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Last known address 21 KAMEELBOOM STREET ELSPARK ELSBURG  1911 - 1991 Hester Helena Herholdt 80 80 21 Kameelboom Street, Elspark, Elsburg.

Last known address 21 KAMEELBOOM STREET ELSPARK ELSBURG  1928 - 2003 Louw Nicolaas Martins 74 74 Delphiniumstr 4. Heldervue, Somerset Wes.

Last known address 5 PIERNEEF STREET HELENA HEIGHTS SOMERSET WEST  Johanna Martha Martin (Elizabeth) 1959 - 1986 Louw Nicolaas Martins 26 26 Dept Van Waterwese, Loskopdamverhoging Damwal, Groblersdal.

Last known address DEPT VAN WATERWESE LOSKOPDAMVERHOGING DAMWAL GROBLERSDAL 1964 - <1986 Gladys Diana Jansen van Rensburg 22 22 6404030137085
Tambotistraat 1, Pretoria Park, Vryheid.
 1970 Carel Maartens to call again 1923 - 1994 Lontein Florence Morley 70 70 26 Pionier Street, Glen Marais, Kempton Park.
Last known address 9 COPELIA AVENUE GLENVISTA JOHANNESBURG  1927 - 1991 Louw Nicolaas Martins 63 63 26 Pionier Street, Glen Marais, Kempton Park.
 1962 David Schalk Martins 26 Pionier Street, Glen Marais, Kempton Park.
 1928 Louw Nicolaas Martins DEPOT     KAB                                                                  
SOURCE    CSC                                                                  
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/3526                                                           
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 2594                                                                 
PART      1                                                                    
DESCRIPTION          ILLIQUID CASE. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. ELNORA MARTINS (BORN  
           WEPENER) VERSUS LOUW NICOLAAS MARTINS.                              
STARTING  19710000                                                             
ENDING    19710000    Elnora Wepener 1985 Dwayne Frederick Martens https://www.facebook.com/martensdwayne

http://www.news.com.au/finance/small-business/dwayne-martens-is-the-founder-of-amazonia-a-multi-million-dollar-health-empire/story-fn9evb64-1227322864221 Kate Martens http://www.theprettyblog.com/tag/kate-martens-photography/

