Francois Maartens

Francois was born on July 24th, 1890 and his baptism took place on December 7th, 1890 in Bultfontein, Orange Free State.  Francois' father was Jan Hendrik Maartens and his mother was Johanna Magdalena de Klerk. He had three brothers and eleven sisters, named Francois, Willem, Barend, Magdalena, Christina, Johanna, Susanna, Wilhelmina, Christina, Aletta, Anna, Hester, Esther and Anna.  He was the sixth oldest of the fifteen children.