Marthinus Christoffel Boshof

Marthinus was born on April 1st, 1842 and his baptism took place on January 4th, 1846 in Winburg, Orange Free State.  Marthinus' father was Willem Hendrik Boshof and his mother was Catharina Maria Barnard.  His paternal grandparents were Willem Hendrik Boshof and Christina Catharina de Jager. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Christiaan, Willem, Elsje and Christina. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Joachim, Christoffel, Martha, Lea and Anna.  He died at the age of 57 on September 29th, 1899 in Standerton.