Ignaas Marthinus Pretorius
Ignaas was born in 1855. Ignaas' father was
Henning Petrus Pretorius (Nicolaas) and his mother was
Martha Johanna Muller. His paternal grandparents were
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and
Susanna Elizabeth Viljoen. He had five brothers and two sisters, named
Albertus,
Diederik,
Christiaan,
Johannes,
Koert,
Martha and
Susanna. He was the third youngest of the eight children. He had seven half-brothers and a half-sister, named
Marthinus,
Barend,
Henning,
Hendrik,
Andries,
Johannes,
Jacobus and
Johanna. He died at the age of 64 in 1919.