The following is an extract from their marriage certificate:
“Hendrik Muller, jongeman van 20 jaar wagenmaker van beroep” and
“Susannah Magretha Maritz, ‘n jongedogter van 17 jaar” were married “na
huwelyksgeboden met toestemming van der ouders
The following information is also recorded for Hendrik. Misc in 1866, aged about 39.
• Hendrik, the youngest son of the marriage was born in Swellendam on 7th December 1826 where his father had been
“practicing” most of his life. He was a short, thick-set and strong man with blue eyes that blazed when he succumbed to
his frequent fits of temper. Early in his life he became apprenticed to a blacksmith. About ten years after the battle of
Blood River he arrived in the then recently established town of Pietermaritzburg where he met his future bride Susannah
Magretha Maritz, an offspring of two great Voortrekker families.(1) He was doing work for her father, Francois Ignatius
Maritz, a prosperous wagonmaker. On the 21st June 1847 they were joined in matrimony by the honourable Döhne in
the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Pietermaritzburg
The newlyweds made their home in Berg Street Pietermaritzburg where ten of their thirteen children were born.
Hendrik continued with his work as blacksmith and wagonmaker and by the year 1866 had accumulated “considerable
wealth. A year later he stood surety for a friend who went bankrupt with the result that Hendrik lost all the
savings he had so diligently accumulated. Shortly after this disastrous financial setback Hendrik moved his family to the
farm “Uitzoek” in the district of Harrismith. Later he moved into the town of Harrismith where he toiled once more as a
blacksmith. until his death in 1907 (or thereabouts).
Hij is getrouwd met Susannah Margaretha Maritz.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 21 juni 1847 te Pietermaritzburg,Zuid Afrika, hij was toen 20 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
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Susannah Margaretha Maritz |
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