Wednesday, 9 September 2020

My "Marais" Lineage 1638 - Today

This Blog contains the Ancestry of my Mothers Father


Charles Marais 1  Direct ancestor (11 generations)

Born : Mar 30 1638 in Plessis Marle, France

Died: Apr 3 1689 Le Plessis Marle, Drakenstein district Western Cape, South Africa


Charles Marais 2nd - Direct Ancestor (10 Generations) 

Born : 1668 in Plessis Marle, France

Died: May 16 1711 Stellenbosch, district Western Cape, South Africa.


Charles Marais 3rd - Direct Ancestor (9 Generations) 

Born : 1695 - Paarl Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa

Died: Dec 30th 1767 Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa


Charles Marais 4th - Direct Ancestor (8 Generations)

Born : Feb 27, 1722 - Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa

Died:  May 25, 1750 - Graaf-Reinet Eastern Cape, South Africa


Charles Marais 5th - Direct Ancestor (7 Generations)

Born : Oct 13, 1748 - Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa

Died:  Jul 31, 1782 - Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa


Jacobus Marais - Direct ancestor (6 generations)

Born: June 8 1779 in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Left the Cape at some stage for Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

He died in Cradock, South Africa on Apr 14 1847


Jan Gabriel Marais - Direct ancestor (5 generations)

Born: Apr 19 1820 in Cradock, South Africa

Died: Aug 3 1888 in Maraisburg Eastern Cape, this was later renamed to Hofmeyr as there was already a Maraisburg in the Transvaal.


Johannes Francois Marais - Great-great-grandfather (4 generations)

Born: June 24 1843 in Cradock, South Africa

Died: Sep 16 1922 in Molteno, South Africa


Johannes Francois Marais - Great-grandfather (3 generations)

Born: Feb 25 1867 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa is the Johannes Francois Marais that was captured and sent to India as a POW during the Anglo Boer War.

Died: Mar 5 1950 in Tzaneen, South Africa


Johannes Francois Marais - Grandfather (2 Generations)

Born: Jan 9 1897 in Tzaneen, South Africa

Died: Sep 3 1948 in Roodepoort, South Africa


Anna Johanna Marais - Mother (1st Generation)

Born: Dec 9 1924 in Roodepoort, South Africa

Died: Sep 11 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa


Rose-Marie Kemp - Me

Born: Apr 2 1964 in Durban, South Africa


Emily Rowe - My Daughter

Born: June 4 2003 in Dublin, Ireland


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