Susanna Catharina Margaritha van Wyk
- Name
- Susanna Catharina Margaritha /van Wyk/
- Given names
- Susanna Catharina Margaritha
- Surname
- van Wyk
- Name
- Susanna Catharina Margaritha /Kruger/
- Type of name
- married name
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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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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: Death notice: Hyletje Jonetta Margaritha KRUGER (1898), MOOC 6/9/380 #2610, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-X23K?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8V%3A1598092309 : 27 April 2020), 007844971 > image 468 of 2282; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 May 2020 Citation details: Kruger, p488, a2b7c1d1e6. |
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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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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van Heerden, p222, b1c1d3e1f1g11h2. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van Heerden, p222, b1c1d3e1f1g11h2. |
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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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War
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Death of a daughter
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Text: 1898 Citation details: van Heerden, p222, b1c1d3e1f1. Citation details: Death notice: Hyletje Jonetta Margaritha KRUGER (1898), MOOC 6/9/380 #2610, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-X23K?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S8V%3A1598092309 : 27 April 2020), 007844971 > image 468 of 2282; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 10 May 2020 |
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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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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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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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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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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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| Marriage | Marriage — April 7, 1828 — Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1838–1898
Birth: calculated January 1838
30
— Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 31, 1898 — Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Susanna Catharina Margaritha van Wyk
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Generation 1
She married Louis Stephanus Kruger, son of Hendrik Kruger and Anna Catharina Steenkamp, on April 7, 1828 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was born on July 20, 1807.
Children of Susanna Catharina Margaritha van Wyk and Louis Stephanus Kruger:
- Heiletje Theunetta Margrita Kruger (1838–1898)
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Generation 2 back to top
Heiletje Theunetta Margrita Kruger, daughter of Louis Stephanus Kruger and Susanna Catharina Margaritha van Wyk, was born calculated January 1838 in Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 31, 1898 in Klipfontein, Dist. Tarka, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She married Hendrik Francois van Heerden (fourth cousin), son of Izak Jacobus van Heerden and Elizabeth Margaretha van Heerden,. He was born on December 8, 1836 and died in 1898 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 61.
Children of Heiletje Theunetta Margrita Kruger and Hendrik Francois van Heerden:
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Generation 3 back to top
Susanna Magdalena Catharina van Heerden, daughter of Hendrik Francois van Heerden and Heiletje Theunetta Margrita Kruger, was born on March 19, 1860.
She married Jacobus Petrus van Heerden. He was born in 1858.
Children of Susanna Magdalena Catharina van Heerden and Jacobus Petrus van Heerden:
- Maria Magdalena van Heerden (1890–)
Ancestors of Susanna Catharina Margaritha van Wyk
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Generation 1
