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1815 Graaff Reinet (Cradock) Widowed (three children) 4 December 1830 Graaff-Reinet Marriage 23 Mar 1891 Bloemfontein Marriage 12 Feb 1924 Greytown Widowed 22 Dec 1799 Marriage (a child) 2 Jun 1765 Marriage (six children) 3 May 1840 Graaff Reinet Marriage (nine children) 10 April 1791 Marriage (three children) 28 Feb 1754 Tulbach Marriage (four children) 1 May 1768 Tulbach Marriage (thirteen children) 11 Jul 1706 Stellenbosch Marriage Marriage Marriage (two children) 22 dec 1799 Marriage (a child) 15 Apr 1753 Stellenbosch Marriage (two children) 30 Nov 1810 Graaff Reinet Marriage Marriage (a child) Marriage (eleven children) 31 Aug 1874 Bloemfontein Marriage (a child) Widowed Marriage (four children) Marriage (two children) Divorce 29 July, 1976 Magistrates High Court Johannesburg Marriage (a child) Divorce Widowed Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage (seven children) 25 Jul 1864 Graaff Reinet Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Divorce Marriage 08 Jul 1955 Durban Marriage (a child) Divorce (three children) 04-Sep-1905 Matatiele Marriage (six children) 10 Jan 1826 Marriage (a child) 02 Jul 1926 Durban Marriage (four children) Marriage (three children) Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage (four children) Marriage Marriage Marriage Widowed (five children) Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage (a child) Marriage (two children) Marriage (a child) Marriage (three children) 1892 Marriage (a child) Marriage 3 Jun 1736 Marriage Marriage Apr 27 1857 Graaff Reinet Marriage Marriage (a child) 14 Sep 1853 Cradock Marriage 15 Feb 1866 Dordrecht Marriage 13 Apr 1908 Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage Abt 1908 Clocolan Marriage Aft 1918 Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Widowed ■No more children Marriage Marriage Divorce Marriage Widowed Marriage (four children) Lichtenburg Marriage 1 Sep 1915 Roodepoort Marriage (a child) 20 Feb 1917 Reddersburg Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage Marriage Marriage Krugersdorp Widowed Marriage (five children) Graaff Reinet Marriage (a child) Marriage 6 Sep 1938 Smithfield ■No more children Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (two children) Marriage (three children) Norwood SE (London Marriage (a child) Marriage (a child) Marriage (three children) Dordrecht 1792 - 1846 Albertus Stephanus Grobbelaar 53 53 Christening: 10 FEB 1793 Graaf Reinet.  He died 09 APR 1846 Over Sneeuberg, Cape Of Good Hope,
Married Graaff Reinet

