Bernhard
Louis
Bantjes
Born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Ancestors 
Brother of
Jan Gerritze Bantjes [half], Maria Adriana Isobella Solomina (Bantjes) Stonehouse [half], Hendrik Matthys Bantjes [half] and Isabella Johanna Adriana (Bantjes) Palmer [half]
Husband of
Sarah Williamson (Frantz) Bantjes
— married
17 Mar 1862 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Jan Gerritze Bantjes and
Alexander Adam Bantjes
Died
at age 72
in Bethel, Transvaal South Africa
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Biography
Parents Father: Jan Gerritze Bantjes [ Bantjes-6] Mother: Mathysina Germina Claasina Knoetzen [Knoetzen-66]
Birth Date: October 19,1839 Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Baptism Date: April 1, 1940 Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Marriage Date: March 17,1862 Location: Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa Bride: Sarah Williamson Franz Date: August 2, 1880 Location: Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa Bride: Aletta Catharina Martha Pretorius
Military Service
1899-1900
Military Service •
1899-1900
Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Fought during 2nd Boer War. Was captured at Potchefstroom 11 September 1900 and sent to Prisoner of War camp on St. Helena
Reason This Information Is Correct:
Bantjes Barend
Louis
Prisoner number: 12393
Captured: Potchefstroom
11 Sep 1900
Sent to: St. Helena,
Deadwood
Age: 61
Address: Potchefstroom
Death Date: November 1, 1911 Location: Bethel, Transvaal, South Africa
Sources
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZF4-25R
Boer Forces (https://www.angloboerwar.com/?
Bernard was born in 1838. He passed away about 1911.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernhard 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 Bernhard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernhard 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 Bernhard:
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~12.50%
Jeanette (Bantjes) Ellis
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
Terry Weldon :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Ruth (Ernstzen) Hammer :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XE1018907 [compare]
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~1.56%
Lynn Hammer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884842 [compare], yourDNAportal lynnbarbour, Ancestry member 1_lynnbarbour
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A884842 [compare], yourDNAportal lynnbarbour
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~1.56%
Chantelle Pretorius :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H162054 [compare]
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Veronica (Yorke) Spalding
Bantjes-82 and Bantjes-83 appear to represent the same person because: They appear to be the same person- matching birth and death dates; same parents and siblings. Bantjes-82 first name is misspelled
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Rejected matches › Bernard Louis Bantjes (1840-)
Bernhard is 19 degrees from John Adams, 20 degrees from Calvin Coolidge, 18 degrees from Dwight Eisenhower, 19 degrees from John Hanson, 19 degrees from William Harrison, 19 degrees from Thomas Jefferson, 20 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, 18 degrees from James Monroe, 19 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt, 18 degrees from Martin Van Buren, 17 degrees from George Washington and 21 degrees from Jana Diamond on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.