Hendrick Jacobus Martens
Hendrick was born on July 11th, 1874 and his baptism took place on October 18th, 1874 in
Rouxville. Hendrick'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
Philippus,
Hendrik,
Gert,
Charles ,
Johan,
Thomas ,
Cornelia and
Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 2 on January 20th, 1877.