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Sarel Johannes Pretorius 1828–1901 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 SEP 1828

Birth Location: Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA

Death Date: 29 SEP 1901

Death Location: Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp

Father: Hendrik Pretorius

Mother: Hendrina Havenga

Spouse(s): Cornelia Bergh, Maria Niekerk

Children(s): Isaac Pretorius, Isaak PRETORIUS, Gert PRETORIUS, Sarel Pretorius, Hendrik PRETORIUS, Cornelia PRETORIUS, Johanna PRETORIUS, Cornelia PRETORIUS, Charl PRETORIUS, Hendrina PRETORIUS

Sarel Johannes Pretorius was born in 1828 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA, the child of Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius And Hendrina Carolina Havenga. Sarel Johannes Pretorius married Cornelia Magdalena Van Den Bergh, Maria Adriana Van Niekerk, and had children including Charl Roedolf Pretorius, Cornelia Magdalena Pretorius, Dorothea Maria Pretorius, Gert Jacobus Pretorius, Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius, Hendrina Carolina Pretorius, Isaac Stephanus Pretorius, Isaak Stephanus Pretorius, Jacomina Johanna Fredrika Pretorius, Johanna Chritina Pretorius, Sarel Rudolf Pretorius. Sarel Johannes Pretorius passed away in 1901 in Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp.

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Biography

  • Sarel Johannes Pretorius was born in 1828 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA, the child of Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius And Hendrina Carolina Havenga.
  • Sarel Johannes Pretorius married Cornelia Magdalena Van Den Bergh, Maria Adriana Van Niekerk, and had children including Charl Roedolf Pretorius, Cornelia Magdalena Pretorius, Dorothea Maria Pretorius, Gert Jacobus Pretorius, Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius, Hendrina Carolina Pretorius, Isaac Stephanus Pretorius, Isaak Stephanus Pretorius, Jacomina Johanna Fredrika Pretorius, Johanna Chritina Pretorius, Sarel Rudolf Pretorius.
  • Sarel Johannes Pretorius passed away in 1901 in Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hendrik Pretorius
1792–1860
Birth Location: Tulbach, CA.zaf
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Hendrina Havenga
1799–1847
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Cornelia Bergh
1830–1867
Birth Location: Fauresmith, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
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Maria Niekerk
1849–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Isaac Pretorius
1859–1921
Birth Location: Fauresmith, Xhariep, Orange Free State, South Africa
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Isaak PRETORIUS
1858–1958
Birth Location: –
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Gert PRETORIUS
1864–1940
Birth Location: –
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Sarel Pretorius
1860–1930
Birth Location: –
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Hendrik PRETORIUS
1851–1884
Birth Location: Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa, ZA
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Cornelia PRETORIUS
1850–1932
Birth Location: Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa
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Johanna PRETORIUS
1847–1947
Birth Location: Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA
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Cornelia PRETORIUS
1867–1869
Birth Location: –
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Charl PRETORIUS
1857–
Birth Location: –
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Hendrina PRETORIUS
1847–
Birth Location: –
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Sarel Pretorius's Ancestors

Self
Sarel Pretorius
1828–1901
Birth Place: Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA
Parents
Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius
1792–1860
Tulbach, CA.zaf
Hendrina (Carolina) Havenga
1799–1847
Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, South Africa
Grandparents
Hermanus (Christoffel Sibolts) Havenga
1773–1850
Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, South Africa
Geertruy (Magdalena) Groenewald
1773–1813
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Harmen Havenga
1728–1786
Hendrina Meijhuijzen
1728–1786
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sibolts Havenga
1703–1758
Aaltjen Jakobs
1699–1743

Sarel Pretorius's Descendants

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Sarel (Johannes) Pretorius (15 SEP 1828–29 SEP 1901) m. Cornelia (Magdalena van den) Bergh (1830–07 Dec 1867) m. Maria (Adriana Van) Niekerk (abt 1849–)
  1. 1. Isaac (Stephanus) Pretorius 1859–1921 m. Elsie (maria M Van) Wyk 1865–1916
    1. 1. Charel (Rudolf) Pretorius 1884–1921 m. Jane (Margaret) Gericke 1880–1916 m. Jacoba (Maria) Gericke 1878–
      1. 1. Izak (Stephanus) Pretorius 1908–1963 m. Thora (Magdalena) Hartman 1913–1986
        1. 1. Verna Pretorius 1940–2017 m. Pieter (Cornelius Philipus) Oosthuizen 1941–2006
        2. 2. Levaine Pretorius 1937–2021
      2. 2. Jane (Margaret) Pretorius 1912–
      3. 3. Elsie (Maria Magdalena) Pretorius 1914–
  2. 2. Isaak (Stephanus) PRETORIUS 1858–1958
  3. 3. Gert (Jacobus) PRETORIUS 1864–1940
  4. 4. Sarel (Rudolf) Pretorius 1860–1930
  5. 5. Hendrik (Stephanus) PRETORIUS 1851–1884
  6. 6. Cornelia (Magdalena) PRETORIUS 1850–1932
  7. 7. Johanna (Chritina) PRETORIUS 1847–1947
  8. 8. Cornelia (Magdalena) PRETORIUS 1867–1869
  9. 9. Charl (Roedolf) PRETORIUS 1857–
  10. 10. Hendrina (Carolina) PRETORIUS 1847–

Sarel Pretorius's Timeline

2 Records

1828
15 SEP 1828
Birth of Sarel Johannes Pretorius in Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA
Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA
1901
29 SEP 1901
Age 73
Death of Sarel Johannes Pretorius in Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp
Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 SEP 1828
    Event Place: Colesberg, Northern Cape, Southern Africa, ZA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] South Africa, Marriage Index, 1807-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 SEP 1901
    Event Place: Norvalspont Konsentrasiekamp
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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