Petrus Johannes Malan
Petrus was born on November 29th, 1854. Petrus' father was
Jacobus Nicolaas Malan and his mother was
Margaretha Magdalena Smith. His paternal grandparents were
Jacobus Malan and
Margaretha Maria Swart; his maternal grandfather was
Pieter Johannes Smith and his maternal grandmother is
Aletta Dorothea Coetzee (Johanna). He had two brothers and five sisters, named
Pieter,
Daniel,
Margaretha,
Martha,
Helena,
Johanna and
Martha. He had six half-brothers and a half-sister, named
Jacobus,
Petrus,
Jacobus,
John,
Henry,
Hercules and
Johanna.