 1817 - 1890 Susanna Elizabeth Grobbelaar 73 73 1820 - 1864 Albertus Stephanus Grobbelaar 44 44 1825 - 1864 Elizabeth Margaretha Grobbelaar 39 39 1826 Matthys Daniel Grobbelaar 1831 Johanna Maria Grobbelaar 1838 Louisa Maria Grobbelaar 1843 - <1854 Albertus Stephanus Grobbelaar 11 11 1845 Joachim Hendrik Grobbelaar 1848 - <1854 Louisa Maria Grobbelaar 6 6 Her details = Marriage 1 Louisa Maria GROBBELAAR b: 11 Mar 1848 in Cape, South Africa c: 29 Jan 1850 in Graaf Reinet, Cape, South Africa
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   1. Has Children Elizabeth Margaretha MAARTENS b: 11 Nov 1821 in Cape, South Africa 1850 Albertus Stephanus Grobbelaar 1852 Matthys Daniel Grobbelaar 1854 Johannes Jacobus Grobbelaar ~1794 - 1852 Hendriena Magdalena Maartens 58 58 Hendrina M MAARTENS - ‎[View Family ‎(F389)‎‎]
4 December 1830 ‎(Age 51)‎ Graaff-Reinet, Cape, South Africa
Cape Archives:
Death Notice of Hendrina Magdalena MAARTENS, last widow of Jurie Hendrik GREEFF(that is how it is noted.Were there more widows?)
Birthplace.. District Graaff Reinette
Names of Parents:
Father: Joachim Hendrik MAARTENS
Mother..Hendrina Magdalena VAN DER MERWE
Age of deceased..50 yrs
Condition in life..not stated
Place of residence..not stated
Married,widowed..not stated
Name of surviving spouse..Francois Alewyn SMIT
Name of previous spouse.. Jurie Hendrik GREEF
Place of last marriage..not noted
Date of Death.. 6 Jan,1852
At the house or where the person died..Graaff Reinette
Names of children..(here I must mention there is not clarity whom is SMIT and whom is GREEF?)
Hendrina Magdalena SMIT..married
Cicilia Jacomina..married
Anna Maria Elizabeth.. married
Catharina Petronella- widow of late Jan GREYLING
Francois Alewyn
Jacobus Johannes
Jacomina Jacoba
Burgezt(name not very clear) Godlieb SMIT [Burgert. Added by Francois Greeff]
Maria GREEF
Inrie(name not clear) Hendrik GREEF [Jurie. Added by Francois Greeff]
David Jacobus GREEF
The last two are twins
Did the deceased leave any property..No
Did the deceased leave a will..No
The Death Notice is not dated nor is there an indication of where it was signed. The signature on the Death Notice is H. SCHRIMPEN, who it seems is Hendrina's son-in-law, although no mention is made on the Death Notice itself.  ~1779 Jurgen Hendrik Greeff 1798 - 1866 Susanna Elizabeth Martens 67 67 CHILDREN:  1.Susanna Elizabeth GROBBELAAR (14 APR 1817 Cape Of Good Hope), 2. Albertus Stephanus GROBBELAAR (born 01 OCT 1820 Cape Of Good Hope, christianed on  02 NOV 1820 Graaff-Reinet, and died 10 DEC 1864   Graaff-Reinett), 3.Elizabeth Margaretha GROBBELAAR (03 APR 1825 Cape Of Good Hope, christianed 05 JUN 1825, Craddock) 4.Matthys Daniel GROBBELAAR (born 26 NOV 1826 Cape Of Good Hope, christianed 21 FEB 1827 Somerset-East), 5. Johanna Maria GROBBELAAR (17 JAN 1831 Cape Of Good Hope, christianed 13 APR 1831   Somerset-East), 6.Louisa Maria GROBBELAAR (born 10 MAR 1838 Cape Of Good Hope, christianed 22 APR 1838 Graaff-Reinett),
1801 - 1852 Joachim Hendrik Martens 50 50 Married Graaff Reinet.
He also inherited from the estate of Paul Johannes vd Berg and Susanna Haarhoff. Reference no.: MOOC8/30.14 1831 Elizabeth Margaretha Grobbelaar Source: Van den Berg Stamboek ID 4331
At the time of her birth her parents are living in the Veldkornetskap of Veldkornet S. Coetzee ~1779 Hester Hendrina Fouche ~1739 Jurgen Hendrik Greeff Father      Matthys GREEFF
Mother      Susanna VAN DER HEEVER  1746 Maria Magdalena Joubert 1821 - 1854 Elizabeth Margaretha Martens 32 32 1. ALBERTUS STEPHANUS GROBLER (b: 13 Feb 1843 in GRAAFF-REINET), 2. JOACHIM HENDRIK GROBLER (b: 13 Oct 1845 in GRAAFF-REINET), 3. LOUISA MARIA GROBLER (b: 11 Mar 1848 Cape Of Good Hope & christianed 29 JAN 1850 Graaff-Reinett), 4. ALBERTUS STEPHANUS GROBLER (b: 17 Dec 1849 in GRAAFF-REINET) 5. MATTHYS DANIEL GROBLER (b: 22 Apr 1852 in MIDDELBURG). 6. JOHANNES JACOBUS GROBLER (b: 14 Jun 1854 in MIDDELBURG, CAPE)


~1771 - 1812 Johannes Jacobus Grobbelaar 41 41 ~1774 - 1860 Elizabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld 86 86 ~1730 - ~1823 Coert Grobbelaar 93 93 Also noted on his inventory as debtor:
Nota, nog dient dat den burger Isak Maartensz: aan deesen boedel p:r rest nog debet is rxs:1156:32 over gekogte wijnen, dan alsoo deese schult als seer onseeker en dangereus word aangemerkt, soodanig dat men vreest daarvan niet ligt iets te sullen inkrijgen weegens sijn rijkelijk hebbende capitaale schulden, soo werd dit alhier slegs p:r memorie gestelt.
Find this man.
 Louisa Pienaar ~1733 - ~1767 Maria Catharina Klopper 34 34 Parents were  Hendrik Frederik Klopper and Catharina Botha 1775 Petrus Grobbelaar 1678 Johann Wilhelm Grobler Johan (Wilhelm) GROBLER  is die STAMVADER van alle GROBLERS EN GROBELAARS in Suid Afrika.

Hy het 11 kinders gehad. Die 9de en 11de kinders nl. Coert en Cornelis (seuns) het hulself GROBBELAAR genoem inplaas van GROBLER. Dit is van hierdie twee seun waaruit die hele GROBBELAAR familie hul oorsprong het.
born 10 0ctober 1678 in Tangermünde, a town 100 km west from Berlin, Germany. He came to South Africa in about 1708. He was then in the service of the VOC and was employed as a woodcutter and later as a transport driver. We find him in 1712 in the service of Christiaan Maasdorp as a farm labourer. He became a free burger in 1715 and in the same year he married Geertruyd KNOESEN who was baptised on 11 July 1706 daughter of stamvader Cornelis Knoetzen and Dirkje Helms. On 3 June 1736 Geertruyd married stamvader Jan Jurgen Herman (also known as Hans Jurgen Herman(n) from Stuttgart), two months and 3 days after the birth of her youngest son - eleventh child Cornelis Grobler.


