Matthys Cornelis Pretorius
Matthys was born in 1865. Matthys' father was
Mathys Cornelis Pretorius and his mother was
Anna Catharina De Wet (Cecilia). His paternal grandparents were
Johannes Christiaan Pretorius and
Hester Jacoba Grove (Aletta). He had nine brothers and four sisters, named
Johannes,
Jacobus,
Jacobus,
Hermanus,
Jacob,
Wynand,
Pieter,
Wynand,
Stephanus,
Anna,
Susanna,
Jacoba and
Esther. He died at the age of 29 in 1894 in
Langberg, Wakkerstroom.