Hester Diederiks
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- Hester /Diederiks/
- Given names
- Hester
- Surname
- Diederiks
- Name
- Hester /van Wyk/
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Citation details: Rossouw, p125, b9c1d4e4. |
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Source citation: Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Botha, p382, b5c9d1e1. Citation details: Rossouw, p125, b9c1d4e4. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Jacob Pieter BOTHA (1876), VAB MHG B417, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L3-HD41?i=191&cat=195564 : accessed 4 May 2020 Citation details: Botha, p382, b5c9d1e1. |
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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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Birth of a grandson
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Text: CAL 12 DEC 1820 Citation details: Death notice: Jacob Pieter BOTHA (1876), VAB MHG B417, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L3-HD41?i=191&cat=195564 : accessed 4 May 2020 Citation details: Botha, p382, b5c9d1e1f6. |
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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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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Botha, p382, b5c9d1e1f6. |
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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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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Dina Carolina BOTHA (1923), VAB MHG #16043, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-P9WW-N?i=1469&cat=195564 : accessed 27 Apr 2020 Citation details: Death notice: Jacob Pieter BOTHA (1876), VAB MHG B417, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99L3-HD41?i=191&cat=195564 : accessed 4 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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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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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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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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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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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Descendants of Hester Diederiks
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Generation 1
She married Adriaan van Wyk.
Children of Hester Diederiks and Adriaan van Wyk:
- Hester van Wyk (1786–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Hester van Wyk, daughter of Adriaan van Wyk and Hester Diederiks, was baptized on January 22, 1786 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
She married 2 times. The first time she married Gabriel Rossouw, son of Gabriel Rossouw and Maria Magdalena van As, on October 2, 1803 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on July 31, 1785 and died before 1809.
The second time she married Hendrik Johannes Botha, son of Johannes Botha and Petronella Jordaan, in February 1809 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on December 1, 1787.
Children of Hester van Wyk and Hendrik Johannes Botha:
- Jacob Pieter Botha (1820–1876)
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Generation 3 back to top
Jacob Pieter Botha, son of Hendrik Johannes Botha and Hester van Wyk, was born on December 13, 1820 in Dist. Reitz, Free State, South Africa and died on December 5, 1876 in Dist. Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 55.
He married Anna Cecilia Brits calculated 1840.
Children of Jacob Pieter Botha and Anna Cecilia Brits:
- Dina Carolina Botha (1852–1923)
Ancestors of Hester Diederiks
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Generation 1
