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Jan Christoffel Pretorius 1846–1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 JAN 1846

Birth Location: ,, South Africa

Death Date: 11 MAY 1914

Death Location: Witpoort, Wolmaranstad

Father: Jan Pretorius

Mother: Hendrina Marais

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Jan Christoffel Pretorius was born in 1846 in ,, South Africa, the child of Jan Christoffel Pretorius And Hendrina Johanna Marais. Jan Christoffel Pretorius passed away in 1914 in Witpoort, Wolmaranstad.

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Biography

  • Jan Christoffel Pretorius was born in 1846 in ,, South Africa, the child of Jan Christoffel Pretorius And Hendrina Johanna Marais.
  • Jan Christoffel Pretorius passed away in 1914 in Witpoort, Wolmaranstad.

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Jan Pretorius's Ancestors

Self
Jan Pretorius
1846–1914
Birth Place: ,, South Africa
Parents
Jan Christoffel Pretorius
1798–
Hendrina (Johanna) Marais
1804–1889
Grandparents
Samuel (Jacobus) Marais
1778–1820
Paarl, Cape, South Africa
Johanna (Adriana) Pretorius
1782–1825
Tulbach
Great-Grandparents
Marthinus b3c1d5
1746–1831
Johanna Beer
1751–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes Pretorius
1711–1778
Johanna Bezuidenhout
1717–1787
Zacharias Beer
1719–1777
Anna Pretorius
1718–1754

Jan Pretorius's Timeline

2 Records

1846
21 JAN 1846
Birth of Jan Christoffel Pretorius in ,, South Africa
,, South Africa
1914
11 MAY 1914
Age 68
Death of Jan Christoffel Pretorius in Witpoort, Wolmaranstad
Witpoort, Wolmaranstad

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 JAN 1846
    Event Place: ,, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 MAY 1914
    Event Place: Witpoort, Wolmaranstad

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