Aretha JOUBERT

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  Aretha Joubert
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Aretha married Pieter Faurie PRINSLOO on 10 Oct 1970 in Lichtenburg, South Africa. Pieter was born on 14 Apr 1938 in Carolina, S A; died on 26 Feb 2021 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Totie Ninetta PRINSLOO was born on 15 Jul 1974 in Lichtenburg, South Africa.
2. Paulina Elizabeth PRINSLOO was born on 27 Jun 1977 in Lichtenburg, South Africa.
3. Johannes Pieter Steyn PRINSLOO was born on 17 Aug 1981 in Lichtenburg, South Africa.
4. Joshua Jan Hendrik PRINSLOO was born on 7 Apr 1986 in Lichtenburg, South Africa.

Joshua married Totie DU PREEZ on 15 Jan 1938 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Totie (daughter of Pieter Hendrik DU PREEZ and Margaretha Wilhelmina (Grieta) GREEFF) was born on 22 May 1917 in Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 23 Nov 2006 in Pretoria, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Pieter moved from Riversdal to Lichtenburg with his family in 1898, where he settled on the farm Elandsfontein.

At the age of 14, he and his family were held in the concentration camp at Mafeking.

He farmed vegetables and in approximately 1917 he purchased a portion of the farm Manana where the first diamonds were later discovered.

In spite of limited education, he was elected to the Provincial Council in circa 1944. He later became a founder member of the Transvaal Peri-urban Health Board.

Pieter married Margaretha Wilhelmina (Grieta) GREEFF. Margaretha (daughter of Gabriel Johannes (Jan) GREEFF and Carolina Petronella (Totie) DE WET) was born on 10 Nov 1892 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was christened on 25 Dec 1892 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; died on 26 Sep 1969 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grieta taught at the Manana Primary School where Wouter de Wet was the principal. She was a talented piano player.

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Date of his death provided by Francois Greeff, e-SAGI, Mei 2007, source to be confirmed.

According to anecdotal evidence from Andries Petrus (Boet) du Preez *9 Aug 1928, confirmed by G J (Sonny) Greeff, *3 Nov 1926, Jan Greeff who was adjutant to General Koos de la Rey during the Anglo-Boer war, was in charge of operations during the battle of Magersfontein, where Buller was defeated.

This is known as one of general de la Rey's finest victories but ironically he was not present. He was attending the funeral of his son Adaan who had been killed in action. The battle was fought under the leadership of Col Jan Greeff.

Emily Hobhouse, in her book "Boer War Letters," Human & Rosseau, ISBN 00 0 7981 1823 7, pp 2880 para 4:

I was taken about the district by Mrs de la Rey's brother, a young Mr. Greeff and we dined at his house, a dreadful ruin, with the floors all rooted up and the doors gone and the wall broken. It was a fine big house and remained intact until 12 May 1902, when ten days before Peace and during negotiations the troops took it into their hands to wreck it utterly. So they live in terrible discomfort in a couple of rooms and wonder if they will ever have enough money to rebuild it, seeing compensation is a fraud and they have no cash properly to restock the farm.

And on pp 289 para 3: I was driven by Mr Greeff and Mr Malan and found the entire population of the hamlet assembled in the marquee school to receive me...

Pieter du Preez (grandson) recalls that oupa Jan lived in the farm house at Manana before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer war. He owns a copper chandelier which had been plastered into the wall together with a few other valuables when they had to leave the house during the war.

He vaguely remembers that great-grandpa H A built a small house on the farm which was later replaced by the large farm house by his son, Gabriël Johannes.

This evidence appears to be incorrect. Subsequent word-of-mouth evidence derived from direct descendants indicate that the large house was built by H A Greeff.

Gabriel married Carolina Petronella (Totie) DE WET on 6 May 1891 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Carolina was born on 8 Apr 1873 in Dordrecht, Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Jul 1947 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Manana Cemetery, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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