Grobler; betekenis: Grof Groot Sterk
Stamvader: Johann Grobler gebore 10 OCT 1678 Tangermunde (Duitsland) Kom ca 1708 in Suid Afrika aan; 1708-13 Houthaker en later as wadrywer in diens van die VOC; 1712 in diens van Maasdorp as boerekneg. Vryburger in 1715; trou dieselfde jaar met Geertruyd Knoetzen, ged 11.7.1706 (11 kinders) dv Cornelis Knoetzen en Dirkje Helmes (sy xx 3.7.1736 Hans Jurgen Herman)  ~1697 Geertruyd Knoetzen 1720 Willem Grobbelaar D. d. young Geertruy Grobbelaar 1736 Cornelis Grobbelaar 1733 Dirkje Grobler 1718 Cornelia Grobbelaar 1716 Johannes Grobbelaar No children Jan Grobbelaar 1722 Petrus Grobbelaar 1717 Catharina Grobbelaar 1723 Nicolaas Grobbelaar 1724 Geertruy Grobbelaar 1728 Dorothea Grobbelaar 1776 - d. young Anna Sophia Grobbelaar 1789 Anna Sophia Grobbelaar Jacobus Petrus Erasmus 1787 Martha Johanna Grobbelaar 1778 - 1841 Nicolaas Grobbelaar 63 63 1793 Catharina Aletta Grobbelaar 1781 Louisa Cathariena Grobbelaar 1773 Willem Grobbelaar 1794 Coert Grobbelaar 1806 Rachel Margarethe Grobbelaar 1797 Elizabeth Johanna Grobbelaar 1808 Martha Johanna Grobbelaar Anna Cecilia van Heerden ~1780 - 1851 Dorothea Martha van Heerden 71 71 Johanna Hendriena Combrink Nicolaas Johannes Grobbelaar Elizabeth Johanna van den Berg (Susanna Meintjies) 1811 Johannes Jacobus Grobbelaar 1814 - 1815 Elizabetha Johanna Grobbelaar (Susanna) 5m 5m Johannes Vorster 1831 - 1897 Elizabeth Margaretha Grobbelaar 66 66 Daughter of Willem Pieter Grobbelaar and Hendrina Magdalena Jansen 1825 - 1889 Stephanus Jacobus Vorster 63 63 Grant" van die plaas Opreisfontein No 258 groot 6115 morg gemaakaan SJV en sy drie broers Bar. Joh., Pieter Willem en Hendrik Adr. 
(Kaart3224, 1:250000, 24 gr 46 min Oos x 32 gr 12 min Suid)
http://www.vorster.net/getperson.php?personID=I1062&tree=vorster 1804 Johanna Maria Grobbelaar 1805 Pieter Schalk Grobbelaar Jurie Hendrik Greeff 1832 Maria Magdalena Greeff Dawid Jacobus Greeff 1793 Jacobus Hermanus Groenewald Maria Margaretha Groenewald (Susanna) NN 1841 - 1913 Hendrik Joachim Grobbelaar 72 72 http://www.myheritage.com/site-individuals-146073401/bakker?page=1&action=search&query=maartens&searchIn=new&scope=all&spelling=exact&aSearch=off&editBoxInitialText=Find+a+perso ~1875 Catharina Anna Gouws 1853 Willem Johannes Gouws From Koukraal when he got married. ~1859 Catharina Anna Maartens From Olivenkop when she got married. ~1877 Magdalena Maria Gouws 1879 - 1974 Maria Margaretha Gouws 95 95 ~1881 Jacobus Marthinus Gouws ~1883 Catharina Anna Gouws ~1885 Geertruida Elizabeth Gouws ~1887 Hendrina Magdalena Gouws ~1857 - 1900 Anna Elizabeth Catharina Gouws 43 43 http://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-129147481/helena-smit
My record indicated that only the four children that went to Concentration Camp were hers. But that is belied by the fact that the first 6 children does coincide with their date of marriage.

I suspect that she died before the war as the 4 youngest children (excluding the last, Josef Johannes) were all together on the same farm without parents when they were captured and take to camp (Bloemfontein RC) with the other 55 people found on the farm. Additionally, Gertruida Elizabeth was registered as the head of the family. Speculate that she died in childbirth with Josef Johannes as no further record of him could be located. 1856 - <1936 Jacobus Hermanus Maartens 80 80 According to his marriage certificate his date of birth should be 1854

ABW POW

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Number:         16054
Surname:         MARTINS
Name:         JACOBUS HERMANUS
Age:         44
Address:         BLOEMFONTEIN
District:         BLOEMFONTEIN
Captured Where:    BLOEMFONTEIN
Captured When:    1900/12/06
Camp:         SATARA
Country:         INDIE
Ship (To):         ONBEKEND
Ship (Back):    N/A ~1893 Jacoba Catharina Gouws ~1898 Martha Margaretha Gouws (Elizabeth) ~1896 Susara Geertruida Gouws 1935 - 2012 James Robert Maartens 77 77 http://www.i-notice.co.za/sa/view/407224/maartens-
MAARTENS

MAARTENS JAMES ROBERT 20/05/1935 - 01102012 The Funeral Servive of the late James Rorbert Maartens will take place at 2.30pm on Thursday 4th October 2012 at St John’s Catholic Church Cnr Northumberland Ave & Olievenhout Road Northriding. Donations in lieu flowers must please be made to: CHOC Thom Kight & Co.  011 837 5531

MAARTENS

MAARTENS JAMES ROBERT (JIMMY) 20051935-01102012 Beloved husband, friend and partner to Aileen for 54 years. His life been full, he savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch. A family shared a laugh, a kiss. Oh yes, these things we all will miss.He is following the path God laid you see,God wanted him now, he has set Jimmy free. I will always love you. Yours loving wife, Aila.