Stellenbosch? John Martens USA
http://kerdowney.com/john-martens/
Possible wife; Bridget Cunningham; http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=bridget-cunningham-martens&pid=175848487&fhid=11399 Alet Martens http://directory101.co.za/legaldir/index.php?page=item&id=735 1863 - 1943 Adam Marthinus Fowler 79 79 https://dalenefowler.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/adam-marthinus-fowler/ 1867 - 1904 Anna Margaretha van der Linde 37 37 1831 - 1900 Johan Christian Fowler 68 68 ~1843 - 1900 Maria Jacoba Stander 57 57 ~1784 - 1833 Thomas Alcock Fowler 49 49 Thomas kom met die Fanny, as deel van die geselskap Britse Setlaars onder leiding van Thomas Butler, na Suid-Afrika. Hierdie groep is gewerf in Wicklow, Ierland en het op 12 Februarie 1820 vanaf Cork vertrek. Hulle arriveer op 1 Mei in Simonsbaai en teen die middel van Mei seil hulle verder na Saldanhabaai waar hulle aan wal gaan. Butler se geselskap is gevestig by Taaiboskraal aan die Jan Disselsrivier in die distrik Clanwilliam. ‘n Groep, wat ontevrede was met die toestande in Clanwilliam, vertrek na Albanie. Fowler was een van die wat verkies het om in die Wes-Kaap te bly.
Volgens die amptelike lys was Fowler 36 jaar oud en ‘n skrynwerker van beroep. In die betrokke geselskap Setlaars was ‘n 16-jarige seun, John Montgomery, wat as John Fowler op die geselskapslys aangedui is. Hy was egter nie die seun van Thomas nie – hy is sodanig gelys om kwytgeskeld te word van die deposito en het as seeman gewerk vir sy passaat. Sien ook: Irish Settlers to the Cape: History of the Clanwilliam 1820 Settlers from Cork Harbour deur Graham Brian Dickason (1973; AA Balkema; Kaapstad).
Volgens Thomas se testament, gedateer te George op 3 Maart 1833, blyk dit dat hy in Ierland wel ‘n gesin agtergelaat het. Hy benoem as erfgename die volgende kinders gebore uit sy huwelik met Jean MADDERS: Richard (oudste seun) erf die belange wat hy gehad het in die grondstukke Brewers Hill en Boggy Meadows. Sy belange in ander landelike eiendom in County Wicklow asook roerende goedere word in gelyke dele verdeel tussen sy seuns Richard, William en Thomas en twee dogters Hanna en Abigael.
Hy bepaal ook verder dat after paying all my lawful debts and funeral expenses, I bequeath unto Gertrude Elizabeth & John Christian Fowler born of Gertrude Lampbreghts all the property which I may be possessed of in South Africa at my death as well as the sum of £100 to be drawn from my property in Ireland. 1811 - 1892 Geertruyda Elizabeth Lamprecht 81 81 Gertrude Elizabeth Fowler Jean Madders Richard Fowler William Fowler Thomas Fowler Hanna Fowler Abigail Fowler D. 1950 Christina Catharina de Swardt 1891 - 1963 Maria Jacoba Fowler 71 71 If this is the same one as married David Schalk, this was a second marriage. 1893 - 1960 Pieter Jacobus Venter 67 67 1916 Pieter Venter 1866 Maria Jacoba Fowler Maria Jacoba Fowler (Elisabeth) 1914 - 1964 Johan Christiaan Lubbe 50 50 D. ~1940 Willem Johannes Lubbe Elenor van Niekerk NN Maria Jacoba Fowler D. ~1944 Hermanus Jacobus Kriel 1930 - 1988 Louw Nicholaas Martins 58 58 Last known address TOITSKRAAL SUID NDEBELE SWVS PRIVAATSAK X 621 MARBLE HALL
ASSUMPTIONS MADE AS THEY ALL LIVED AT SAME ADDRESS 1935 - 1986 Martha Maria Dercsen 51 51 Toitskraal, Suid Ndebele Swvs, Privaatsak X621, Marble Hall.

Last known address TOITSKRAAL SUID NDEBELE SWVS PRIVAATSAK X 621 MARBLE HALL 1949 Elsebe Terblanche 490704 0024 00 4
Suid-Ndebele Sws, P/Sak X621, Marble Hall.
 1953 Pieter Frederik Martins 530620 5037 00 1
Dept Van Waterwese, Suid Ndebele Sws, P/Sak X621, Marble Hall.
 1871 - ~1961 Louw Nicolaas Martins 90 90 ABW
 1877 - 1966 Maria Christina de Bruin (Magdalena) 89 89 ABW
Before her death she lived at the van Rensburg Old Age Home in Danville. 1900 Willem Martins ABW ~1931 - 1938 Louw Nicolaas Martins 6 6 ~1928 Elaine Müller 1986 Louwna Nicola Martins Louw Nicolaas Martins Petronella Jacoba Schreuder ~1885 - 1961 Cornelius Enslin Swart 76 76 Before her death he lived at the van Rensburg Old Age Home in Danville. Piet Frederik Martins David Schalk Martins Johannes Stephanus Martins Maria Christina Martins (Magdalena) nn Swanepoel Anna Catharina Swart (Francina) nn Grover Cornelius Jacob Swart >1858 Louw Nicolaas Maartens From father's DN

Alos; SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL RECORDS. CRIMINAL CASES. KING VERSUS LOUW NICOLAAS MAARTENS.                                                  
STARTING  19530000     Johannes Petrus Maartens NN Willem Francois Maartens Johan Petrus Maartens Susan G Maartens nn Van Staden Andries Francois Maartens 1890 Johannes Petrus Maartens Baptism witnessed by:
Johannes Petrus van der Merwe
Susanna Muller
 1727 - 1774 Joachim Heinrich Martens 47 47 Patriarch: Joachim Heinrich Martens was from Brandenburg (Prussia). Came to South Africa with the DEIC Arrives 2 Mei 1747 in Kaap de Goede Hoop as a soldier on the ship De Kasteel van Tilburg.
Captained by Abraham Zwart the Kasteel van Tilburg departed from Texel on the 2nd of May 1747 with 254 souls onboard [129 seafarers, 115 soldiers, 2 craftsmen and 8 passengers].  In the holds would have been up to 7 tons of gold, silver and ingots for trading, as well as fresh water and food supplies for the journey.

