The Blažević Archive
Pretorius

Petrus Jacobus Pretorius

1761–1830 · Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Born6 MAY 1761, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Baptised3 OCT 1761, Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Died6 JUL 1830, Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
Occupation
Boer, Knoffelvlei, Colesberg
Record@I510320@

Family

Petrus Jacobus Pretorius6 MAY 1761–6 JUL 1830Pretorius
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 1 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

  • birth6 MAY 1761Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • baptism3 OCT 1761Land van Waveren, Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • christening3 OCT 1761Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  • death6 JUL 1830Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa

Sources attached in the tree

  • 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.

Petrus Jacobus Pretorius6 MAY 1761–6 JUL 1830Tulbagh
Petrus Jacobus Pretorius17 JUL 1797–23 MAY 1846Tulbagh
Petrus Jacobus Pretorius16 AUG 1878–23 APR 1941Barkly East

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