Jacobus Joshua Francois Martens

jacobus joshua 1841 Vryheid Jacobus Joshua F Martens POW permit

Jacobus was born on September 3rd, 1841 in Pietermaritzburg and his baptism took place there on January 17th, 1842.  Jacobus' father was Hendrik Jacobus Martens and his mother was Elizabeth Maria Roos.  His paternal grandparents were Jacobus Martens and Maria Magdalena Joubert. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Lang Hendrik, Jan, Susanna, Elizabeth, Maria and Wilemina.  He was the third oldest of the seven children.  He died from cancer at the age of 74 on December 6th, 1915 in Vryheid.  He was buried in Vryheid.

• General Notes

  ABW
  POW
  http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp
  See also transcripts scanned by Rod under
  JJF Martens ABW for a description of the battle.
  Another reference is the retelling of a ABW war story and life during those times by SMS HOLDER born Coetzee from a scan by Rod and now as a freebie at CD Booksrus.; http://www.cdbooks-r-us.com/freebies/coetzee-abo.pdf
  
  Prisoners Of War:
  Number:         30886
  Surname:         MAARTENS
  Name:         JACOBUS JOSHUA FRANCOIS
  Age:         61
  Address:         VRIJHEID
  District:         VRIJHEID
  Captured Where:    LANGEGELEGEN
  Captured When:    1902/02/20
  Camp:         ONBEKEND
  Country:         ONBEKEND
  Ship (To):         ONBEKEND
  Ship (Back):     N/A
  
  Alternative spelling from marriage certificate.

Details of Jacobus' family with Elisabetta Catharina Jacoba Martens (Maria)

Details of Jacobus' family with Maria Sophia Martens