Published in The Star on 02/10/2012
URN: 8939683

Published in The Star on 02/10/2012
URN: 8939865

Listing Details
Source:    Wegotads.co.za    Listed: Friday 05 October, 2012
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MAARTENS JAMES ROBERT 20/05/1935 - 01/10/2012 The Funeral Service for the late James Robert Maartens will take place at 2.30pm on Thursday 4th October 2012 at St John's Catholic Church, cnr Northumberland Ave & Olievenhout Road Northriding. Donations in lieu flowers must please be made to: CHOC Thom Kight & Co. 011 837 5531
 1937 Aileen Joan Gradwell 1904 - 1943 Clement John Gradwell 39 39 Father     Arthur Gradwell,   b. 12 Nov 1869,   d. 7 Apr 1942
Mother     Catherine Mary Laidler 1905 - 1977 Norah Magdalene Kiely 71 71 1933 - 1933 Raymond Gradwell Douglas Gradwell George Rodney Gradwell 1946 Rosemary Noeline Gebhardt 1945 - 1998 Jacobus Josiah Francois Martens 52 52 Francois had his mine accident in Springs on 24 April 1998 and lived for 18 months and died in Johannesburg in 1998.
Last known address 67 GROOTVLEI MINE SPRINGS
P O BOX 10139 STRUBENVALE  1920 - 1981 Leslie Herbert Gebhardt 61 61 Mary McKechnie 1951 Roderick Leslie Gebhardt Roderick Leslie is the fifth child of Leslie Herbert GEBHARDT and Mary MCKECHNIE. I was born at the Far East Rand Hospital in Springs, with a clubbed right foot, which appears to be an hereditary ailment in our family. My sister Rosemary and two of her children have it as well. Othe members of our family also have the same ailment but to a far lesser degree than Rosemary and I.
My earliest memories are of a cot in the Hope Home Children’s Home in Johannesburg, where Rosemary and I spent just over a year of our early lives. What I remember very clearly is that at the end of my cot there was a missing bar through which my sister used to climb, after grabbing a few cookies off the night duty nurses table, and we used to enjoy a late night snack. Needless to say in the morning I got the blame because my bed was full of crumbs. But then…what are younger brothers for, if not to be the fall guy.
For approximately 18 months I had to have plaster on my leg which was used to straighten the ankle and foot after surgery was performed to set the ankle straight. This plaster had to be replaced periodically and these were my nightmare moments. I remember sitting on a trolley or gurney in the hospital passage watching a nurse, using what appeared to be the biggest pair of pruning shears I had ever seen, cutting the plaster off. The howling I put up would have made me a good fire engine siren, as I thought she was going to off cut my leg. Those were the old days of doing things to correct a problem such as we had.
 1934 - 2004 Ann Maureen Chaplin (Casey) 70 70 1892 - 1974 Herbert Ludwig Gebhardt 82 82 Gwlydis Broster Marie Brits ~1835 - 1906 Johannes Herculaas Buitendag (Albertus) 71 71 DEPOT     VAB                                                                  
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DESCRIPTION          BUITENDACH, JOHANNES HERCULAAS ALBERTUS. EGGENOTES (1) ALETTA MARIA  
           CECILIA GREYVENSTEIN (GRYVENSTEEN), (2) CATHARINA WILHELMINA LEVINA 
           KRUGER EN (3) GERTRUIDA (GEBORE MAARTENS).                          
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ENDING    19060000   1755 Johannes Grobbelaar 1761 Geertruida Grobbelaar D. <1823 Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius 1774 - 1834 Petrus Grobbelaar 60 60 1780 Louisa Catharina Grobbelaar Laurens Jacobus Erasmus 1786 Martha Johanna Grobbelaar Or b. 18 May 1788 Diederik Johannes Mulder 1789 Anna Sophia Grobbelaar Jacobus Petrus Erasmus 1792 Catharina Aletta Grobbelaar Abraham Stephanus van Straaten 1797 Elsje Cornelia Grobbelaar Barend Johannes Vorster nn Vorster Son of Barend Johannes Vorster Stephanus Francois Marais 1811 Elizabeth Susanna Grobbelaar 1845 - 1881 Martha Etresia van den Berg 36 36 1865 - 1886 Albertus Stephanus Grobbelaar 21 21 1867 - 1885 Anna Francina Grobbelaar 18 18 1877 Susanna Elizabeth Grobbelaar ~1874 nn Du Plessis 1884 Magdalena Petronella Grobbelaar ~1880 Jacobus Crause 1885 - 1921 Matthys Daniel Grobbelaar 36 36 1886 David Johannes Grobbelaar 1888 Johanna Francina Erasmus 1869 - <1870 Nicolaas Francois Grobbelaar 1 1 1874 - 1953 Hendrik Joachim Grobbelaar 78 78 1877 - 1908 Elizabeth Maria Erasmus 31 31 1853 Susanna Elizabeth Grobbelaar 1832 Maria Catharina Klopper 1881 - 1885 Martha van den Berg Grobbelaar 3 3 1871 Nicolaas Francois Grobbelaar 1918 - 1978 Izak Hermanus Grobler 60 60 1920 - 1972 Anna Catharina Meyer 52 52 1869 - 1952 Izak Hermanus Grobler 82 82 1884 - 1967 Hester Johanna van Tonder 82 82 1952 Rinette Grobler 1953 Adriaan Albertus Richter ~1787 - 1829 Francois Alewyn Smit 42 42 First husband...no children
Reference no.: MOOC8/72.6