1748-50 Staljong. 1751-54 soldaat; 1755 staljong en burger in 1756; timmerman op Stellenbosch. Trou 5.8.1759 met Jacomina van den Berg
Joachim Hendrik of Heinrich Maartens of Martens,

He definitely was ill when he arrived, probably with Scheurbuik or something similar as he was hospitalised immediately upon arrival. Twent others had died during the voyage to the Cape.
When eldest son Jacobus was born they were living in the Veldkornetskap of Veldkornet S. Coetzee
In 1762 he was under command of Kaptein Josias de kock

5 Aug 1759
1759, den 5 Augst:
Jochem Hendrik Martens
"uijt het Oldemark , Brandenburg , Matsdorp", jongman
burger aan Stellenbosch
met
Jacomina van den Berg
van Cabo de Goede Hoop, jonge dogter
Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 9, entry no 6. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. Transcribed by Trysie Joubert, Marelize Keyter, Marie Greyvenstein and Annatje Erasmus as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 664, Cape Archives Repository

Alternative names from Baptism Register of his daughter.

What we know is that our patriarch Joachem Heinrich Martens is that he came to the Cape with the VOC in 1747 and died about 1774. On his marriage certificate he is described as Jochem Hendrik Martens and his papers from the VOC has him as Jochem Heinrich Martens. His second son was Joachim Hendrik Martens so that the Joachem was probably the original name.

His origin on his marriage certificate is given as "uijt het Oldemark , Brandenburg , Matsdorp",

My interpretation was;
Name; changed to suit Cape community.
Origin;
Brandenburg (as is)
Oldenmark I interpreted as "Altmark"
Matsdorp I interpreted as "Messdorf"

If you look at; https://translate.google.co.za/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.stadt-bismark.de/de/meszdorf.html&prev=search

It all seems to come together.
The area described on the website does seem to be Saxony-Anhalt

Then I found a source at Familysearch that provides me with the following details on a Joachem Heinrich Martens.
Birth;  1 Jan 1727 - Meßdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Death; 2 Feb 1774 - Cape Town, South Africa
Parents; Christoffer Hinrich Martens b. 1886 married to Mrs Christoffer Hinrich Martens b. 1886

The church in Meßdof seems to date to the 12th century and has not been destroyed in the war.
 ~1763 - ~1765 Anna Margaretha Martens 2 2 ~1765 - 1852 Joachim Hendrik Martens 87 87 Described a VryBurger van Stellenbosch

Joachim Hendrik MARTENS (AFN:1BNS-003)
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=search_all1.asp&clear_form=true
Have Sterftekennis
 ~1768 - 1802 Matthÿs Daniel Martens 34 34 He was a Burger in Graaff-Reinet
Previous records indicated that he died 1852/07/03.  I changed this, however as a record from the Orphan Chamber Reference no.: MOOC8/55.3a has him dying intestate leaving all to his widow Susanna Haarhoff. At that point Susanna Elizabeth was 4 years old and Joachim Hendrik 1 year old.  This puts his death at after January 1802. The will was concluded 28 January 1802. He had 20  Rd:s in cash plus Rd:s 596.. His belongings were sold for Rd:s 298. He is described as a burgher and a farmer. There is no record of the house and farm.  His belongings are listed below:
een oude wagen met zijn toebehooren     30:--
een klijne zeeppot     8:--
een kookpot     2:--
twee spanzaagen     2:--
vier schaven     1:--
drie bijtels     1:--
een rasp en een vijl
vier klijne booren     1:--
een halfduijmsboor
een omslag     1:--
een snijmes
een dissel     4:--
een handbijl
een houtbijl
een koegelform     1:--
een nijptang     1:24
een klijne hamer
een passer
twee haaken en krammen     0:36
een emmer     1:--
een strijkijzer     1:24
een keetel     1:--
een kommetje     0:24
een trekpot
een booterpotje     1:--
een kandelaar
een lantaarn     2:--
twee bottels     0:12
een klijne aarde kan     0:24
een klijne aarde pot
vier tinne borden     3:--
een tinne schootel
zes tinne lepels     1:24
zes forken
een potlepel     0:24
een groote kist     8:--
een halfsleete zadel en toom     15:--
drie halfsleete zakken     3:--

