Charles William Brown Martens
Charles was born on May 12th, 1882 and his baptism took place on February 12th, 1888 in
Rouxville. Charles 's father was
Gert Lukas Martens and his mother was
Cornelia Johanna Swanepoel (Philippina). His maternal grandparents were
Philippus Johannes Swanepoel (Cornelius) and
Cornelia Johanna Gouws. He had six brothers and two sisters, named
Hendrick,
Philippus,
Hendrik,
Gert,
Johan,
Thomas ,
Cornelia and
Elizabeth. He was the third youngest of the nine children. He died at the age of 44 on September 16th, 1926 in
Roodepoort.