Petrus (Oom Piet) Jacobus Martins (Pieter Jacobus Martins) 
Petrus, known as Oom Piet, was born on January 11th, 1856 in Nieu-Bethesda. Oom Piet's father was Roelof Gerhardus Petrus Maartens and his mother was Helena Elizabeth Du Plessis. His paternal grandparents were Jozua Joachim Francois Martens and Anna Catharina Maria Pretorius. He had a brother and five sisters, named Philippus, Johanna, Maria, Catharina, Francina and Helena. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He died from cancer, Stomache, at the age of 89 on February 1st, 1945 in Nieu-Bethesda.General Notes
Both from Bethesda when they married. Married by special license.
Two x DN on same source. First is handwritten and identifies his parents as P.J.Martins and C.C.Martins. Rest of the DN is a mess and may welll be incorrect as far as parentage is concerned.
ABW POW
Substantiated infromation from http://eprints.ru.ac.za/3242/1/ROSS-PhD-TR96-01.pdf
Estate Ref No. 97968 (vaults in basement, Master's office, Cape Town)
Unsubstantiated. From:
http://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-194423801/martins
He was imprisoned in Graaff-Reinet during the Boer War, as the British thought he was keeping his cattle fodder for the Boers.
He was a very eccentric man and very religious. He used to say that he had no education - 'not one day's schooling' - and the only book he read was the Bible. He was well-known for his habit of writing people's names and comments next to appropriate
verses of retribution in his Bible - for their real or supposed transgressions against him (interviews
Le Roux, A. 1986; Crous, E. 1993). The clinic sister in Nieu Bethesda, Mrs Rina Retief, confirmed Piet Martin's habit of writing people's names in the Bible next to the appropriate verses concerning what they had done, and said that he used to lie on the stoep of the shop over the road with his head in a box. In later years he would taunt Helen with letters which arrived for her, and then tear them up without letting her read them. He also used to block up the keyhole of the pantry door with newspaper to prevent germs from entering.
They had 10 children but only 6 survived.
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- b.01 Jan 1727 in Messdorf, Altmark, Brandenburg, Prussia d.02 Feb 1774 in Cape of Good Hope
- b.~ 1760 d.< 1849
- b.08 Jun 1702 in Paarl d.~ 1766
- b.06 Oct 1737 d.1770
- b.10 Jul 1708 in Cape Town d.1800
- b.~ 1796 in Graaff Reinet d.11 Jul 1870 in Jachtfontein, Potchefstroom
- b.28 Nov 1706 in Drakenstein d.1758
- b.~ 1744
- b.08 Nov 1711 in Drakenstein d.1795
- b.29 Mar 1771 in Western Provence, Cape of Good Hope d.30 Apr 1849 in at the house of her grandson Gabriel Stephanus Maré, Graaff Reinet
- b.08 Jun 1702 in Paarl d.~ 1766
- b.03 Oct 1751
- b.10 Jul 1708 in Cape Town d.1800
- b.26 Nov 1823 in Graaff Reinet d.03 Jun 1888 in at his home in Nieu Bethesda
- b.1711
- b.1741
- b.1717
- b.09 Nov 1783 d.14 Nov 1856 in Middelburg CP
- b.06 Dec 1803 d.11 Jul 1850
- b.26 Jun 1788 d.06 Jul 1840 in Middelkraal, Tarka, Cradock
- b.11 Jan 1856 in Nieu-Bethesda d.01 Feb 1945 in Nieu-Bethesda
- d. in Nieu Bethesda
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Details of Oom Piet's family with Hester Catharina Cornelia van der Merwe
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