Beestiaal
    Rd:s
negen trek ossen     108
zeven jonge ossen     70
vijfthien aanteelbeesten     75
een hondert zes en zestig schapen     166
twintig bokken     15

Contanten
    Rd:s
een sommetje van twintig rijxdalers     20
Invoegen den boedel zuijver rendeert     Rd:s596

 1801 - 1887 Hendrik Jacobus Martens 85 85 Voortrekker
Lived in dist Graaff Reeinet before Trek.
In July 1839 he was already in Natal.
Was op Bloedrivier met Jan Thomas. Volksraad ken n erf in PMB aan hom toe in 1839 TPX/G/136;Visagie p.135
visagie, j. Voortrekkerstamouers 1835-1845 Pretoria, 2000 1810 - 1887 Elizabeth Maria Roos 77 77 Voortrekker
REGISTER VAN VOORTREKKERSTAMMOEDERS
(Uit: Visagie, J.C. 2000. Voortrekkerstamouers, 1835-1845.
Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, Pretoria) SAG gives her names as Elizabeth Maria Roos but from her son Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe Martens DN she is given as Anna Katriena Elizabeth.
Gravestone is Elizabeth Maria
 1833 - 1909 Susanna Kathrina Martens (Gertrude) 75 75 Voortrekker
Owned propert on farm "Klipspruit", Utrecht,.


 1839 - 1903 Elizabeth Maria Martens (Hendrika) 64 64 Voortrekker
Birth: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp
On baptismal register they are Martins.
Her DN states that there are no chidren. In her will everything is left to her niece and daughters e-enforcing the story that her "niece" is actaually her daughter adopted by Jacobus Joshua Martens and Elizabeth Catharina Jacoba Maria Martens

Voortrekker Baptisms Transcript. Kinderen door Ds. Daniel Lindley te Pietermaritzburg gedoopt, entry number 37. Repository: National Archives Repository, Pretoria., FK 2290, which is a transcript of a number of the early baptismal register now in churches in the Free State and the Transvaal..





1841 - 1915 Jacobus Joshua Francois Martens 74 74 ABW
POW
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp
See also transcripts scanned by Rod under
JJF Martens ABW for a description of the battle.
Another reference is the retelling of a ABW war story and life during those times by SMS HOLDER born Coetzee from a scan by Rod and now as a freebie at CD Booksrus.; http://www.cdbooks-r-us.com/freebies/coetzee-abo.pdf

Prisoners Of War:
Number:         30886
Surname:         MAARTENS
Name:         JACOBUS JOSHUA FRANCOIS
Age:         61
Address:         VRIJHEID
District:         VRIJHEID
Captured Where:    LANGEGELEGEN
Captured When:    1902/02/20
Camp:         ONBEKEND
Country:         ONBEKEND
Ship (To):         ONBEKEND
Ship (Back):     N/A

Alternative spelling from marriage certificate. ~1844 - >1895 Maria Magdalena Martens 51 51 1846 - 1912 Wilemina Magdalena Martens 65 65 Gravestone erected by her sister-in-law Anna Maria Isabella.
Unmarried. 1848 - 1919 Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe Martens 71 71 He farmed on Wuthering Heights as some of his children came from there at time of marriage.
According to his DN he was living at Sophiadale at the time of his death. When he died the following children had already died;
Jan Thomas
Jacobus
Dewald Johannes
Gert Lucas signed his DN.
According to the Will the following;
Charles Gustav gets Whiterock, 3000acres
Jacobus Martens gets 2600 acres of Raw and Greehams Land, name unknown.
Gert Lucas gets Welverdient,
Paul Petrus and Stephanus Johannes equally gets Vlakvarklaaget and Sophiadale.
Then there was a trus fund set up and the children gall got one eighth shares.
NOW; Zondana, 2123 acres and Toggekry, 600 acres to make up Wuthering Heights.
The other farms mentioned are Onrust (part of Welverdient)  and Heartsease in Weenen county, as well as Krantzkloof (rented). Also Malingane which was a portion of Wuthering Heights.

