On birth certificate of Christiaan spelt as Hendrik Meyer van Brennin. We must assume that he was from Brennin, Germany of that later the van Brennin fell away.
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE 1/STB
TYPE LEER
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SYSTEM 01
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PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEYER, HENDRIK. EN MARTENS, BEATRIX. TESTAMENT.
STARTING 17720000
ENDING 17720000
ALSO: SAG: Heinrich Meyer van Bremen a. 1746 as soldaat op Het Huys te Rensburg, wadrywer in 1751, burger in 1755, woon in Stellenbosch x 1.2.1756 Elizabeth ESTERHUYSEN xx 10.11.1765 Beatrix MAARTENS