Louisa Maria Maartens (Houston-McMillan) 
Louisa was born on June 17th, 1894 and her baptism took place on October 28th, 1894 in Cedarville conducted by minister Ds. D. Bosman. Louisa's father was Joachim Hendrik Maartens and her mother was Cornelia Herculina van Wyk. Her paternal grandparents were Nicolaas Francois Maartens and Cecilia Maria Coetzee; her maternal grandparents were Andries Petrus van Wyk and Cornelia Herculina van Heerden. She had eight brothers and five sisters, named Nicolaas, Andries, Joachim, Pieter, Gert, Jacobus, Gideon, Schalk, Cornelia, Cecilia, Elizabeth, Susan and Magdalena. She was the sixth oldest of the fourteen children. She died at the age of 81 on March 18th, 1976.General Notes
Born in Cedarville, E.G. in 1894 to Joachim and Cornelia Maartens, a farming family who had migrated into the area from the Eastern Cape. She met Alexander as a teenager around 1910. After their marriage they lived" together on a farm near Underberg where they had most of their children. The youngest (Cloudy Venus) died at the age of seven months. ""Granny"" Louisa was a fun person with many stories to tell from her life in the mountains of Natal and East Griqualand Seven childen of Louisa and Alexander survived to adulthood.
Baptism witnessed by:
Jacobus Marthinus Klopper
Louisa Maria Maartens
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Jan 1727 in Messdorf, Altmark, Brandenburg, Prussia d.02 Feb 1774 in Cape of Good Hope
- b.~ 1768 in Tulbach d.03 Jul 1802
- b.06 Oct 1737 d.1770
- b.10 Nov 1801 in Graaff Reinet (Camdebo) d.17 Aug 1852 in Graaff Reinet
- b.~ 1728 in Cape Town, de Caep de Goede Hoop
- b.~ 1785 in Graaff Reinet d.22 Jun 1812 in Graaff Reinet
- b.~ 1741
- b.15 Oct 1844 d.14 Jan 1912 in Edwards croft?, Dist. Matatiele
- b.~ 1730 in Paarl d.~ 1823
- b.~ 1771 d.28 Jul 1812
- b.28 Feb 1804 in Graaff Reinet d.13 Aug 1890 in Cape Province
- b.~ 1774 d.29 Jul 1860
- b.01 Oct 1864 in Middelburg CP d.1941
- b.~Jul 1843 in Onrust, Dist. Middelburg, CP d.20 Apr 1884 in on farm Lang ?, Dist. Barkley East.
- b.17 Jun 1894 d.18 Mar 1976
- d.1862
- b.13 Aug 1825 d.08 Sep 1902 in Sep 8 1902
- b.1800
- b.03 Jul 1867 in Tarkastad d.Aug 1943
- b.~ 1827
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Details of Louisa's family with Alexander (Oupa Dad) Henry Houston McMillan
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