What was disconcerting is that in the execution of the will half of Wuthering Heights and Togekry was to go to "Dewald Johannes Van der Merwe Martens, son of Dewald Johannes Martens minor (deceased son of the late H.J.Martens)".

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1005_051005_bird_flu.html
Two strains of Spanish Flu hit SA in Sep 1918. The less virulent strain entered via Durban and spread rapidly to the Witwatersrand whist the second and more virulent strain entered Cape Town from Freetown, Sierra Leone on 13 Sep 1918. It spread quickly on two axes causing many deaths. Estimates range from 140000 -300000 dead in SA alone, whilst it is estimated that one billion people or half the world’s population was infected.

 1856 Jan Thomas Martens 1886 - 1919 Dewald Johannes Martens 32 32 Have Death Notice

Lived at Wuthering Heights at time of marriage.
 1768 - 1829 Hendrina Magdalena van der Merwe 60 60 Hendrina Magdalena VAN DER MERWE (AFN:1BNS-019)
Familysearch:     Film Number:      471810

Christianing: 26 JUN 1768

Father: David Schalk Van Der Merwe 1739 Drakenstein  - 1800 [also Died 4 May 1798 in Camdeboo;              Veldwagmeester and Heemraad of Graaf-Reinet.
Mother: Anna Maria Pretorius      m Tulbach 25/5/1760

