Petrus Hermanus PretoriusAge: 76 years1831–1908
- Name
- Petrus Hermanus Pretorius
- Given names
- Petrus Hermanus
- Surname
- Pretorius
| Birth | November 18, 1831 26 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
| Baptism | December 11, 1831 (Age 23 days) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 3 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jacobus Johannes Pretorius January 23, 1837 (Age 5 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1. |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 12 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Marriage | Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg — View this family March 13, 1854 (Age 22 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 25 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 29 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Death of a father | Johannes Jacobus Pretorius June 10, 1890 (Age 58 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3. |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 69 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 67 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 35 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 41 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 54 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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| Death of a wife | Maria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg February 23, 1903 (Age 71 years) Age: 65 years 7 months 21 days Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-1993 Citation details: Death notice: Maria Susanna Elizabeth JANSE VAN RENSBURG (1903), VAB MHG R1439, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LW-P96K-Q?cc=3040532 : accessed 10 May 2020 |
| Marriage | Barbara Wilhelmina Stear — View this family February 15, 1904 (Age 72 years) Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Barbara Wilhelmina STEAR (1934), TAB MHG #86263, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSD-P4GL?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BYF%3A1590242847 : 16 December 2016), 007820965 > image 1784 of 2138; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 11 Dec 2019 Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 72 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 74 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Death | March 23, 1908 (Age 76 years) Publication: Vol. 8, Pi-Q (2002)
ISBN: 0-7972-0949-2 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1f3g3. |
- Generation 1
Petrus Hermanus Pretorius , son ofJohannes Jacobus Pretorius andElisabeth Maria van Vreeden , was born on November 18, 1831 and died on March 23, 1908 at the age of 76. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedMaria Susanna Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg , daughter ofLuduwich Johannes Janse van Rensburg andMaria Susanna Elizabeth Jacobs , on March 13, 1854 in Potchefstroom, North West Province. She was born calculated July 2, 1837 in Free State and died on February 23, 1903 in Schulpatkuil, Dist. Boshof, Free State. The second time he marriedBarbara Wilhelmina Stear (great-uncle’s son-in-law’s father’s great-niece), daughter ofJohn Richard Stear andMaria Susanna Theron , on February 15, 1904 in Boshof, Free State. She was born on October 14, 1855 in Boshof, Free State and died on August 8, 1934 in Christiana, North West Province at the age of 78.