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Johanna Petronella Pretorius 1862–1939 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Apr 1862

Birth Location: Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 28 Apr 1939

Death Location: Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa

Father: Willem Pretorius

Mother: Johanna Pretorius

Spouse(s): Thomas Vorster

Children(s): Dorothea Vorster\Greyling, Johanna Straten, Petronella Vorster, Anna Vorster, Sara Vorster, Jacobus Vorster, Willem Vorster, Thomas Vorster, Sarel Vorster, Philipus Vorster

In 1862, Johanna Petronella Pretorius entered the world in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa, born to Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius And Johanna Christina Naude Sterrenberg Pretorius. Johanna Petronella Pretorius married Thomas Butler Vorster, and had children including Anna Maria Cecilia Vorster, Dorothea Maria Vorster Greyling, Jacobus Adriaan Vorster, Johanna Christina Vorster Van Straten, Petronella Johanna Vorster, Philipus Arnoldus Vorster, Sara Elizabeth Catharina Vorster, Sarel Francois Vorster, Thomas Butler Vorster, Willem Sterrenberg Vorster. Johanna Petronella Pretorius passed away in 1939 in Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1862, Johanna Petronella Pretorius entered the world in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa, born to Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius And Johanna Christina Naude Sterrenberg Pretorius.
  • Johanna Petronella Pretorius married Thomas Butler Vorster, and had children including Anna Maria Cecilia Vorster, Dorothea Maria Vorster Greyling, Jacobus Adriaan Vorster, Johanna Christina Vorster Van Straten, Petronella Johanna Vorster, Philipus Arnoldus Vorster, Sara Elizabeth Catharina Vorster, Sarel Francois Vorster, Thomas Butler Vorster, Willem Sterrenberg Vorster.
  • Johanna Petronella Pretorius passed away in 1939 in Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Johanna Pretorius's Ancestors

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Johanna Pretorius
1862–1939
Birth Place: Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Parents
Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius
1817–1863
Johanna (Christina Naude\Sterrenberg) Pretorius
1819–1898
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, Afrique du Sud
Grandparents
Charel (Francois) Naude
1792–1857
Graaff-Reinet, Cape, Afrique du Sud
Dorothea (Maria) Vorster
1803–1857
Graaff Reinet, Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johanna Pretorius's Descendants

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Johanna (Petronella) Pretorius (16 Apr 1862–28 Apr 1939) m. Thomas (Butler) Vorster (25 Aug 1857–)
  1. 1. Dorothea (Maria) Vorster\Greyling 1893–1944 m. Laurence (Trichardt) Greyling 1884–1940
    1. 1. Abraham (Thomas) Greyling 1911–1991 m. Greyling 1911–1998
  2. 2. Johanna (Christina Vorster\van) Straten 1882–1946 m. Petrus (Francois van) Straten 1880–1941
    1. 1. Johanna (Petronella van) Straten 1907–1987
  3. 3. Petronella (Johanna) Vorster 1884–
  4. 4. Anna (Maria Cecilia) Vorster 1884–
  5. 5. Sara (Elizabeth Catharina) Vorster 1890–
  6. 6. Jacobus (Adriaan) Vorster 1892–1949
  7. 7. Willem (Sterrenberg) Vorster 1894–1953
  8. 8. Thomas (Butler) Vorster 1897–
  9. 9. Sarel (Francois) Vorster 1900–1956 m. Maria (Elizabeth Eloff) Vorster 1911–1992
    1. 1. Thomas (Butler) Vorster 1932–1978
  10. 10. Philipus (Arnoldus) Vorster 1903–1979

Johanna Pretorius's Timeline

2 Records

1862
16 Apr 1862
Birth of Johanna Petronella Pretorius in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1939
28 Apr 1939
Age 77
Death of Johanna Petronella Pretorius in Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa
Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1862
    Event Place: Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1939
    Event Place: Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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