Testator(s):
Hendrina Magdalena Maartens
Francois Alewyn Smit
18 January 1830
Inventory of all such goods and effects as have been possessed in communion by the late Francois Alewyn Smit and surviving widow Hendrina Magdalena Maartens and which are left by the former who died on the 30th November 1829 ab intestato
The quidrent place called Gedult situated in the fieldcornetcy Camdebo containing one thousand three hundred and sixty morgen and five hundred and eighty square roods ~1909 William Manderson Grieve NN ~1906 Catherina Cornelia Goldman "Catharina Cornelia Fourie Aka Kathleen Goldman" appears as her name on the marriage certificate. He was divorced when he married her. 1910 - 1993 Henry John Thomas Martens 82 82 He and Peggy were living at Golden Pond at Hilton
According to his marriage certificate it was a civil marriage signed by the magistrate, Family records indicate that he was married at Boschoff St Methodist Church but I have no record of that. It could possibly have been solemnised there.
Did another search (Jul 2013) and could not locate his marriage to Peggy at all under Natal marriages.

Make sure that it was him who married Kathleen Goldman. Otherwise there is another Henry with the same birth year.
Last known address 17 GOLDEN POND 8 SOMERSET PLACE HILTON  Clive Gibson ~1883 Swanepoel Johannes Petrus Geyser 1908 Barend Nicolaas Geyser (Stephanus) Baptism Register signed by :
Barend Stephanus Maartens
Susanna Catharina Maartens
Willem Pieter Maartens
Elsie Catheriena Maartens 1906 Johannes Petrus Geyser Baptism witnessed by:
Barend Nicolaas Stephanus Maartens
Susanna Catharina Janse van Rensburg 1909 Jan Swanepoel Geyser (Johannes Petrus) Baptism witnessed by:
D.Smith
Koster 1827 Jacomina Jacoba Grobbelaar 1834 Hendrik Petrus Grobbelaar (Johannes Jacobus) 1838 - 1865 Elsie Sophia Maria Magdalena Hendrina Grobbelaar (Nicolina) 26 26 1844 Willem Pieter Grobbelaar 1846 Hendrina Magdalena Grobbelaar 1935 - 2001 Jeffery Gardiner 65 65 nn Jackson 1896 - 1958 Albert Arthur Gardiner 62 62 1898 - 1946 Sarah Annie Miller 48 48 nn Gardiner nn Noble nn Gardiner nn Nieuwenhuis nn Gardiner nn Bester 1915 - 1987 Doris Elizabeth Gardiner 72 72 1918 - 1998 Dave Gardiner 80 80 1916 - 1967 John Robinson 51 51 nn Gardiner 1898 - 1991 Marjory Dryden Godfrey 92 92 In 1986 she was living at 15 Cottingham, 131 Bath Rd, Glenwood, Durban
Last known address 15 COTTINGHAM 131 BATH RD GLENWOOD DURBAN 1893 - 1949 Jan Thomas Martens 55 55 Secretary of Darnell Health Society
Signwriter when he married, farmer in his will.
 1889 - 1976 Wilhelmina Johanna Gouws 86 86 D. 1960 Roelof Johannes Ackerman Catharina Anna Ackerman catha Christoffel Cornelis Snyman Susara Margaretha Ackerman Matjam Johan Hoffman (Hendrik) Coenraad Christoffel Ackerman Wilhelmina Johanna Ackerman Vincent Du Plessis D. <1974 Phillipus Jacobus Scott Charles Johannes Scott Catharina Anna Scott nn van Loggenberg Willem Johannes Scott Maria Elizabeth Scott (Margaretha) nn van Loggenberg Maria Margaretha Scott nn Pretorius 1894 - 1954 Jacob Johannes Greyling (Carolus) 60 60 Japie GREYLING van die plaas Smaldeel, Hoopstad seun van Barend Christiaan GREYLING, lid van president M.T. STEYN se Vrystaat kabinet Japie was 11 jaar oud
toe die Britte by die plaas opgedaag het 01-02 Maart 1901.
Hy het in 1922 die rang van 'n kaptein bereik in die SAW.
In 1931 het hy die plaas Zonderhout besit.
Japie is in 1954 oorlede en sy vrou in 1957. Hulle het toe in Bloemfontein gewoon.
Sy seun was ook Japie.
Sy dogter was Martie wat met 'n HAVENGA getroud was.
Japie se kleindogter, Petro, is getroud met Johan MAARTENS  1848 Barend Christiaan Greyling NN D. 1957 NN Japie Greyling Martie Greyling nn Havenga 1955 Petro Laureen Havenga Jac van Rhynweg 135, Universitas, Bloemfontein
Haar Oupan was Japie GREYLING van die plaas Smaldeel, Hoopstad seun van Barend Christiaan GREYLING, lid van president M.T. STEYN se Vrystaat kabinet Japie was 11 jaar oud toe die Britte by die plaas opgedaag het 01-02 Maart 1901. Hy het in 1922 die rang van 'n kaptein bereik in die SAW.
In 1931 het hy die plaas Zonderhout besit.
Japie is in 1954 oorlede en sy vrou in 1957. Hulle het toe in Bloemfontein gewoon.
Sy seun was ook Japie.
Sy dogter was Martie wat met 'n HAVENGA getroud was.
Japie se kleindogter, Petro, is getroud met Johan MAARTENS
1951 Johan Maartens Jac van Rhynweg 135, Universitas, Bloemfontein
 1893 - 1968 Wilfred Douglas Galpin 75 75 From Johannesburg