Her brother: "Source: Hendrik Louw database.
b2c9d6e1 David Schalk VAN DER MERWE * 19.4.1761 ~Tulbagh 26.4.1761 [son of
David Schalk 1739 - 1800 and Anna Maria Pretorius]"
 1892 - 1957 Jacomina Louisa van der Westhuizen 64 64 Problem here. W do not know about Ouma ever remarrying. Also birthdate according to marriage certificate given as 1894.
In NAAIRS Death date for estate given as 1967 1913 - 1987 Anna Magrita Isabella Martens 74 74 From Heartsease, Estcourt, Natal.
Last known address : SOUTPANSBERGWEG 39 RIVIERA PRETORIA 1914 - 2001 Devilla Martens (Jacomina) 87 87 1915 - 1916 Christina Martens (Hertzogina) 8m 8m 1919 - 1986 Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe Martens 67 67 Saasveld Forestry College is a college for the training of foresters, situated on the Garden Route in South Africa between George and Knysna. Before moving to its present location in 1932, it was located at Tokai, Cape Town.
Built on a rise between the Outeniqua Mountains and the Indian Ocean, the college commands sweeping views of fynbos-covered mountains and indigenous high forest. Between 1932 and 1985, it trained about 1300 foresters who were subsequently employed by the State and private companies such as Mondi and Sappi.
During the 1800s development in the Cape Colony led to an increased demand for structural and furniture timber. This led to an unhealthy strain on the indigenous forests of the Southern Cape, which had been exploited since the days of Jan van Riebeeck. Farsighted planning obviously called for the establishment of plantations of fast-growing exotic trees and the necessary trained foresters to manage them. To meet this need, the South African College Schools (SACS) started a course for forest rangers in 1902, but was superseded by the Tokai School for Forest Apprentices in 1912. At that stage forestry fell under the Department of Agriculture and was more conservation-oriented than concerned with afforestation; consequently the output of foresters was very small at that time. With the rapid growth of the timber industry, it was decided to relocate Saasveld to its present position on the farm Pampoenkraal, due to its proximity to indigenous forest, open areas suitable for plantations of exotics, sawmills in the vicinity and drying kilns in George. Many explorers, naturalists and botanists such as Thunberg, Sparrman, Le Vaillant, Drège, Ecklon and Zeyher had visited the farm in the preceding two centuries. In 1854 the farm was subdivided and the portion on which the college would eventually be built, was bought by the baroness Gesina van Rede van Oudtshoorn, and named Saasveld after her ancestral castle in Overyssel in Holland. In 1867 Thomas Bain, the famous road-maker, had surveyed the main road heading east to Knysna and passing through Pampoenkraal. In those days a toll gate was sited near the present entrance to Saasveld. In 1917 Saasveld was bought by the George Forest Timber Co., and later acquired by Searles Limited. In 1928 ownership of the land finally passed to the State and work started on construction of the College.
 1925 - 2013 Helena Hendrina Catharina Venter 88 88 Last known address 84 Aspen Crescent, Zwartkops X4, Centurion.
 1948 Dewald Johannes Martens 1952 Daleen Martens 1957 - 2015 Marius Martens 57 57 1961 Henda Louise Martens 1945 - 2011 Johanna Susanna van Schalkwyk 66 66 1974 Tanya Martens 1977 Hendrik Jakobus Van der Merwe Martens 1958 Robin Dixon 1981 Jana Brown 1911 - 1992 Willem Louw Maritz 80 80 Inherits according to Mother's last will and testament the farm Mount Maria Lot A of Waaiplaats in Weenen dist. 1005 acres. Abraham Botha 1975 Paul Botha 1975 Delia Botha 1973 Debi Botha 1954 Jeanette Ann Tolmie 1986 Margo Martens 1988 Fraser Martens 1988 Anchen Martens 1960 - 2001 Sydney Reginald Esbach 41 41 1988 Dane Louise Esbach 1991 Wian John Esbach 1992 Tanika Helena Esbach Wayne Cox 1969 Frans Jacob Hermanus Labuscagne 1999 Matthew Dixon 2001 Justine Elizabeth Dixon 2006 Kyle Bradley Dixon 2005 Lara Labuscagne 2009 Stephan Labuscagne 1885 - 1888 Maria Magdalena Martens 2 2 1888 - 1890 Gert Lucas Martens 1 1 2010 Mishael Daniel Martens ~1760 - <1849 Jacobus Martens 89 89 Orphan Chamber records: Reference no.: MOOC8/50.105a: nventaris mitsgaders taxatie van alle sodanige goederen als ab intestato metter dood zijn ontruijmd ende naargelaten door Johanna Elizabeth du Plessies ten voordeele van haar nagelatenen man den landb: Philip Jacob Naude ter eenre en hunl: bij malkanderen in huweluk verwekte ses kinderen.  The estate owes Jacobus 34 Rijkdaalers.

IGI- Africa: #1 Gender Male Marriage: 18 November of Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope South Africa.
#2: Gender Male Mariiiage about 1785, of Kaapstad Cape of Good Hops.

EPOT     KAB                                                                  
SOURCE    CO                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 3871                                                                 
SYSTEM    00                                                                   
REFERENCE 107                                                                  
PART      1                                                                    
DESCRIPTION          MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JACOBUS MARTENS. APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LAND   
BETWEEN JAN BIEJES KRAAL AND HENDRIK BEK'S PLACE, CAPE DISTRICT.    
STARTING  1809                                                                 
ENDING    1809    

DEPOT     KAB                                                                  
SOURCE    NCD                                                                  
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 1/9                                                                  
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 59                                                                   
PART      1                                                                 
DESCRIPTION          NOTARIAL PROTOCOL. NOTARY, JJF WAGENER. SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.   
           JACOBUS MARTENS TO CAREL PHILIP ZASTRON.                            
STARTING  17950000                                                             
ENDING    17950000  

Never had the "Daniel". Found it in the DN of his daughter  Jacomina Frederika.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                  
SOURCE    CO                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 3952                                                                 
SYSTEM    00                                                                   
REFERENCE 85                                                                   
PART      1                                                                    
DESCRIPTION          MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JACOBUS MARTENS. REQUEST FOR A TITLE DEED.       
STARTING  1831                                                                 
ENDING    1831

