Christoffel Cornelis Maartens

Christoffel was born on October 25th, 1894 and his baptism took place on January 6th, 1895 in Ventersburg.  Christoffel's father was Matthys Daniel Maartens and his mother was Maria Elizabeth Froneman.  His maternal grandparents were Christoffel Cornelius Froneman and Maria Elizabeth Opperman. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Hendrik, Matthys, Elizabeth, Johanna, Louisa, Sara, Adriana and Magdalena.  He was the fifth oldest of the nine children.