Christiaan George Knoop

Christiaan was born about 1780 and his baptism took place on June 4th, 1780 in Cape Town.  Christiaan's father was Georg Knoop and his mother was Gesina Maartens.  His maternal grandparents were Lourens Maartens and Martha Visser. He had three brothers named Johannes, Lodewijk and Marthinus.  He was the second youngest of the four children. He had a half-brother named Johan.