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Person PER-000387

Aletta Francina Theron

18 October 1856 – ? · Theron line

Names

Given
Aletta Francina
Surname
Theron

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Aletta Francina Theron 1856

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Immediate family

Father
Stephanus Johannes Theron
Mother
Dina Magdalena Oosthuizen
Brothers and sisters

A life in the record

  1. 18 October 1856 born Born

Others of the same name

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What we don't know

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Research notes

[TREE] Added 29 Jul 2026 under the people-related-to-the-land rule: child Stephanus Johannes TheronL (PER-000047). Thin record; dates as in the tree.

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