Catharina Jacoba Maria Pretorius

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About Catharina Jacoba Maria Pretorius

Katherine Jacoba Koen, 1893. (Mrs Tom Pretorius). Arrived at Headlands where she and her husband had a store, Wayside Hotel and telegraph office. She was in the Umtali laager, and died in 1935. Her name is mentioned in the B.S.A. Company's Reports of Native Disturbances, 1896. Pp. 125, 126, 130 and 131 of "Experiences of Rhodesia's Pioneer Women,” by Jeannie M. Boggie. On Roll of Women Pioneers. Mrs Tom Pretorius led three women and six children, one of whom was a baby of three months, 130 kilometers through attacking tribes to Umtali. When she arrived it was said her hair had turned grey. Reference Experiences of Rhodesia's Pioneer Women.

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Catharina Jacoba Maria Pretorius's Timeline

1857
January 10, 1857
George, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa
March 1, 1857
George, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa
1878
1878
Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1879
1879
Heidelberg - GP, Sedibeng, Gauteng, South Africa
1882
1882
Gauteng, South Africa
1887
July 8, 1887
Heidelburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1898
June 11, 1898
1935
January 23, 1935
Age 78
Gwelo Hospital, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia
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