Matthys Johannes Taljaard

Matthys  was born in 1830.  Matthys 's father was Joachimus Jacobus Taljaard and his mother was Sarah Susanna Lourens.  His paternal grandparents were Louis Francois Taljaard and Dina Elisabeth Lourens. He had a brother and ten sisters, named Daniel, Catharina, Dina, Catharina, Sara, Maria, Jacoba, Elizabeth, Johanna, Johanna and Margaretha. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Jacobus, Louis, Jochemus, Anna, Catharina and Zacharia.