Hester Susanna Koekemoer

Hester was born on February 9th, 1902.  Hester's father was Johannes Mattheus Koekemoer and her mother was Mary Hannah Martin (Hester).  Her paternal grandparents were Marthinus Koekemoer and Isabella Susanna Van Staden; her maternal grandparents were Thomas Henry Martin and Hester Susannah Renecke. She had four brothers and three sisters, named Marthinus, Thomas, John, Gert, Isabella, Alexandra and Mary.  She was the fourth youngest of the eight children.