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Petrus Francois Pretorius 1828–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 JUN 1828

Birth Location: Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa]

Death Date: 11 NOV 1893

Death Location: Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa]

Father: Willem Pretorius

Mother: Sara Dijk

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Petrus Francois Pretorius was born in 1828 in Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa], the child of Willem Lodewijk Pretorius And Sara Alettha Petronella Van Dijk. Petrus Francois Pretorius passed away in 1893 in Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa].

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Biography

  • Petrus Francois Pretorius was born in 1828 in Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa], the child of Willem Lodewijk Pretorius And Sara Alettha Petronella Van Dijk.
  • Petrus Francois Pretorius passed away in 1893 in Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa].

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Petrus Pretorius's Ancestors

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Petrus Pretorius
1828–1893
Birth Place: Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa]
Parents
Willem Lodewijk Pretorius
1776–
Rodesand, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]
Sara (Alettha Petronella van) Dijk
1785–
Malmesbury, Swartland [South Africa]
Grandparents
Sybrand (van Dyk (Van) Dyk)
1762–
Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony
Catharina Wagenaar
1765–
Great-Grandparents
Sijbrand Dyk)
1708–
Sara Erasmus
1710–1772
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joost (Pietersz)
1666–1718
Helena Dijk
1690–1727
Willem Klerk
1671–1745
de Clerq
1692–1779

Petrus Pretorius's Timeline

2 Records

1828
23 JUN 1828
Birth of Petrus Francois Pretorius in Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa]
Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa]
1893
11 NOV 1893
Age 65
Death of Petrus Francois Pretorius in Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa]
Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa]

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 JUN 1828
    Event Place: Hanover, Cape Colony [South Africa]

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 NOV 1893
    Event Place: Potchefstroom, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek [South Africa]

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