John Hunter van Niekerk, 18921977 (aged 84 years)

Name
John Hunter /van Niekerk/
Given names
John Hunter
Surname
van Niekerk
Birth
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
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 8 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 9 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 9 years)
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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 (aged 9 years)
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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.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 11 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 13 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Death of a mother
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
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 17 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 19 years)
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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 (aged 26 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 25 years)
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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 (aged 26 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 31 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 37 years)
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Death of a father
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
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 46 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 52 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 55 years)
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Prime minister
Daniel Francois Malan
from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 62 years)
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Prime minister
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 65 years)
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Economic Event
Rand adopted
February 14, 1961 (aged 68 years)
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 (aged 68 years)
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Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 73 years)
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Prime minister
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (1 year after death)
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Death
September 1977 (aged 84 years)
Source: GenDatabase.com
Citation details: John Hunter VAN NIEKERK, year of birth: 0092-09-09, year of death: 1977-09-00, https://www.gendatabase.com/surname-name-index.php?q=VAN%20NIEKERK : accessed 15 Jan 2022
Family with parents
father
mother
elder brother
20 months
elder brother
1886
Birth: May 24, 1886 27 22
23 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
18921977
Birth: September 9, 1892 34 29
Death: September 1977
2 years
younger brother
18941981
Birth: September 17, 1894 36 31
Death: December 1981
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
19031988
Birth: October 21, 1903 45 40
Death: November 7, 1988
younger sister
Private
Father’s family with Aletta Elizabeth Duvenhage
father
stepmother
half-brother
Private
half-sister
Private
half-brother

Descendants of John Hunter van Niekerk

  1. Generation 1
    1. John Hunter van Niekerk, son of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy, was born on September 9, 1892 and died in September 1977 at the age of 84.

Ancestors of John Hunter van Niekerk

  1. Generation 1
    1. John Hunter van Niekerk, son of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy, was born on September 9, 1892 and died in September 1977 at the age of 84.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    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.

    2. Aletta Berendina Maria Kennedy, daughter of Arnoldus Kennedy and Margaretha Johanna Myburgh Roux, was born calculated June 1863 in Springbokfontein, Namaqualand, South Africa and died on May 13, 1909 in Klip Aar, Gordonia, South Africa.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
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