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Pretorius

Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius

1814–1881 · Graaff Reinet, Cape, South Africa

Born18 FEB 1814, Graaff Reinet, Cape, South Africa
Died23 AUG 1881, Koningskraal, Dordrecht
Record@I503909@

Family

Parents
Willem Hendrik Pretoriusb. 1786tree onlyPetronella Christina Botha1787–1851tree only
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius18 FEB 1814–23 AUG 1881Pretorius
marriedEngela Gertruida Kotzeeb. 1821tree onlymarriedDorothea Johanna Jacoba Myburghtree only
11 children
Engela Gertruida Pretoriusb. 1845tree onlyElsje Johanna Pretoriusb. 1848tree onlyDirk Jacobus Pretorius1849–1933tree onlyMaria Francina Pretoriusb. 1851tree onlyRachel Elizabeth Magdalena Pretoriusb. 1854tree onlyPretorius1856–1928tree onlyFrancina Johanna Hybrecht (Huibrecht) Pretorius1858–1926tree onlySusanna Cornelia Pretoriusb. 1860tree onlyJohannes Lodewikus Pretorius1835–1900tree onlyWillem Erasmus Jacobus Pretoriusb. 1837tree onlyPetronella Wilhelmina Cecilia Pretorius1841–1917tree only
7 siblings
Charl Jacobus "Sarel" Pretorius1805–1901Hercules Pretorius1807–1841Wilhelmina Petronella Christina Pretorius1809–1842Petrus Christiaan Pretorius1810–1897Dorothea Margaretha Aletta Pretoriusb. 1815Elsie Susanna Elizabeth Pretorius1817–1836Willem Hendrik Pretorius1821–1920
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 22 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

  • birth18 FEB 1814Graaff Reinet, Cape, South Africa
  • death23 AUG 1881Koningskraal, Dordrecht

Sources attached in the tree

  • WikiTree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-22906065/johannes-lodewicus-pretorius-in-wikitree
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500354_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA/johannes-lodewicus-pretorius
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500357_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA/jan-adriaan-van-de-graaff-pretorius
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500358_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA/petrus-johannes-christiaan-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 APR 1749–30 APR 1794Tulbach
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius30 AUG 1749–TO 30 APR 1794Tulbagh
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius20 SEP 1767–6 MAY 1824Kruysfontein
Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius12 OCT 1871–17 SEP 1957Franschoek

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