The Observatory Museum[edit]

Part of the analemma which amateur astronomer Galpin inscribed on the floor of the Meridian Room
In 1859, Henry Carter Galpin bought a simple double-storey establishment in Bathurst Street for £300. During the next 23 years he made extensive changes. The front was elegantly decorated, and a basement and three floors added to the back. Rooftop developments included an observatory, from which the building took its name, and what was for many years the only Camera Obscura in the Southern Hemisphere.

Born in 1820 in Dorset, England, Galpin trained as an architect, surveyor and civil engineer, as well as a chronometer, clock and watchmaker. These skills, together with his keen interest in optics and astronomy, are reflected throughout The Observatory- the most unusual Victorian home and business premises in South Africa.

Galpin's thriving watchmaker and jeweller's shop was run by three of his seven sons after his death in 1886, including Ernest Edward Galpin. They sold to Messrs Leader and Krummeck in 1939. Several businesses occupied the ground floor while the basement and upper floors were divided into flats and lodgings.

By the end of the 1970s the structure was dilapidated and unsound. The historic link with the identification of the Eureka diamond led to the purchase and restoration of the Observatory by De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited.

The building was subsequently proclaimed a National Monument and presented to the Albany Museum to form part of its History Division. Exhibits were arranged, and The Observatory Museum was opened by Mr. Harry F. Oppenheimer, the then Chairman of De Beers, on 2 February 1983. ~1899 Margarietha Evangelina Martins It is also possble that there is a generation missing. On MyHeritgae she is the child of Rev. Jan Neuwoudt Martins born in 1873.

From Johannesburg 1858 - 1941 Ernest Edward Galpin 82 82 1858 - 1933 Maria Elizabeth de Jong 75 75 1801 - 1876 Willem Pieter Grobbelaar 74 74 Son of Johannes Jacobus Grobler and Elizabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld

KAB VC 679 NGK: At the time of Elizabeth Margaretha birth they are living in the Veldkornetskap of Veldkornet S. Coetzee 1799 Jacobus Johannes Grobbelaar Cornelis Knoetzen Dirkje Helms Hans Jurgen Herman(n) From Stuttgard Maria Elizabeth Krugel Coert Grobbelaar 1864 - 1909 Willem Pieter Grobbelaar 44 44 ~1835 Petrus Jacobus du Toit Geertruida Elizabeth Gouws Witnessed baptism of Geertruida Elizabeth Maartens. Sister's daughter? D. ~1904 Gerrit Jacobus van den Berg Geertruida Elizabeth Gouws Willem Johannes Gouws Not substantiated. Derived from NAAIRS and Willem Johannes and Catharina Anna's children baptisms (witnesses). 1851 - 1884 Johannes Petrus Erasmus 33 33 1833 - 1924 Jan Hendrik Greyvenstein (Jacobus Antonie) 90 90 19 children 1838 - 1865 Anna Jacomina Botha 27 27 1848 - 1907 Fredrika Cornelia Siegruhn 59 59 D. 1917 Elizabeth Margaretha Pretorius 1857 - 1937 Ella Carolina Greyvenstein 79 79 On her DN the following children are indicated
Petrus Maartens
Hendrik Maartens (deceased)
Hendrik Willem Maartens (deceased)
Maria Maartens (deceased)
Susannah Maartens (deceased) 1863 - 1911 Hendrik Joachim Johannes Maartens 48 48 Witnessed baptism of Aletta Sophia le Grange on 12 Feb 1898.
 1804 - 1890 Louisa Maria Grobbelaar 86 86

