Abraham Paul PRETORIUS was born 30 March 1893 at Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Abraham Paul PRETORIUS' parents were probably Jan Adriaan PRETORIUS and Aletta Catharina DU PLESSIS
(Abraham Paul PRETORIUS' daughter Matilda remembers her grandmothers' maiden name was Aletta DU PLESSIS. There is only one marriage that fits this criteria. Jan Adriaan PRETORIUS married Aletta Catharina DU PLESSIS on 6 January 1883 at Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa.)
Charlotte Magdalena Walli SCHNEIDER was born 25 July 1903 in Berlin, Germany, the daughter of Karl SCHNEIDER and Helena KRÜGER. Charlotte had the age of 13 she moved to South West Africa.
The Pretorius family and the Schneider family knew each other in Germany, and Abraham and Charlotte met each other when they were young. The Schneider family was Jewish. The Pretorius family helped the Schneider family get out of Germany around 1914.
Later, Abraham Paul PRETORIUS and Charlotte Magdalena Walli SCHNEIDER
married in South West Africa.(Now known as Namibia)
Marriage certificate spells her name as "Charlotte Magdalena Walle Schneider"and
school records list her name as "Wally." Wally is not a common spelling in
Germany. "Walli" would probably be a Swiss spelling, and Walle is also an
uncommon Germany spelling. The name could also be a variant of
"Wahle."
The marriage certificate reads as follows:
Special Marriage License:
Protectorate of South West Africa
Abraham Paulus Pretorius (age 27) & Charlotte Magdalena
Walle Schneider (age 17)
Acting Magistrate: Josias Jacobus de Witt
Usakos, Karibib District,
17th December, 1920
Solemnization of Marriage:
Usakos, Karibib
At Residence of mr. C Schneider
18 December 1920
Witnesses: P. H. Rainsford, Heinrich Muller
Marriage Officer: J C Slatter
Abraham and Charlotte had the following children:
John Ernst PRETORIUS, born 8 January 1922, at Karibib, South West Africa
Matilda PRETORIUS, son & husband David
Alfred Paul PRETORIUS, born 17 September 1930 and died 24 March 1994 of a heart attack.
View some other photos below:
Abraham Paul PRETORIUS, mother Aletta DU PLESSIS PRETORIUS, and Cecil PRETORIUS
Charlotte Schneider as a young woman
Charlotte passed away on 10 April 1980 at Johannesburg, South Africa, from Coronary Thrombosis.
Additional Information:
Charlotte school records:
School Record:
31 March, 1911 - Gemeinde Schule, Rixfdorf, Rektor:
Brandenburg, Class Teacher: Gentsch, Parent: Helene Schneider
30 September, 1911 -and 30 March, 1912 - Gemeinde Schule,
Rixdorf, Rektor: Brandenburg, Parent Teacher: Schiemann, Mother: Helene
Schneider
28 September, 1912 - Gemeinde Schule, Neukölln,
Rektor: Brandenburg, Class Teacher: Schiemann, Parent: Helene Schneider
19 March, 1913 - Gemeinde Schule, Neukölln, Rector:
Hofferss, Class Teacher: Seliger, Parent: Helene Schneider
27 September, 1913 - Gemeinde Schule, Neukölln,
Rector: Brandenburg, Class Teacher: Windmüller, Parent: Helene
Schenider
31 March, 1914 - Gemeinde Schule, Neukölln, Rector:
Brandenburg, Class Teacher: Windmüller, Parent: Helene Schneider
Emigration to German South West Africa
between March 1914 and September 1914.
From September to November, 1914 - Regieringsschule zu
Usakos, D.-S.-W.-Afrika, Class Teacher: Ullmann, Parent: Karl Schneider
D.-S.-W.-Afrika=Deutsch-Sud-West
Afrika(DSWA) and was controlled by Germany from 1884 until 1915.
By 1914 there were over 10,000
Germans living in DSWA.
From February to July, 1915 - Regieringsschule zu Usakos,
D.-S.-W.-Afrika, Class Teacher: Ullmann, Parent: Carl Schneider
During World War I South African
troops entered DSWA and on 15 July 1915 Germany turned control over to South
Africa.
From January to 28 July, 1916 - Deutsche Schule zu Usakos,
Protectorate of South West Africa,
Class Teacher: Ullmann, Parent:
Karl Schneider
In 1990 SWA became the
independent country of Namibia.
View Theresa's Fun Page. Theresa is a descendant of Abraham and Charlotte.
This page was last updated on January 22, 2008
