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Pretorius

Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius

1791–1835 · Camdeboo, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Born19 AUG 1791, Camdeboo, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Baptised6 MAR 1792, Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
Died18 APR 1835, Knoffelvlei, Rhenosterberg, Cape Colony
BuriedKnoffelvlei, Rhenosterberg, South Africa
Record@I504223@

Family

Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius19 AUG 1791–18 APR 1835Pretorius
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 6 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

  • birth19 AUG 1791Camdeboo, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • death18 APR 1835Knoffelvlei, Rhenosterberg, Cape Colony
  • burial18 APR 1830Knoffelvlei, Rhenosterberg, South Africa
  • baptism6 MAR 1792Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-WBHG?cc=1478678 : 26 August 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
  • christening6 MAR 1792Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

Sources attached in the tree

  • WikiTree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-23002370/johannes-lodewyk-pretorius-in-wikitree
  • Johannes Cornelius Peterus Bronkhorst — Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius
  • FamilySearch Family Tree

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 Lodewyk Pretorius4 MAR 1738–27 NOV 1786Cape of Good Hope
Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius11 AUG 1743–1748of Drakenstein
Johannes Lodewyk Pretorius20 SEP 1767–6 MAY 1824Tulbagh Ngk

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