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Pretorius

Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius

1749–1794 · Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Born30 APR 1749, Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Baptised21 SEP 1749, Cape, South Africa
Died30 APR 1794, Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Record@I510301@

Family

Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius30 APR 1749–30 APR 1794Pretorius
a direct ancestor a record has been read for them an image, not yet read from the family tree, unverified

The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 9 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words.

Where this comes from

Tree only

everything here comes from the family tree, and is unverified.

Every record naming Pretorius →

Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

Where this surname sits on the map →
What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • birth30 APR 1749Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • death30 APR 1794Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • christening21 SEP 1749Cape, South Africa

Sources attached in the tree

  • Pretorius Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV7RDPF4YQLXM5Y4SKICAL7FNN5FI-1500023/johannes-lodewicus-pretorius
  • Goosen Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV72HVUOFQE3GRCA2LJ7L4MS5ZA6Q-1500181/johannes-lodewicus-pretorius

An online family tree is a witness, not a source. Where a citation points at a parish register or a FamilySearch image, that is the thing worth going to. Sources →

Others of the same name

These parishes repeat their names relentlessly — 94 Marijas and 88 Ivans in this archive alone. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Merging on a name is exactly how this tree came to hold a man born after his own granddaughter.

Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius21 SEP 1749–BEF 30 APR 1794Tulbagh
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius30 AUG 1749–TO 30 APR 1794Tulbagh
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius20 SEP 1767–6 MAY 1824Kruysfontein
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius18 FEB 1814–23 AUG 1881Graaff Reinet
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius12 OCT 1871–17 SEP 1957Franschoek

Same name, and nothing here says they are related. Why the names repeat →