Diederik Johannes Pretorius

Diederik was born in 1848.  Diederik's 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, Christiaan, Johannes, Ignaas, Koert, Martha and Susanna.  He was the third oldest of the eight children. He had seven half-brothers and a half-sister, named Marthinus, Barend, Henning, Hendrik, Andries, Johannes, Jacobus and Johanna.