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1. | Johan Jacob BREITENBACH was born in 1715 in Wurzburg, Germany; died in 1786 in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Johan was the progenitor (stamvader) of the Breytenbach family in South Africa. He arrived in the Cape from Wirsberg/Würzburg, Germany in 1738 as a soldier on baord the ship "Casteel te Tilburg". Johan married Maria BOTHA on 3 Dec 1741 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Maria (daughter of Friedrich BOTH (BOTHA), progenitor and Maria KICKERS) was born in 1695 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 1 May 1695 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |