Born about in Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Willem Abraham Bester
and Elsje Josiena (Lombaard) Bester
Sister of
Paul Michiel Bester, Hilletje Levina (Bester) Botha, Isabella Elizabeth (Bester) Collins, Wilhelmina Christoffelina Catharina (Bester) Prinsloo, Christoffel Carolus Bester, Helena Barendina Norberta Bester, Willem Abraham Bester, Maria Aletta (Bester) Malan [half], Carolina Wilhelmina (Bester) Olivier [half], Elsje Magdalena Bester [half] and Frans Marthinus Jacobus Bester [half]
Wife of
Unknown Leibrandt
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius
— married
6 May 1824 in Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Willem Abraham Pretorius, Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius, Elsje Josina (Pretorius) Scheepers, Christoffel Carolis Pretorius, Huybreg Susanna Pretorius and Pauline Maria (Pretorius) Dragon
Died
at about age 66
in Potchefstroom, Transvaalsche Republiek
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Biography
Elsie Josina was born in 1813. She passed away about 1869.
Name
- Elsje Josina Bester [1]
Christening
- Date: 17 Aug 1813 [1]
Note
- Liebrand was a 2nd marriage. If she died age 66 in 1876 this, means t hat she was born in 1809. Which implies that she was 15 when she married Gerhardus. More likely she married someone 4 years older than her than someone 20 years older. They are described as Bachelor & spinster (Hurbreg not mentioned on Probate. But a Maria is.) [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WikiTree profile Bester-17 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
- ↑ *"South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-ZWVW-6?cc=2520237&wc=Q6NX-T9W%3A1590233989 : 14 February 2019), 007805260 > image 897 of 1205; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.Death Notice Added by Salome Truter, August 2019
- Gerrard Williams
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsje Josina 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 Elsje Josina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsje Josina 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 Elsje Josina:
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~3.12%
George Park
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WE8282240 [compare], Ancestry member georgepark143
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~1.56%
Dominique Botha :
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~1.56%
Skye Coston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A90586 [compare], Ancestry member skyechi
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Isabella Burini :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Lynette (Fourie) van der Westhuizen :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Deborah (Reilly) Smith :
AncestryDNA
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Philip van der Walt
Salome (Smit) Truter
Bester-2075 and Bester-17 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates
posted
by Salome (Smit) Truter
Jaulanne van der Bank
Phillip, Yes, I believe it is. 3 of the Children linked to her (with baptism notices) are mentioned in the probate. It is more husbands age I am querying.As I have mentioned on Gerhardus Pretorius profile I believe he has been allocated to wrong parents and hence been given wrong birth date.
posted
by Jaulanne van der Bank
Philip van der Walt
Are you sure that this is the correct probate for her Jaulanne? Also - 15 was a perfectly normal age for a young girl to marry in those days ...
posted
by Philip van der Walt
Jaulanne van der Bank
If she died age 66 in 1876 this ,means t hat she was born in 1809. Which impliesd that she was 15 when she married Gerhardus. More likely she married someone 4 years older than her than someone 20 years older. They are described as Bachelor & spinster
posted
by Jaulanne van der Bank
Jaulanne van der Bank
According to a Pretorius reference: Elsje Bester was married to Gerhardus Petrus son of Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius[Pretorius-3144] and Huibrecht Susanna de Beer [De_Beer-631]
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by Jaulanne van der Bank
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