Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger (1825 - 1904)

President Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul, Oom Paul" Kruger formerly Kruiger
Born in Bulhoek, Steynsburg Distrik, Kaapkoloniemap
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Husband of — married 1842 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africamap
Husband of — married 1847 in Rustenburg Districtmap
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Died at age 78 in Clarens, Switzerlandmap
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Preceded by
2nd State President
Thomas François Burgers		 Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
3rd State President
of the South African Republic
1881-1900		 Succeeded by
Acting State President
Schalk Willem Burger
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Biography

Die Groot Trek 1838
Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger traveled by wagon train from the Cape Colony, seeking independence of British rule.
Notables Project
Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger is Notable.
See: Wikipedia Paul Kruger (Afrikaans) and Wikipedia Paul Kruger (English). The house he lived in in Pretoria is now a museum and there are tours available to another old house he had owned on the Boekhoutfontein farm near Rustenburg. [1] The villa Oranjelust in Utrecht, the Netherlands, where he stayed with family members (see photo) during his exile to Europe, still exists today. [2]
Paul Kruger with members of his family (including his daughter Elsje Eloff and her family) at Oranjelust, Utrecht, the Netherlands in 1902.
Statue of Paul Kruger (Church Square - see: The Original Paul Kruger Statue Saga)

Birth

Date: 10 October 1825 [3]
Date: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was born in 1825. He was the third child of Caspar Jan Hendrik Kruger and Elisa Steijn who were simple farmers[4] and [5]
Place: Vaalbank Farm in the Colesberg district of the Cape Colony [3]
Born on October 10 1825 at his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek in the Steynsburg district.[6]
Bulhoek farm house, 20 km west of Steynburg, apparent birthplace of President Paul Kruger in 1825
Op hierdie plaas met sy tipiese veeboer-Trekkers huis, het Elsie Steyn, moeder van staatspresident SJP Kruger haar jeugjare deurgebring. Na haar huwelik met Casper Kruger Sept 1820 het die egpaar periodiek hier gewoon. Volgens oorlewering is Paul Kruger in Oktober 1825 hier gebore. Geproklameer 1975

Doop

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cradock : 19 Maart 1826

t Kind - Stephanus Johannes Paulus Geboren den 1 October 1825 Gedoopt den 19 Maart 1826. Vader: Casper Jan Hendrik Kruiger. Moeder: Elsie Francina Stijn. Getuigen: Carel Petrus van Wijk, Hester Hendrina Catharina Stijn, Jan Harm Steenkamp, Catharina Maria Stijn. Veldcornet A Pretorius. [7]

Marriage 1

According to "The Memoirs of Paul Kruger" Vol 1, Four times President of the South African Republic, told by himself, published by T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square 1902 page 13 "I lived at Waterkloof, and in 1842, fetched Miss Maria du Plessis, for the country south of the Vaal, to be my wife.. the wedding took place in the village of Potchefstroom. Snook-1706 22:42, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Farms / Residence

1842.... granted the Waterkloof farm near Rustenburg [...] [6]

Events

1: Grew up on the farm, Vaalbank. When the Great Trek (Groot Trek) started in 1836, Kruger's father, Casper Kruger, joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter.[6]
2: 1842 Appointed deputy Field Cornet
3: 1852 Appointed Full Field Cornet
4: 1883 Appointed State President

Death

Date: 14 JUL 1904 [3]
Place: Switzerland. Clarens,[3]
Guillaume-Marie-Albert Heymans (1870-1952) became the personal physician to President Kruger. His services are all the more appreciated by the President as he suffers from an eye disease. After the defeat of the Boers, Guillaume-Marie-Albert Heymans (1870-1952) accompanied Kruger into an exile that was all the more winding because he had hoped to find help for his country abroad. In 1904, Favereau's Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs granted him asylum in Belgium, where he did not reside, but died in the canton of Vaud in Clarens, in 1904, in the arms of Heymans, who had become a faithful friend until death. Heymans had President Kruger's body embalmed and accompanied him to Cape Town.[8]

Death Notice

TAB 5558/1904[9]
Stephannus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Birthplace: Colesberg District, Cape Colony
Nationality: South African Republican
Father: Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger -deceased
Mother: Elsie Francina Kruger born Steyn-deceased
Age 78 years 9 months
Occupation: State President of the South African Republic
Widower
Spouse: Gezina Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina Kruger born du Plessis -deceased (1)about 1838 (2) 20 July 1901
Place last Marriage: District, Rustenburg, Transvaal
Place where he died: House: Villas de Priessiers no.17, Town: Clarense District: Cantoni Vaud, Switserland
Names of children
Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger
Jan Adrian Kruger
Catharina Helena Fourie born Kruger
Elsie Fransina Eloff born Kruger
Gesina Susanna Hendrika Wilhelmina Eloff born Kruger
Anna Aletta Eloff born Kruger
Piet Kruger
4 children of the Late Sophia Smit born Kruger
Alida Barendina van der Walt born Kruger
Tjaard Andries Petrus Kruger - deceased 1901
No children of first marriage
Dated: 1904-09-17

Cause of death

Cardiac failure, after a period of illness.[6]

Burial

Place: Heroes Acre, Church street, Pretoria [3]