DEPOT     KAB                                                                  
SOURCE    NCD                                                                  
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 1/43                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 957                                                                  
PART      1                                                                    
DESCRIPTION          NOTARIAL PROTOCOL. NOTARY, JJF WAGENER. DEED OF TRANSFER. GUSTAAF    
           VON BRATT AS EMPOWERED BY JAN JACOBUS MARTENS TRANSFERRING THE      
           SLAVE POCONINO AZORUS TO JOHAN ABRAHAM MOES.                        
STARTING  18020000                                                             
ENDING    18020000    1771 - 1849 Maria Magdalena Joubert 78 78 Her mother was Jacomina's youngest sister which means that she and Jacobus were cousins
 1918 - 2005 Beyerina Wilhelmina Augusta Martens 86 86 ~1910 Philippus Arnoldus Coetzer From Port Elizabeth when marrying Anna. Chris Bunce 2010 Lily Bunce 1953 Willem Abraham Swanepoel 1909 - 1986 Hermanus Francois le Roux 76 76 1950 Rosalina Yolande Martens ~1910 Fritz Theodore Bernard Reneken 1836 - 1895 Charles Gottfried Kros 59 59 In 1972 there is a Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe Kros 1912 - 1957 Jacobus Willem Adriaan van Heyningen 44 44 Hotel owner Champagne Castle & Phoenix Hotel, Ermelo 1858 - 1943 Anna Maria Isabella Martens 84 84 Have Death Notice
Her father was Jan Thomas & mother Anna Catarina Elisabeth Pretorius. So she and her husband were cousins. She was born on Broedershoek, Kranskloof.
NOTE: Her death certificate states that her fathere was John Thomas Martens and her mother Elizabeth Maria. My records indicate her father as Jan Thomas and her mother as Anna Catharina Elkizabeth Pretorius.
After he died, she lived in Voortrekker Str. Greytown.
On her Death Certificate her mother is given as "Elizabeth Maria Martens".
1844 - 1895 Susanna Elisabeth Martens 51 51 1945 Johan Andre Burger 1737 - 1770 Jacomina van den Berg 33 33  Sy was die kleindogter (5 de kind van Jacobus v d Berg) van Jacobus van den Berg (die van den Berg Stamvader): Originally from "Bergen". Baptised 8 February 1671 in Breskens, Zeeland. Hy trou op 8 Oktober 1700 met Jacomina CARTENIERS van Oudenaarde in Vlaandre en verwek sewe kinders, 2 seuns en 5 dogters by haar. Hy is die stamvader van die meerderheid draers van hierdie van in Suid-Afrika. Hy het hy 'n verhouding met Alida CORNELIS, gedoop 15 Maart 1676 dogter van Cornelis Claasen en Catrijn van Malabar. Kind uit hierdie verhouding: Miggel gedoop 13 November 1689. Jacobus van den Berg was vermoor in die huis van Catharina Bombam en Robbert Jansz in 1714.

[source AFN:Q445-MD) Christianed 08 FEB 1671 Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland (also Abt. 1676, Netherlands). Father: JAN VAN DEN BERG  Mother  JACOMIJNTJE JACOBSE BAES. He marries Jacomina CARTENIERS (AFN:Q445-NK) Born: Abt. 1680 in Oudenaarde, Flanders.  Marriage 8 Oct 1700 in Paarl.  They have 7 children of which

