Maria Magdalena Johanna

Name
Maria Magdalena Johanna //
Given names
Maria Magdalena Johanna
Name
Maria Magdalena Johanna /van Niekerk/
Type of name
married name
Marriage
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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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.
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.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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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.
Birth of a grandson
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
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Baptism: Arnoldus Kennedy VAN NIEKERK (1886), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-ZSLC-6?i=152&cat=1153594 : accessed 3 May 2020
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
Baptism of a grandson
Citation details: Baptism: Arnoldus Kennedy VAN NIEKERK (1886), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-ZSLC-6?i=152&cat=1153594 : accessed 3 May 2020
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.
Birth of a granddaughter
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
Birth of a granddaughter
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
Birth of a grandson
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
Birth of a grandson
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
Birth of a grandson
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
Birth of a grandson
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
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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.
Birth of a grandson
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22 OCT 1903

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
Source: GenDatabase.com
Citation details: Hermanus Albertus Kennedy VAN NIEKERK, year of birth: 1903-10-21, year of death: 1988-11-07, https://www.gendatabase.com/surname-name-index.php?q=VAN%20NIEKERK : accessed 15 Jan 2022
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.
Birth of a grandson
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
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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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.
Death of a son
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
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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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Descendants of Maria Magdalena Johanna

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of Maria Magdalena Johanna and Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk:

      1. Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk (18581934)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    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:

      1. Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk (1884)
      2. Arnoldus Kennedy van Niekerk (1886)
      3. Margaretha Johanna Myburgh van Niekerk (1888)
      4. Maria Magdalena van Niekerk (1890)
      5. John Hunter van Niekerk (18921977)
      6. Adriaan Pieter van Niekerk (18941981)
      7. Helt Hermanus van Niekerk (1897)
      8. Gert Jacobus van Niekerk (19001980)
      9. Hermanus Abertus Kennedy van Niekerk (19031988)
      10. Private

      Children of Izaak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Aletta Elizabeth Duvenhage:

      1. Private
      2. Private
      3. Frederik Petrus van Niekerk (19181988)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. 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.

Ancestors of Maria Magdalena Johanna

  1. Generation 1
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Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) Aletta C. Lettie Visagie (1921–2002) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Toby van Schalkwyk Koch (1952–2003) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Muriel Dorothy Evelyn Barnard (1941–2009) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Jacobus Johannes Koos Theron (1896–1975) Vera Theron (1954–2012) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Maria Elizabeth Nonnie Conradie (1866–1955) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (1930–1985) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Christiaan Gert Conradie (1837–1898) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) Johannes Frederik John Theron (1880–1971) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Alwin Michael Wiggill (1944–2009) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) John George Delport (1896–1949) Cynthia Theron (1934–1998) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–)