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Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius 1728–1782 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 JUL 1728

Birth Location: Cape Province, South Africa

Death Date: 12 SEP 1782

Death Location: Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Father: Joannes Pretorius

Mother: Johanna Pretorius

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Craffort

Children(s): Willem Pretorius, Wessel Pretorius, Dirk Pretorius, Johannes Pretorius, Rachel Heerden, Jan Pretorius, Elizabeth Pretorius, Petrus Pretorius

Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius was born in 1728 in Cape Province, South Africa, the child of Joannes Johannes Pretorius And Johanna Helena Pretorius. Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius married Elizabeth Cornelia Craffort, and had children including Dirk Jacobus Pretorius, Elizabeth Cornelia Pretorius, Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, Johannes Sterrenberg Pretorius, Petrus Gerhardus Pretorius, Rachel Johanna Pretorius Van Heerden, Wessel Pretorius, Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius. Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius passed away in 1782 in Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius was born in 1728 in Cape Province, South Africa, the child of Joannes Johannes Pretorius And Johanna Helena Pretorius.
  • Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius married Elizabeth Cornelia Craffort, and had children including Dirk Jacobus Pretorius, Elizabeth Cornelia Pretorius, Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, Johannes Sterrenberg Pretorius, Petrus Gerhardus Pretorius, Rachel Johanna Pretorius Van Heerden, Wessel Pretorius, Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius.
  • Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius passed away in 1782 in Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joannes Pretorius
1680–1732
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Johanna Pretorius
1716–1761
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Craffort
1731–1794
Birth Location: de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Children(s)

Willem Pretorius
1762–1837
Birth Location: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Wessel Pretorius
1769–1855
Birth Location: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Dirk Pretorius
1764–1802
Birth Location: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Johannes Pretorius
1757–
Birth Location: –
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Rachel Heerden
1759–1795
Birth Location: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Jan Pretorius
1766–
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Pretorius
1775–1815
Birth Location: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Petrus Pretorius
1772–1860
Birth Location: de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
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Willem Pretorius's Ancestors

Self
Willem Pretorius
1728–1782
Birth Place: Cape Province, South Africa
Parents
Joannes Johannes Pretorius
1680–1732
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Johanna (Helena) Pretorius
1716–1761
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Joannes (Johannes) Pretorius
1642–1694
Ouddorp, Nederland
Joanna (Johanna Victors Victor Pretorius) Starrenburgh
1650–1708
Amsterdam
Johannes (Philippus) Pretorius
1680–1732
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Helena ("Lena") Vosloo
1697–1731
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Johannes Pretorius
1642–1694
Johanna Victors
1656–1708
Johann Vossloh)
1649–1732
van Malabar
1670–1723
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wesselius Schoutschulte)
1614–1664
Josijntgen Egmond
1622–1664
Johannes Victors
1619–1676
Jannetje Bellers
1623–1661
Johann Vossloh
1590–1644

Willem Pretorius's Descendants

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Willem (Sterrenberg) Pretorius (11 JUL 1728–12 SEP 1782) m. Elizabeth (Cornelia) Craffort (1 MAR 1731–25 SEP 1794)
  1. 1. Willem (Sterrenberg) Pretorius 1762–1837
  2. 2. Wessel Pretorius 1769–1855
  3. 3. Dirk (Jacobus) Pretorius 1764–1802
  4. 4. Johannes (Sterrenberg) Pretorius 1757–
  5. 5. Rachel (Johanna Pretorius van) Heerden 1759–1795
  6. 6. Jan (Lodewyk) Pretorius 1766–
  7. 7. Elizabeth (Cornelia) Pretorius 1775–1815
  8. 8. Petrus (Gerhardus) Pretorius 1772–1860

Willem Pretorius's Timeline

4 Records

1728
11 JUL 1728
Birth of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius in Cape Province, South Africa
Cape Province, South Africa
1728
11 JUL 1728
Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius was baptized in Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1728
11 JUL 1728
Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius was christened in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1782
12 SEP 1782
Age 54
Death of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius in Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 JUL 1728
    Event Place: Cape Province, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 JUL 1728
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 11 JUL 1728
    Event Place: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Waagedrift, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 SEP 1782
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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