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From: Janet Melville <>
Subject: RE: Old Bible
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:43:39 +0200

Hi Barry,

Your bible belonged to

g5) Gerhardus Petrus Jazcobus Pretorius *30.10.1842 = Winburg
6.5.1844+Driefontein, Standerton 8.1.1901&farmer Driefontein - Bethal
and Jacoba Johanna Cornelia De Klerk born 18.10.1846 #Elandslaagte no
158 Standerton eldest daughter.

h1) Maria Sophia *13.11.1865 = Wakkerstroom 14.1.1866 x P J Botha
h2) Gerhardus Petrus Jacobus *25.6.1867
h3) Aletta Sophia *9.12.1868 x Hendrik Christoffel Grobler
h4) Jacoba Johanna Cornelia *3.9.1872 x P van Schalkwyk
h5) Johannes christiaan *3.9.1872
h6) Anna Catharina *27.8.1874
h7) Andreas Lodewyk *7.9.1876
h8)Magdalena Maria *.1.10.1878
h9) Magdalena Maria Magrietha *28.9.1880 = Standerton Hervormde Kerk
1.5.1881 x C .J. Ward
h10) Jacob Adriaan *26.10.1882
h11) Elsje Petronella Johanna *14.7.1884 x J J Du Toit
h12) Martina Petronella Hendrika *25.1.1886 x Erasmus
h13) Johanna Maria 30.5.1888x Janse van rensburg
h14) Willem Adriaan *Trichardtsfontein 30.8.1891

In the Pretorius book they have the wrong daughter ie h8 married to C.J.
Ward but from the date of birth in the bible it was Magdalena Maria
Magrietha

Who JA Pretorius 1898 is I'am not sure as the above h10) JA is
26.10.1882

Jacoba Johanna Cornelia Ward must be the d.o. H9 and CJ Ward.

I would love to know who C.J. Ward is - I have a brother in Law William
Walter Ward descended from Irish ancestors who can hardly speak English
and I tried to do his family tree but there were a lot of loose Wards
and I found it very difficult and havent had time to do it in depth.

Regards
Janet Melville

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 02 March 1999 09:26
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Subject: Old Bible

Dear Listers

Found the following written in an old Bible:

ik ben die benter van dezi boek
Maria Sonija Botha geboren Pretorius
geboren in die jaar 1865
3 November

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Magdalena Maria Pretorius
geboren in het jaar 1880 de
28 September
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Jacoba Johanna Cornelia Blom gebore Ward
16 Nov 1898
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Gedagtenis aan mijn
Moeder Magdalena
Maria Ward gebore Pretorius
28 Sept 1880

J.A Pretorius 1898
E.P Pretorius
W.A Pretorius
J.C Pretorius
A.L Pretorius
G.P.J Pretorius

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20 July 1915
Deze boek behoort aan mijn
Jacoba Johanna Cornelia Ward
Geb in 1898 de 16 November

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Deze Bijbel word
toegeken aan
Magdalena Maria Blom
op 21 Nov 1921
gebore 1919 de 24 Februarie.

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Does this mean anything to anybody ?

Barry Kruger


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