Diane Sheila Ginnetty 1950 Mark Lindsay Martens I was schooled at King Edward VII prep school in Johannesburg and St. John's College next door where I matriculated. After a year in the SADF at 3 Loc Bty in Potchefstroom, I studied Engineering at Wits, graduating in 1973. I worked at Iscor in Pretoria for 4 years, during which time I married Anne-Marie Georgia Paizis on January 19, 1974. She was the elder of 2 daughters to Denis Milton Paizis from Parga, Greece and Regina Clarkson from Leeds, England. In 1979 we immigrated to Canada where my son Nicolas Yves Hammond was born in Vancouver, Canada on January 30, 1980. He is an only child. I formed Hammond Engineering Inc in 1983  in Vancouver to provide consulting electrical engineering services to industrial clients. The lion's share of our business was in bulk materials handling, mostly grain, canola seed and other cereal products. I divorced in 2002, retired and moved to Greece, settling on Skopelos Island in the Aegean Sea. There I met Diane Sheila Sheehy (nee' Ginnetty). Diane was the youngest daughter of Paul Edward Ginnetty and Irene Veronica Skalecki of Randolph, Ma in the USA. She is a BFA graduate from Mass College of Art. We moved to the USA in 2007 to be near her children and were married in Austin, TX on May 5, 2009 (Civil ceremony) and again on July 26, 2009 in the Greek Orthodox church, also in Austin. We watched the 3 grandchildren grow up to be teenagers and decided to move to the coast in 2014. We currently live in the tiny hamlet of Arroyo City in deep south Texas on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado River which is part of the US intra-coastal waterway system. We have access by boat to the Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico. If you search for us on Google Maps you'll see us in a remote corner of the state. We are about 40 miles from Brownsville and the Mexican border.
Diane and I have a blog www.ArroyoCityNews.wordpress.com that we use as an information source for our community. Please give us a look.
We love your site. Diane has been searching for her Skalecki roots in Ruthenia (modern day Western Ukraine) but has run into all manner of brick walls. Her Ginnetty Irish side has been a little easier, but there remains some very murky episodes in the past. She loves the fact that I can trace my family back so far.
Please keep up the excellent work and if I can help you in any way, just say the word. I realize that Texas is a long way from South Africa, but we have a few ex-pats here along the Rio Grande. I am doing some substitute teaching in the local school district and the kids have asked me to coach them in a rugby team. Perhaps you will see us in the news one day as the only school in Texas with a rugby team - possibly with no one to play against! Despite the Protea push, we shall be the Springboks!
I would love to hear back from you, Paul Edward Ginnetty Irene Veronica Skalecki Randolph, Ma in the USA 1869 - 1942 Arthur Gradwell 72 72 Catherine Mary Laidler Jacob Mattheus Gouws Magdalena Maria Griessel D. ~1881 Jacobus Petrus le Grange (Hermanus) nn Gibson Priscilla Johanna Maartens Died before her mother. Daniel Johannes Griebenouw Arrives from  Germany 1858. D. ~1938 Johannes Wilhelm Griebenouw ~1869 - 1943 Louisa Maria Maartens 73 73 D. 1933 Johannes Michael Griebenouw Johanna Adolphina Rossouw nn Engela ~1886 - 1934 Daniel Johannes Griebenouw 48 48 ~1823 - 1898 Daniel Johannes Griebenouw (Christoffel) 75 75 Lived in Lainsburg NN ~1835 - 1894 Catharina Anna Francina Groenewald (Elizabeth) 59 59 Have Death Notice
Parents    Jacobus Hermanus Groenewald (1793 - ?)
Maria Margaretha Susanna Groenewald 1826 - 1889 Joachim Hendrik Maartens 62 62 Have death certificate
At time of marriage he was on Blomfontein Boschmansfontein

Date of birth derived from Death Certificate (It could have been 23 Oct 1826)
 ~1889 Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald From Sibton Thaba Nchu ~1899 - 1918 Susanna Maria Maartens 19 19 1917 Willem Johannes Groenewald 1874 - 1921 Johanna Maria Elizabeth Gouws 46 46 Jacobus Petrus Gouws Maria Johanna Gouws 1872 - 1936 Joshua Barend Martens 64 64 Confirmed by Paul Vorster, MyHeritage.
BUT; NAAIRS Estate File for him does not have a DN but it does have his last will and Testament, handwrtitten and in the name of MARTENS.
Gravestone with these dates at PE North-end Cemetery
Death notice removed/stolen from estate file ~1886 - 1950 Carel Jacobus Grove' 64 64 ~1882 - 1941 Johanna Magdalena Maartens 58 58 Stefanus Sigumundus Grove' Agnita Maria Grove' Johannes Hendrik Grove' (Maartens) Louise Helene Grove' Stephanus Sigumundus Grove' Elizabeth Loots nn de Wet nn Caroll Wilhelmina Petronella Booysens (Elizabeth) nn Naude 1808 - 1867 Hendrina Magdalena Jansen van Rensburg 59 59 At time of her birth her parents are living in veldkornetskap Voor Camdebo under Veldkornet J. Rabie
Source = van den Berg Stamboek ID 4330
DN on file. ~1836 - 1898 Choert Maartens 62 62 Death Certificate signed Magget? Maria Maarten
Cowit on second DN