Places named after him / Statues of him

Kruger National Park.[6]
Statue on Church square in Pretoria [10][11]
Paul Kruger street (Street East to North from the Kruger statue in Pretoria city centre)[10]
Reformed Church, Church Street West, Pretoria, also known as the President's Church or Kruger's Church.[10]

Sources

See also:

  1. ↑ March 5, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
  2. ↑ Philip van der Walt March 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WikiTree profile Kruger-322 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen.
  4. ↑ Information from Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagsregisters, Kruger.
  5. ↑ "The Memoirs of Paul Kruger" Vol 1, Four times President of the South African Republic, told by himself, published by T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square 1902 page 3
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 South African History online Paul Kruger 1825-1904 Seen and added March 5 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
  7. ↑ Family Search: Catalog Record Item Number Film # 008147790/Digital Note Image 1222 Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cradock (Cape Province), 1817-1972 Item 5 Baptisms 1817-1822 Doop Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger. Bygevoeg deur Ronel Olivier Desember 2018.
  8. ↑ 6 février 1985. R. Vanbreuseghem (f) Acad. Roy. Science. Overseas Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer, Vol. VIII, 1998, col. 181-182
  9. ↑ Sterfkennis van Stephanus Verwysing deur Louis Heyman 2016-12-17
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Source: sahistory.org /.../ places Seen and added March 5 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
  11. ↑ Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square Bronze sculpture in Pretoria, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Church Square Research and entered April 25 2024 by Susanna Hendrina Elisa de Bruyn




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State President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic at his fourth inaguration in 1898
State President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic at his fourth inaguration in 1898
Villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens at 03:05 local time on 14 July 1904, at the age of 78
Villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens at 03:05 local time on 14 July 1904, at the age of 78
Bedroom in the villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens at 03:05 local time on 14 July 1904, at the age of 78
Bedroom in the villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens at 03:05 local time on 14 July 1904, at the age of 78
The study in the villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens on 14 July 1904,
The study in the villa that Paul Kruger died in after his exile to Clarens on 14 July 1904,
Clarens, Switzerland
Clarens, Switzerland
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Brown-8212 Abby (Brown) Glann
Hello Profile Managers!

We are featuring this profile in the Connection Finder this week. Between now and Wednesday is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can.

Thanks!

Abby

posted by Abby (Brown) Glann
Snook-1706 Paul Snook Esq
Greetings Abby - I have a copy of two books titled "The Memoirs of Paul Kruger" Vol 1 and Vol 2, Four times President of the South African Republic, told by himself, published by T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square 1902. I uploaded some of the quotes from this book to his profile, but I have not worked on the formatting styles, or removed duplicated statements.

He did mention - "I lived in Magaliesberg where I continued to acquire several farms by barter. Here in January 1846 I had the misfortune to lose my wife and the little baby to whom she had given birth. God gave me another life companion in Miss Gezina Suzanna Frederika Wilhelmina du Plessis. From this marriage sprang 9 sons and 7 daughters, of whom 3 sons and 5 daughters are still alive (he must have written this comment in 1901)"

Let me know if you need me to look up more information from this autobiography

regards Paul

posted by Paul Snook Esq
edited by Paul Snook Esq
Louis Heyman
especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards

Please elaborate Abby

posted by Louis Heyman
Snook-1706 Paul Snook Esq
Greeetings Abby - Please be informed for the connection and combat game my wife [Helberg-91] is 10 degrees from [Kruiger-2], I am therefore 11 degrees.

Also his registered family name Kruiger is an old German spelling, for traceability should we change his registered name to [Kruger ?] and include the name Kruiger in the other last name box. I also noticed his father his siblings and his childrens family name is recorded as [Kruger] which contradicts the use of the name Kruiger. regards Paul

posted by Paul Snook Esq
Gladwin-7 Geoff Gladwin
Kruger-103 and Kruiger-2 do not represent the same person because: Different family
posted by Geoff Gladwin
Heymans-515 Benette (Heymans) Grobler
South African History Online: Paul Kruger Timeline.

Produced: 3 April 2011 Updated: 27 Aug 2019 https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/paul-kruger-timeline-1825-1904

posted by Benette (Heymans) Grobler
Strydom-1256 Rosemary (Strydom) Montgomery
I noticed that on the baptism document, Paul Kruger's date of birth is noted as 1 October 1825, and not 10 October?
posted by Rosemary (Strydom) Montgomery
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
869 Duplicated named Inline citations
posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Verwyder SA Roots se sjabloon of plaas SARoots ook as bestuurder by, asseblief. '

n Sjabloon sonder 'n toevoeging van die projek as bestuurder veroorsaak 'n fout boodskap.

Dankie by voorbaat.

posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Du Toit-1942 Sonja (du Toit) Hoile
Data Doctors 935 Unpaired Project Account and ProjectBox - Please add Anglo Boer War as Manager
posted by Sonja (du Toit) Hoile
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
LNAB looks like Kruiger
posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Coetsee-48 Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
Kan julle asb vir ons die SAR projek [email address removed] byvoeg en toevoeg as 'n bestuurder.

Dankie

posted by Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Kruger-3323 and Kruger-322 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate
posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Kruger-1216 Gert Kruger
Kruger-1281 and Kruger-322 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person.
posted by Gert Kruger

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