1838 - 1866 Elisabetta Catharina Jacoba Martens (Maria) 28 28 Voortrekker
Her birth in abt 1842 according to marriage certificate.
Alternative spelling from marriage certificate. ~1863 William Arthur Harris 1866 - 1911 Elizabeth Maria Catharina Martens (Jacoba) 44 44 1865 - 1950 Anna Maria Isabella Martens 85 85 Adopted. Biological child of Elizabeth Maria and Josua Lourens
Adopted by Jacobus Joshua Martens and Elizabeth Catharina Jacoba Maria Martens
They married with the consent of her guardians, J. Cross and Illegible. Marriage witnessed by S.J.Martens and E.J. van Rooyen.
According to mother's DN she was born in 1856 not 1865. Could not be if they only married in 1864. 1853 - 1927 Maria Sophia Martens 74 74 10 April 1853 from father's DN.
Also 1 April 1850 according to family sources (Jeanne Maartens). Gravestone, however, is clear. 1844 - 1897 Joshua Lourens Martens (Francois) 52 52 1839 - 1907 John Cross 68 68 ~1839 ~1890 Frank Forkin 27 Jan 1934. Civil marriage in Durban.
Frank Forkin Widower aged 44 widower, born in England, spraypainter living at 3 Gumtree Avenue, Durban married to Jacomina Louisa Martens, born van der Westhuizen, aged 40, widow and living at 2 Gumtree Avenue Durban. 2012 Caitlin Martens Jan Van Blerk 1951 Zaria Petronella de Villiers 1892 - 1957 Jacomina Louisa van der Westhuizen 64 64 Problem here. W do not know about Ouma ever remarrying. Also birthdate according to marriage certificate given as 1894. Did she have another child given up for adoption?
MAGISTRATE, PIETERMARITZBURG. STATE ADVANCES RECOVERIES. JULIA ADA MARTENS ALIAS JUNE MARTENS. MOTHER: JACOMINA LOUISA MARTENS. BORN   
VAN DER WESTHUIZEN. APPLICATION FOR ADOPTION MADE BY MRS. LARSEN.   
STARTING  19360000                                                             
ENDING    19410000
and
MAGISTRATE, PIETERMARITZBURG. CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY. JULIA EDA MARTENS OR JULIA ADA MARTENS, CHILD OF JACOMINA (JACOMIENA) LOUISA           MARTENS.                                                            
STARTING  19290000                                                             
ENDING    19350000 
and
PIETERMARITZBURG MAGISTRATE. CHILDRENS PROTECTION. REPORTS AND RETURNS. MARION ROSE BARRY, JULIA MARTENS, CHARLES EDWARD WALLACE,  
ARTHUR JACOBS, SOLOMON MAXIMILLIAN HIBBERT, ELIZABETH MUMMOI, JOHN CECIL KIRK, LESLIE CLAYPOLE, FRANCIS QINTEL, JACOBA MULLER, FELICITY THELMA NORTIER, LISTS OF PROTECTED CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S    
PROTECTION ACT.
1923
1960
and
DESCRIPTION MAGISTRATE, PIETERMARITZBURG. SOCIAL WELFARE: ARTHUR MARTIN VAN DER MERWE. CHILD OF JACOMINA LOUISA MARTENS/VAN DER MERWE AND ADRIAN VAN DER MERWE.                                                      
STARTING  19260000                                                             
ENDING    19260000 1929 June Ida Larson 1930 David Stanley Albert Young 1865 - 1942 Cornelius Klarus Adendorff 77 77 Nikki Bunce 1785 - 1812 Susanna Haarhof 27 27 Susanna Haarhof christianed on  17 APR 1785 (??)   Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope.  Her parents were  Nicolaas Haarhof &  Susanna Joubert.
Also have a christianing date of 17 APR 1780 ref IGI
Death 1886

Widow of Matthys Daniel Martens

Inventories of the Orphan Chamber
Cape Town Archives Repository Reference no.: states that she remarried after Matthys Daniel's death to burger Paul Johannes van den Berg Pet. Schulden des boedels
aan d’ edele Jan Barend van Blerk debet over een halfaam wijn en ses vlesse brandewijn     25:Rd:s
aan Susanna Elisabeth Maartens wegens verkogte beestiaal     31:4Rd:s
aan Joachim Hend:s Maartens wegens verkogte beestiaal 31:4 Rd:s'
1) Susanna Elisabeth Maartens gebooren den 16:de Dec: 1798       deeze zijn kinderen uit het eerste huwelijk by wylen Matth:s Daniel Maartens geprocrieerd
2) Joachim Hendrik Maartens gebooren den 10 Nov: 1801
3) Petrus Jac:s van den Berg gebooren den 10 Febr: 1804 deeze zyn kinderen uit den tweeden bedde met P:J: van den Berg
4) Nicolaas Francois van den Berg gebooren den 28 Dec:br 1806
5) Paul Joh:s van den Berg gebooren den 5:de Jann: 1808
6) Abram Franc:s van den Berg gebooren den 7 Meij 1811
7) Susanna Marie van den Berg gebooren den 16 Junij 1812

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