Jan Christoffel Pretorius, 1798–
- Name
- Jan Christoffel /Pretorius/
- Given names
- Jan Christoffel
- Surname
- Pretorius
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Baptism
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Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4. |
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Death notice: Sophia Adriana PRETORIUS (1924), MOOC 6/9/2571 #3474, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-W9H4-D?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9LJ%3A1598032486 : 11 October 2018), 007733402 > image 530 of 667; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 2 May 2020 Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Town founded
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Aletta JOUBERT (1941), MOOC 6/9/7631 #73700, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-G9S4-Q?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMG%3A1598062406 : 28 September 2018), 007736466 > image 28 of 1559; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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War
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Source citation: 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. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Alexander Mathewson VILJOEN (1933), MOOC 6/9/4271 #37888, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-N9C1-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMR%3A1598062359 : 12 June 2018), 007736434 > image 622 of 1384; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Death notice: Francois Nicolaas VILJOEN (1934), MOOC 6/9/4424 #41350, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-XWJD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMY%3A1598062368 : 27 April 2020), 007736443 > image 96 of 1439; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Death notice: Johanna Aletta JOUBERT (1941), MOOC 6/9/7631 #73700, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-G9S4-Q?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SMG%3A1598062406 : 28 September 2018), 007736466 > image 28 of 1559; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 May 2020 Citation details: Viljoen, p322, b3c4d12e6f6g2. |
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War
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: 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
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Source citation: 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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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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War
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1766–
Baptism: December 25, 1766
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— Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — April 21, 1793 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1798–
Baptism: September 30, 1798
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1798–
Baptism: September 30, 1798
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— Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Marriage | Marriage — July 3, 1826 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1835–1924
Birth: April 23, 1835
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Death: January 5, 1924 — Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Jan Christoffel Pretorius
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Generation 1
Jan Christoffel Pretorius, son of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius and Elsie Rachel van den Berg, was baptized on September 30, 1798 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
He married Johanna Aletta Benade, daughter of Dirk Christoffel Benade and Martha Wilhelmina Venter, on July 3, 1826 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born about 1809.
Children of Jan Christoffel Pretorius and Johanna Aletta Benade:
- Sophia Adriana Pretorius (1835–1924)
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Generation 2 back to top
Sophia Adriana Pretorius, daughter of Jan Christoffel Pretorius and Johanna Aletta Benade, was born on April 23, 1835 and died on January 5, 1924 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 88.
She married Francois Nicolaas Joubert (fourth cousin), son of Petrus Jacobus Joubert and Elizabeth Geertruyda van Aswegen,. He was born on February 4, 1835 in Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on August 10, 1903 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 68.
Children of Sophia Adriana Pretorius and Francois Nicolaas Joubert:
- Johanna Aletta Joubert (1857–1941)
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Generation 3 back to top
Johanna Aletta Joubert, daughter of Francois Nicolaas Joubert and Sophia Adriana Pretorius, was born calculated November 1857 in Dist. Bethulie, Free State, South Africa and died on May 13, 1941 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She married Francois Nicolaas Viljoen (second cousin), son of Francois Jacobus Viljoen and Jacoba Aletta Joubert, on April 8, 1875 in Bethulie, Free State, South Africa. He was born on September 26, 1850 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on April 11, 1934 in Venterstad, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 83.
Children of Johanna Aletta Joubert and Francois Nicolaas Viljoen:
- Alexander Mathewson Viljoen (1885–1933)
Ancestors of Jan Christoffel Pretorius
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Generation 1
Jan Christoffel Pretorius, son of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius and Elsie Rachel van den Berg, was baptized on September 30, 1798 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Generation 2 back to topJan Lodewyk Pretorius, son of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius and Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, was baptized on December 25, 1766 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.
Elsie Rachel van den Berg, daughter of Jan Christoffel van den Berg and Elsie van Emmenes, was born on December 17, 1775.
Generation 3 back to topWillem Sterrenberg Pretorius, son of Johannes Pretorius and Helena Vosloo, was baptized on July 11, 1728 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and died in November 1782 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 54.
Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, daughter of Dirk Willem Crafford and Rachel Joubert, was baptized on March 1, 1731.
Jan Christoffel van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, was baptized on August 3, 1732.
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