Schalk Johannes Smartrijk van Jaarsveld

Schalk was born on August 6th, 1883 in Bloemfontein Dist. and his baptism took place on January 13th, 1884 in Bloemfontein.  Schalk's father was Hendrik Christiaan van Jaarsveld and his mother was Elizabeth Johanna Coetzee (Catharina).  His paternal grandparents were Marthinus Jacobus van Jaarsveld and Susanna Catharina van Jaarsveld; his maternal grandparents were Johannes Jacobus Lodewikus Coetzee and Johanna Cornelia Kruger. He had four brothers named Johannes, Hendrik, Gerrit and Maarten.  He was the third oldest of the five children.  He died at the age of 65 on April 21st, 1949 in Dealesville.