Martha Elizabeth
Pretorius
formerly van der Merwe aka Koch
Born in Villiers, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek
Ancestors 
Sister of
Anna Sophia (van der Merwe) Loock, Carel van der Merwe, Louis Jacobus van der Merwe, Johannes Lodewikus Andries van der Merwe, Johannes Frederik van der Merwe, Christoffel Johannes van der Merwe, Margaretha Susanna van der Merwe, Andries Pieter van der Merwe and David Benjamin van der Merwe
Wife of
Gabriël Jacobus Koch
— married
18 Mar 1890 (to 30 Jul 1894) in Frankfort, Orange Free State
Wife of
Willem Johannes Pretorius
— married
11 Jun 1895 in Frankfort, Orange Free State
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaretha Susanna (Koch) Taylor, Cornelia Johanna Aletta (Koch) van Zyl, Casper Johannes Kock, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Martha Elizabeth (Pretorius) van Rooyen, Maria Louisa Adriana (Pretorius) van Helsdingen, Anna Sophia (Pretorius) van Zyl, Carel Jacobus Pretorius, Louis Jacobus Pretorius and Willem Johannes Pretorius
Died
at age 69
in Villiers, Transvaal, South Africa
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Biography
She was the daughter of Carel Jacobus van der Merwe and Magrieta Susanna Janse van Rensburg. She was first married to Gabriël Jacobus Koch. He died in 1894. She married Willem Johannes Pretorius in 1895.
Sources
- [1] Marriage record to Gabriël Jacobus Koch on 18 March 1890 in Frankfort, OFS
- [2] Her death notice
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha Elizabeth:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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