Andries Wilhelmus Pretorius (Jacobus)
Andries was born in 1833. Andries' father was
Henning Petrus Pretorius (Nicolaas) and his mother was
Johanna Christina Vorster. His paternal grandparents were
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and
Susanna Elizabeth Viljoen. He had six brothers and a sister, named
Marthinus,
Barend,
Henning,
Hendrik,
Johannes,
Jacobus and
Johanna. He was the third youngest of the eight children. He had six half-brothers and two half-sisters, named
Albertus,
Diederik,
Christiaan,
Johannes,
Ignaas,
Koert,
Martha and
Susanna. He died at the age of 78 in 1911.