Willem Wentzel
Pretorius
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Geertruyda Anna Magdalena (Pretorius) Nel, Aletta Johanna Magdalena Pretorius, Gesina Johanna Pretorius, Aletta Johanna Petronella Pretorius, Gerret Jacobus Johannes Pretorius, Matthys Christiaan Pretorius, Frederick Johannes Pretorius, Jacobus Pretorius, Johannes Willem Pretorius and Magdalena Jeanetta Johanna (Pretorius) le Grange
Husband of
Catharina Elizabeth (Nel) Pretorius
— married
20 Jan 1861 in Oudtshoorn, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
Husband of
Catharina Margaretha (le Grange) Pretorius
— married
15 Sep 1863 in Oudtshoorn, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Helena Aletta Susanna Pretorius, Frederik Johannes Pretorius, Louis Pretorius, Wilhelmina Johanna (Pretorius) Nel, Gesina Johanna Pretorius, Willem Wentzel Pretorius, Willem Wenzel Pretorius, Gert Johannes Pretorius and Susanna Christina Pretorius
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Events
- The entry in the Pretorius book reads:
- WILLEM WENTZEL; * 21 September 1842; baptised George 22 Januarie 1843 landbouer; x Oudtshoorn 20 Januarie 1861 CATHARINA ELIZABETH NEL; sterf Buffelsvallei wyk Gamkasvlaks 13 Julie 1862; xx Oudtshoorn 15 September 1863 CATHARINA MARGARETHA LE GRANGE; d/v Louis le Grange en Hermina Johanna van Eeden[1]
Birth
- Date: 21 SEP 1842
Christening
- Date: 22 Jan 1843
- Place: George, Cape, South Africa[1]
Huwelik: Willem Wentzel Pretorius met Catharina Margaretha Le Grange, 15 Sep 1863, Oudtshoorn [2]
Sources
- WikiTree profile Pretorius-2661 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
- Source: S6 Record ID Number: MH:S1 User ID: 51A42EC8C4211269800265A791E5D714 Author: Hendrik Britz Title: Britz Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Britz Web Site Family tree: Britz Family Tree Media: 189926642-1 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC13 Page: Willem Wentzel Pretorius Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000243 Data: Date: 28 MAY 2013 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1600-1900 PRETORIUS oor drie eeu through three centuries deur M. E. PRETORIUS bygestaan deur ANDRE PRETORIUS. added by Judy Potgieter, 27 January 2017
- ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-79FF-L?cc=1478678 : 3 June 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. Bygevoeg deur Bernard Heymann, 23 Jan 2022
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Judy Potgieter for creating WikiTree profile Pretorius-2661 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011
Thank you to Willem Pretorius for creating WikiTree profile Pretorius-4965 through the import of Pretorius Family Tree 1.ged on Aug 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Willem and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willem Wentzel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Willem Wentzel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willem Wentzel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Willem Wentzel:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Johan Lourens 
:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Priscilla Vos :
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~1.56%
Ilza (van der Bank) Linssen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rachel Marais :
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Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. South African Genealogies 8 Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-7972-0949-2, page 405 indicates that his Father and mother were Frederik Johannes Pretorius and Gesina Christina Calitz
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