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Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS 1761–1830 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 MAY 1761

Birth Location: Tulbagh, South Africa

Death Date: 6 JUL 1830

Death Location: Colesberg, South Africa

Father: Johannes PRETORIUS

Mother: Anna BOTHA

Spouse(s): Johanna ??, Jacoba WAGENAAR

Children(s): Anna PRETORIUS, Johannes PRETORIUS, Johanna PRETORIUS, Petrus PRETORIUS, Adam PRETORIUS

Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS was born in 1761 in Tulbagh, South Africa, the child of Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius And Anna Sophia Botha. Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS married Jacoba Wagenaar, Johanna Adriana, Maria Elizabeth, and had children including Adam Pretorius, Anna Sophia Pretorius, Johanna Heiltjie Pretorius, Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius, Michiel Andries Pretorius, Petrus Jacobus Pretorius. Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS passed away in 1830 in Colesberg, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS was born in 1761 in Tulbagh, South Africa, the child of Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius And Anna Sophia Botha.
  • Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS married Jacoba Wagenaar, Johanna Adriana, Maria Elizabeth, and had children including Adam Pretorius, Anna Sophia Pretorius, Johanna Heiltjie Pretorius, Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius, Michiel Andries Pretorius, Petrus Jacobus Pretorius.
  • Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS passed away in 1830 in Colesberg, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes PRETORIUS
1717–1779
Birth Location: Paarl, South Africa
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Anna BOTHA
1723–1779
Birth Location: Paarl, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Johanna ??
1764–1801
Birth Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Jacoba WAGENAAR
–1781
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Anna PRETORIUS
1782–
Birth Location: –
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Johannes PRETORIUS
1791–1835
Birth Location: Cambeboo, South Africa
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Johanna PRETORIUS
1794–1848
Birth Location: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
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Petrus PRETORIUS
1787–1846
Birth Location: –
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Adam PRETORIUS
1780–
Birth Location: –
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Petrus PRETORIUS's Ancestors

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Petrus PRETORIUS
1761–1830
Birth Place: Tulbagh, South Africa
Parents
Johannes Lodewicus PRETORIUS
1717–1779
Paarl, South Africa
Anna (Sophia) BOTHA
1723–1779
Paarl, South Africa
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Petrus PRETORIUS's Descendants

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Petrus (Jacobus) PRETORIUS (6 MAY 1761–6 JUL 1830) m. Johanna (Adriana) ?? (1764–1801) m. Jacoba WAGENAAR (–1781)
  1. 1. Anna (Sophia) PRETORIUS 1782–
  2. 2. Johannes (Lodewyk) PRETORIUS 1791–1835 m. Martha KRUGER –1810 m. Anna (Martha Catharina VAN DER) WALT 1794–1854
    1. 1. Petrus (Frans Jacobus) PRETORIUS 1810–
  3. 3. Johanna ('Heiltjie') PRETORIUS 1794–1848
  4. 4. Petrus (Jacobus) PRETORIUS 1787–1846 m. Francina (Margaretha) KRUGER 1801–1826 m. Johanna (Catharina) VENTER 1803–1828 m. Anna (Elizabeth Jacoba) COETZEE 1808–1870
  5. 5. Adam PRETORIUS 1780–

Petrus PRETORIUS's Timeline

2 Records

1761
6 MAY 1761
Birth of Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS in Tulbagh, South Africa
Tulbagh, South Africa
1830
6 JUL 1830
Age 69
Death of Petrus Jacobus PRETORIUS in Colesberg, South Africa
Colesberg, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 MAY 1761
    Event Place: Tulbagh, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 JUL 1830
    Event Place: Colesberg, South Africa
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