Hercules Albertus van der Merwe

Hercules' father was Schalk Willem van der Merwe and his mother is Anna Martins.  His paternal grandparents were Schalk Willem van der Merwe and Catharina van der Merwe. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Schalk, Joseph, Anna, Catherina, Ruth and Gertruida. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named George, William, George and Wilhelmina.