Vorster family ID: I2074

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DESCRIPTION          MOTION. PETITION OF ALBERTUS STEPHANUS RUDOLPH MAARTENS OF MACLEAR,  
EAST GRIQUALAND IN RE ESTATE LATE COERT MAARTENS AND HIS SURVIVING SPOUSE MACHEL MARIA MAARTENS (BORN VORSTER).                        
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DESCRIPTION          MAARTENS, COERT. INSOLVENT LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.     
STARTING  18730000                                                             
ENDING    18770000 ~1893 Abraham Carl Greyling Hester Christina Jansen 1894 Martin Grobbelaar 1896 Hester Christina Grobbelaar 1898 Johanna Grobbelaar ~1898 - 1958 Aletta Cornelia Goosen 60 60 N J Goosen A C Goosen 1893 - 1955 Willem Pieter Jacobus Maartens 62 62 Baptism witnessed by:
Willem Pieter Maartens
Catharina Aletta Janse van Rensburg
Willem Pieter Lodewikus Janse van Rensburg
Elizabeth Johanna Nel

First marriage for both of them.
Marriage certificate signed by D.S.Smith and H.J.VAN Zyl 1909 - 1961 Johan George Gouws 52 52 1918 Emerencia Hester Mathom (Elizabeth) Born MATHOM in his estate file but one of the letters signed by P.J.Maartens and M.W.?. Maartens Philippus Johannes Gouws Catharina Susanna Swanepoel 1888 Louisa Maria Maartens Witnesses at the Baptism of Louisa Maria Maartens were:
Willem Pieter Maartens (Oupa)
Louisa Maria Janse van Rensburg (Ouma)
Catherina Aletta Maartens
Hendrik Frederick Vorster
Petrus Jacobus Janse van Rensburg
Louisa Maria Vorster

Spelt Martens in Baptism register.
NOTE; According to Basie Maartens she was married to a Geyser by whom she had 6 children.

From Ellington on marriage certificate 1869 - 1927 Charles Frederick Gibson (Joseph Patton) 58 58 1877 - 1918 Annie Eliza de Swardt (Jane) 41 41 1897 - 1943 Ivy Millicent de Swardt 46 46 ABW

Father: Adam Marthinus de Swardt
Mother: Annie Elizabeth

Formerly Gibson so she was first married to Gibson.
She owned a house in Marquard. Her parents are buried in Clocolan
Lived in "Stllewoning" Sargeant St. Greytown at her death

Name: ?Cb?DMiss Ivy de Swardt?C/b?D Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 100316 Camp History Name: ?Cu?DWinburg RC ?C/u?D Age arrival: 4 Date arrival: 23/04/1901 Date departure: 08/08/1902 Reason departure: returned home Destination: farm Farm History Name: ?Cu?DKaraba / Karba ?C/u?D District: Winburg Relationships ?Cb?DMiss Ivy de Swardt ?C/b?Dis the daughter of ?Cu?DMr Adam M Adrianus de Swardt ?C/u?DSources Title: SRC 90 Winburg CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 90 Notes: p.34
 1929 - 1992 Susanna Johanna Gerber 63 63 Last known address KLOOFWEG 24 BETHLEHEM  Adolf Jacobus Gerber Jacoba Maria NN 1928 - 1997 Jacobus Lodewicus Maartens 68 68 Kloofweg 24, Bethlehem

Last known address KLOOFWEG 24 BETHLEHEM  Margaret Elaine Galpin Stuart Alfred Galpin Hubert Mosdene Galpin 1892 Hester Cornelia Martins Lived at Krokedilrivier when baptised ~1832 - 1888 Aletta Cecilia Geyer 55 55 Wilhelmus Cornelis Mynhardt Johannes Jacobus Geyer Aletta Cecilia Engelbrecht ~1894 - 1946 Wilhelmina Adriana Grobbelaar 52 52 Lived at 138 Cathcart Road, Queenstown. Matthys Daniel Maartens Ällemanspoort", Wodehouse.
Remarriage permission granted June 1947. Jacobus Paulus Gustavus Wilhelmus johannes Grobbelaar ~1854 - 1921 Wilhelmina Adriana Schoeman 67 67 Anna Catharina Sophia Grobbelaar 1883 - ~1969 Edward Frederik Gommo 86 86 Lived at 26 Oldham Rd at the time of their marriage. 1886 Anna Catharina Elizabeth Martens
Lived in Sargeant St. Greytown after her divorce.
 D. <1911 nn Gommo ~1841 - 1911 Mary Davey 70 70 John Davey Jane Davey Winnifred Jane Gommo Reginald George Gommo Wessel Jacobus Gouws Johanna Catharina Stapelberg ~1855 - 1930 Magdalena Elizabeth Wentzelina Catharina Botha 75 75 ~1851 - 1923 Jan Gerhardus Christoffel Gouws 71 71 1874 - 1954 Magdalena Elizabeth Wentzelina Catharina Gouws 79 79 Not known if divorce was upheld. D. <1954 Christiaan Daniel Aucamp Wessel Jacobus Gouws Theunis Jacobus Gouws Created using GenoPro® Click for details.