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Jean Pierre Pellissier

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child. He had six daughters and 1 son: Henriette (b.1835), Amelie (b.1838), Louise (b. 1841), Marie (b.1843), Charlotte Caroline Klynveld (b.1846), Emilie (b.1848), Samuel Henri (b.1850).
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and notable political figure in the Orange Free State. This links the Pellissier family to significant political events and figures in South African history.
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Elsevier, Amsterdam. (1976) Ensiklopedie van die Wereld part 8; C.F. Albertyn (Edms) Bpk, Stellenbosch.
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In 1861 he was officially acknowledged as a medical practitioner by the local government of the
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Pellissier, S.H. (1956) Jean Pierre Pellissier van Bethulie; J.L. van Schaik, Bpk, Pretoria.
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Pellissier married Martha Thorpe Murray (b.23 February 1814, d.17 October 1887) a
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had an unsuccessful attempt to start a mission station among the
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people. He later named the mission station Bethulie (meaning
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on 5 September 1831, where he stayed at Wamakersvallei (
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France
South Africa
St. Arey
Bethulie
Orange Free State
South Africa
Paris Evangelical Missionary Society
Cape Town
South Africa
Wellington
South Africa
Kuruman
South Africa
Tswana people
Orange River
London Missionary Society
Khoi
1820 Settlers
Herman Klynveld
Volksraad
Orange Free State
"Martha Thorpe Murray"
"Ds. Jean-Pierre Pellissier, b1"
ISBN
0-949948-22-5
Categories
1808 births
1867 deaths
French Protestant missionaries
Protestant missionaries in South Africa

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