Christiaan Meyer

Christiaan was born about 1765 and his baptism took place on December 8th, 1765 in Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope.  Christiaan's father was Hendrik Meyer and his mother was Beatrix Maartens.  His maternal grandparents were Lourens Maartens and Martha Visser. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Johan, Hermanus, Anna and Beatrix.  He was the oldest of the five children. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Hendrik, Nicolaas, Casparus, Johannes, Anna, Johanna, Mattheus and Maria.