Magdalena Pretorius 1782–

Magdalena Pretorius, 1782–

Name

Magdalena Pretorius

Name: Magdalena /Pretorius/
Given names: Magdalena
Surname: Pretorius

Name

Magdalena van den Berg — married name

Name: Magdalena /van den Berg/
Type of name: married name

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Baptism	September 22, 1782 30 (aged 0 days) Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Pretorius, p395, b3c7d1e5.
War	French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 1 year) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
War	French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 16 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 12 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced.
Historical Event	The Cape becomes a British Colony March 5, 1797 (aged 14 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Marriage	Abraham Paulus van den Berg — View this family April 2, 1797 (aged 14 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1 Citation details: Berg, p227, a3b1c10. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Pretorius, p395, b3c7d1e5.
War	Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 33 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Natural disaster	Drought 1809 (aged 26 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded	The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 29 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Town founded	Cradock is founded August 27, 1818 (aged 35 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	British settlers 1820 (aged 37 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier.
Economic Event	British sterling adopted 1825 (aged 42 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event	Great trek 1835 (aged 52 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Death of a brother	Jacobus Johannes Pretorius January 23, 1837 (aged 54 years) Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Pretorius, p390, b3c7d1e1.
Town founded	Settlement of Victoria West is established 1844 (aged 61 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Influenza from 1857 to 1859 (aged 76 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War	American Civil War from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 82 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: 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.
War	First Boer War from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 98 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Bubonic plague February 1, 1901 (aged 118 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War	Second Boer War from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 119 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	South African Republic from 1852 to 1902 (aged 119 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Historical Event	Orange Free State from 1854 to 1902 (aged 119 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Economic Event	Economic depression 1865 (aged 82 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Diamonds discovered 1867 (aged 84 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Death of a brother	Wessel Christiaan Pretorius September 30, 1871 (aged 89 years) Bloemfntein, Dist. Winburg, Free State, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 8 Citation details: Pretorius, p398, b3c7d1e9.
Economic Event	Gold discovered September 1873 (aged 90 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1881 (aged 98 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.
Economic Event	Gold discovered 1886 (aged 103 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia 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.

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Baptism: May 28, 1752 28 22 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: June 13, 1773 Occupation: farmer — Dist. Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elisabeth Rachel Meyer Jacobus Johannes Pretorius Magdalena Pretorius Wessel Christiaan Pretorius Johannes Jacobus Pretorius 1752– Baptism: May 28, 1752 28 22 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
mother	Links Marriage: June 13, 1773 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Johannes Jacobus Pretorius Jacobus Johannes Pretorius Magdalena Pretorius Wessel Christiaan Pretorius Elisabeth Rachel Meyer –
Marriage	Marriage — June 13, 1773 —
13 months brother	Links Baptism: July 17, 1774 22 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: March 13, 1796 Death: January 23, 1837 — Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Magdalena Haarhof Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius Johannes Jacobus Pretorius Jacobus Johannes Pretorius 1774–1837 Baptism: July 17, 1774 22 — Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa Death: January 23, 1837 — Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
8 years herself	Links Baptism: September 22, 1782 30 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 2, 1797 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Paulus van den Berg Magdalena Pretorius 1782– Baptism: September 22, 1782 30 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
10 years brother	Links Baptism: February 12, 1792 39 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 15, 1811 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: September 30, 1871 — Dist. Winburg, Free State, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Catharina Petronella Loetz Anna Susanna Annie Pretorius Magdalena Geertruida Pretorius Wessel Christiaan Pretorius 1792–1871 Baptism: February 12, 1792 39 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Death: September 30, 1871 — Dist. Winburg, Free State, South Africa

Family with Abraham Paulus van den Berg
husband	Links Baptism: April 1, 1747 44 Marriage: November 5, 1769 Marriage: April 2, 1797 Marriage: between 1798 and 1815 Marriage: October 27, 1816 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hendrina van Rensburg Jacobus van den Berg Family with spouse Magdalena Pretorius Family with spouse Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg Family with spouse Heyla Magdalena de Beer Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747– Baptism: April 1, 1747 44
herself	Links Baptism: September 22, 1782 30 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 2, 1797 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Paulus van den Berg Magdalena Pretorius 1782– Baptism: September 22, 1782 30 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — April 2, 1797 —

