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Veldkornet Hercules Albertus Pretorius

Also Known As: "Bart"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
Death: September 25, 1889 (86)
Broederstroom, Suid Afrika
Place of Burial: Harrismith, Oranje Vrystaat, Suid Afrika
Immediate Family:

Son of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, b3c1d5 and Susanna Elizabeth Viljoen
Husband of Susanna Elizabeth Pretorius; Anna Elizabeth Pretorius, b1c1 and Christina Catharina Bodenstein
Father of Magdalena Elisabetha Botha, e15f1; Marthinus Petrus Wilhelmus Pretorius, b3c1d5e15f2; Susanna Elizabeth Catharina Pretorius, b3c1d5e15f3; Anna Aletta Botha, b3c1d5e15f4; Guillaume Schoombee Pretorius, b3c1d5e15f5 and 10 others
Brother of Kmdt-Genl Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius; Henning Petrus Nicolaas Pretorius; Johannes Lodewyk Wynand Pretorius and Susanna Elizabeth Adriana Vorster
Half brother of Christiaan Hattingh; Johannes Petrus Hattingh, b6c7d2; Anna Catharina Pretorius, b6c7d3; Johannes Dewalt Hattingh; Marthinus Wessel Pretorius b3c1d5e1 and 11 others

Occupation: Farmer, soldier, statesman
DVN: b3c1d5e15
Managed by: Petrus Johannes Erasmus
Last Updated:

About Veldkornet Hercules Albertus Pretorius

Death/Probate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-DX17?i=70&cc=...

  • Name Herculus Albertus Pretorius
  • Event Type Probate
  • Event Date 1889
  • Event Place Pretoria, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa
  • Event Place Pretoria
  • Age 86
  • Birth Year (Estimated) 1803
  • Birthplace Graaf Reinett
  • Death Date 25 Sep 1889
  • Death Place Pretoria
  • Citing this Record
  • "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-SGY9 :
  • 22 August 1803; = 13 May 1804; + 22 September 1889 According to the Pretorius website he died at Broederstroom South Africa. Source: Pretorius website by Colin Pretorius http://pretoriusfamilie.info/pret1/I3269.html

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Voortrekker to Natal on 1 OCT 1838 with wife and 5 children.

Known as 'Bart'

Was 'n man van aansien in Pretoriuskloof in OKT 1838. Het verskeie jare as veldkornet van Voor-Sneeuwberg opgetree tot en met 8 SEP 1838.

Aangestel as veldkornet einde 1838.

Veldkornet van Onder-Umgeni in SEP 1846.

Trek na die Drakensberge einde DES 1847.

Pretorius in Natal deur B. J. LIEBENBERG

Y. DROST

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Source: http://pretoriusfamilie.info/pret1/I3269.html

Het aan die slag van Bloedrivier op 16 Desember 1838 deelgeneem

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Veldkornet Hercules Albertus Pretorius's Timeline

1803
August 22, 1803
Graaff-Reinet, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1804
May 13, 1804
Graaff Reinet, South Africa
1823
October 27, 1823
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1825
September 1, 1825
1827
May 23, 1827
1829
October 8, 1829
Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa
1831
June 23, 1831
Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa
1833
August 26, 1833
voor Sneeuberg, South Africa
1833