Willem Grobbelaar

Willem was born on May 12th, 1720 in Drakenstein.  Willem's father was Johann Wilhelm Grobler and his mother was Geertruyd Knoetzen.  His maternal grandparents were Cornelis Knoetzen and Dirkje Helms. He had six brothers and six sisters, named Johannes, Petrus, Nicolaas, Coert, Cornelis, Jan, Catharina, Cornelia, Geertruy, Dorothea, Dirkje and Geertruy.