Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, 1766

Name
Jan Lodewyk /Pretorius/
Given names
Jan Lodewyk
Surname
Pretorius
Baptism
Citation details: Pretorius, p414, b3c9d5.
War
Britain declares war on the Netherlands
December 20, 1780 (aged 13 years)
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Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English.
Historical Event
Colonisation
1780 (aged 13 years)
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Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony.
Death of a father
Citation details: Pretorius, p407, b3c9.
War
French troops depart the Cape
1784 (aged 17 years)
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Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783).
Marriage
Citation details: Pretorius, p414, b3c9d5.
Death of a sister
about 1795 (aged 28 years)
Citation details: Pretorius, p407, b3c9d2.
War
French Revolution
from 1789 to 1799 (aged 32 years)
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Historical Event
Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt
1795 (aged 28 years)
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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 30 years)
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War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 48 years)
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Natural disaster
Drought
1809 (aged 42 years)
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Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region.
Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812 (aged 45 years)
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818 (aged 51 years)
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820 (aged 53 years)
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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 58 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Marriage of a son
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.
Birth of a granddaughter
Text:

Pretoria, CAL MAY 1835

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, b3c9d5e4f6.
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Pretorius, p415, b3c9d5e4f6.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 68 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 77 years)
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 92 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 98 years)
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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 114 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 135 years)
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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 135 years)
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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 98 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 100 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 106 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 114 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
Family with parents
father
17281782
Baptism: July 11, 1728 47 30 Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: November 1782Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
mother
Marriage MarriageJune 20, 1756
3 years
sister
17591795
Baptism: August 26, 1759 31 28 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: about 1795
7 years
himself
1766
Baptism: December 25, 1766 38 35 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Family with Elsie Rachel van den Berg
himself
1766
Baptism: December 25, 1766 38 35 Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
wife
Marriage MarriageApril 21, 1793Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
6 years
son
1798
Baptism: September 30, 1798 31 22 Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Descendants of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius

  1. Generation 1
    1. Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, son of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius and Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, was baptized on December 25, 1766 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

      He married Elsie Rachel van den Berg, daughter of Jan Christoffel van den Berg and Elsie van Emmenes, on April 21, 1793 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. She was born on December 17, 1775.

      Children of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius and Elsie Rachel van den Berg:

      1. Jan Christoffel Pretorius (1798)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    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:

      1. Sophia Adriana Pretorius (18351924)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. 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:

      1. Johanna Aletta Joubert (18571941)

Ancestors of Jan Lodewyk Pretorius

  1. Generation 1
    1. Jan Lodewyk Pretorius, son of Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius and Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, was baptized on December 25, 1766 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Willem 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.

    2. Elisabeth Cornelia Crafford, daughter of Dirk Willem Crafford and Rachel Joubert, was baptized on March 1, 1731.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      4 of 4 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Johannes Pretorius, son of Johannes Pretorius and Johanna Victor, was baptized on September 22, 1680 and died about 1732.

    2. Helena Vosloo, daughter of Johannes Vosloo and Helena van Malabar, was born about 1698 and died about 1731.

    3. Rachel Joubert, daughter of Pierre Joubert and Isabeau Richarde, was born about 1710.

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