• General Notes

  One of the earliest farmers to buy ground south of Malelane was James Henry Martins who farmed cattle on the farm Minnehaha. He built a stone house on the mountain because he was very afraid of contracting Malaria, which was (and still is) rife in this area of Mpumalanga. The stone was produced from a quarry on the farm and the wooden door and window frames were made from local timber by a builder from Wales and a cabinet maker from England. During the war years he accommodated refugees in the cellar of the house. He was known by the Swazi as "Mkulumazonke", which means, "he who can speak of everything"
  Sidebar note; In addition to her father, it is also possible that Miss Helen’s brother, James Henry, also experienced some form of mental illness. This is because he was a recluse who lived out his adult life in the Lebombo Mountains (Ross, 1997). He spent his time completing crossword puzzles and would fetch provisions once a month from town, until he was eventually murdered (Ross, 1997). (A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY OF HELEN MARTINS A thesis ...
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  Maar hy't my pa onterf en was 'n baie, baie interesante karakter. Ek het 'n naam en nommer iewers van iemand wat hom geken het, ek sal dit vir jou stuur as jy belang stel om die ou stories te dokumenteer?
  
  Sy pa, my oupa grootjie was Oom Piet wat jy van weet en sy suster was Helen Martins van die uil huis.
  
  Ek het al die inligting op My Heritage gesit op my broer se stamboom projek. (Jacques Martins)
  Dis hoekom ek nie so baie informasie op gelaai het nie.
  Kyk gerus en laat my weet of ek dit reg het?
  

Details of Kulumazonki or Koos' family with Jacomina Elizabeth van Schalkwyk