Mary Hannah Koekemoer

Mary was born on April 28th, 1915.  Mary'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, Hester and Alexandra.  She was the youngest of the eight children.