Dorothea Catharina Vorwerk (Margarethe)

Dorothea was born on July 18th, 1878 in Schneverdingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.  Dorothea's father was Peter Hinrich Vorwerk (Jacob) and her mother was Catharina Hillerman.  Her paternal grandfather was Hans Hinrich Vorwerk and her paternal grandmother is <Unknown>; her maternal grandparents were Johann Hillerman and Anna Shroder. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Hinrich, Ernst, Marie and Anna.  She was the third oldest of the five children.  She died at the age of 92 on November 11th, 1970 in Pretoria.