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Petrus Johannes Potgieter 1877–1952 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 SEP 1877

Birth Location: Alexandria, Egypt

Death Date: 15 OCT 1952

Death Location: Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Father: Matthys Potgieter

Mother: Catharina Badenhorst

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Petrus Johannes Potgieter was born in 1877 in Alexandria, Egypt, the child of Matthys Gerhardus Oupa Thys Potgieter And Catharina Elizabeth Badenhorst. Petrus Johannes Potgieter passed away in 1952 in Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Petrus Johannes Potgieter was born in 1877 in Alexandria, Egypt, the child of Matthys Gerhardus Oupa Thys Potgieter And Catharina Elizabeth Badenhorst.
  • Petrus Johannes Potgieter passed away in 1952 in Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Petrus Potgieter's Ancestors

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Petrus Potgieter
1877–1952
Birth Place: Alexandria, Egypt
Parents
Matthys Gerhardus (Oupa Thys) Potgieter
1830–1911
Quaggas Mutz, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Catharina (Elizabeth) Badenhorst
1846–1931
Humansdorp, Eastern Cape
Grandparents
Frederik (Johannes) Potgieter
1786–1841
Alexandria, Ooskaap, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
Maria (Susanna) Fourie
1798–1837
Great-Grandparents
Jacobus Potgieter
1801–1849
Geertruyda Steenkamp
1801–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacobus Potgieter
1765–1811
Maria Wet
1775–1831

Petrus Potgieter's Timeline

2 Records

1877
26 SEP 1877
Birth of Petrus Johannes Potgieter in Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt
1952
15 OCT 1952
Age 75
Death of Petrus Johannes Potgieter in Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 SEP 1877
    Event Place: Alexandria, Egypt

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 OCT 1952
    Event Place: Alexandria, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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