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Hendrina van Rensburg
husband	Links Baptism: April 1, 1747 44 Marriage: November 5, 1769 Marriage: April 2, 1797 Marriage: between 1798 and 1815 Marriage: October 27, 1816 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hendrina van Rensburg Jacobus van den Berg Family with spouse Magdalena Pretorius Family with spouse Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg Family with spouse Heyla Magdalena de Beer Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747– Baptism: April 1, 1747 44
husband’s wife	Links Baptism: January 14, 1753 29 23 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: November 5, 1769 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Paulus van den Berg Jacobus van den Berg Hendrina van Rensburg 1753– Baptism: January 14, 1753 29 23 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — November 5, 1769 —
4 years stepson	Links Baptism: April 10, 1773 26 20 Marriage: February 23, 1794 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maria Susanna van der Merwe Izak Jacobus van den Berg Jacobus van den Berg 1773– Baptism: April 10, 1773 26 20

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg
husband	Links Baptism: April 1, 1747 44 Marriage: November 5, 1769 Marriage: April 2, 1797 Marriage: between 1798 and 1815 Marriage: October 27, 1816 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hendrina van Rensburg Jacobus van den Berg Family with spouse Magdalena Pretorius Family with spouse Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg Family with spouse Heyla Magdalena de Beer Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747– Baptism: April 1, 1747 44
husband’s wife	Links Birth: March 31, 1796 46 29 Marriage: between 1798 and 1815 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Paulus van den Berg Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg 1796– Birth: March 31, 1796 46 29
Marriage	Marriage — between 1798 and 1815 —

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Heyla Magdalena de Beer
husband	Links Baptism: April 1, 1747 44 Marriage: November 5, 1769 Marriage: April 2, 1797 Marriage: between 1798 and 1815 Marriage: October 27, 1816 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hendrina van Rensburg Jacobus van den Berg Family with spouse Magdalena Pretorius Family with spouse Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg Family with spouse Heyla Magdalena de Beer Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747– Baptism: April 1, 1747 44
husband’s wife	Links Marriage: October 27, 1816 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Paulus van den Berg Heyla Magdalena de Beer –
Marriage	Marriage — October 27, 1816 —

Descendants of Magdalena Pretorius

Generation 1
1. Magdalena Pretorius, daughter of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Rachel Meyer, was baptized on September 22, 1782 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
  She married Abraham Paulus van den Berg (great-uncle), son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, on April 2, 1797. He was baptized on April 1, 1747.

Ancestors of Magdalena Pretorius

Generation 1
1. Magdalena Pretorius, daughter of Johannes Jacobus Pretorius and Elisabeth Rachel Meyer, was baptized on September 22, 1782 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
Generation 2 back to top
1. Johannes Jacobus Pretorius, farmer, son of Jacobus Jacob Pretorius and Johanna Christina van den Berg, was baptized on May 28, 1752 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
2. Elisabeth Rachel Meyer, daughter of Willem Meyer and Elizabeth Loots.
Generation 3 back to top
1. Jacobus Jacob Pretorius, son of Johannes Pretorius and Helena Vosloo, was baptized on February 27, 1724 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
2. Johanna Christina van den Berg, daughter of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on November 6, 1729.
3. Willem Meyer.
4. Elizabeth Loots.

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Family with parents
father Parents Jacobus Jacob Pretorius Johanna Christina van den Berg	Johannes Jacobus Pretorius 1752–
mother Parents Willem Meyer Elizabeth Loots	Elisabeth Rachel Meyer –
brother Family Martha Magdalena Haarhof Elizabeth Johanna Pretorius Johannes Jacobus Pretorius	Jacobus Johannes Pretorius 1774–1837
herself	Magdalena Pretorius 1782–
brother Family Catharina Petronella Loetz Anna Susanna Annie Pretorius Magdalena Geertruida Pretorius	Wessel Christiaan Pretorius 1792–1871

Family with Abraham Paulus van den Berg
husband Parents Jacobus van den Berg Maria Magdalena Haak	Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747–
herself	Magdalena Pretorius 1782–

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Hendrina van Rensburg
husband Parents Jacobus van den Berg Maria Magdalena Haak	Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747–
husband’s wife Parents Hendrik Janse van Rensburg Anna Maria van der Merwe	Hendrina van Rensburg 1753–
stepson Family Maria Susanna van der Merwe Izak Jacobus van den Berg	Jacobus van den Berg 1773–

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg
husband Parents Jacobus van den Berg Maria Magdalena Haak	Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747–
husband’s wife Parents Daniel van den Berg Helena Maria Olivier	Dirkie Hendrina Cecilia van den Berg 1796–

Abraham Paulus van den Berg + Heyla Magdalena de Beer
husband Parents Jacobus van den Berg Maria Magdalena Haak	Abraham Paulus van den Berg 1747–
husband’s wife	Heyla Magdalena de Beer –