on May 24, 1886.
Arnoldus Kennedy van Niekerk had 1 child.
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Generation 3 back to topThe details of this generation are private.
Ancestors of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk
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Generation 1
Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk, son of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Maria Magdalena Johanna …, was born calculated September 1858 in Mesklip, Namaqualand, South Africa and died on March 21, 1934 in Kotzesdal, Gordonia, South Africa.
Generation 2 back to top2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
