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- Arrived in Cape Town about 1708, was in service of the V.O.C.first as a lumberman and later as a wagon driver. In 1712 he was in the service of Maasdorp as farmer's assistant, became a free burger in 1715.
Tussen 1708 en 1712 was hy 'n houtkapper en in 1713 wa-drywer. Hy was in diens van die H.O. I.K.. Vanaf 1713 was hy werksaam as boerkneg vir Christiaan Maasdorp. In 1715 word hy burger en in dieselfde jaar trou hy met Geertruyd Knoetzen. Vgl ook FAMILIA 1974 bladsy 75.
Johan Grobler * Tangermiinde, Duitsland 10.10.1678 a. c. 1708 in Kaapstad, was eers in diens v.d. VOC as ‘n houthaker en later as wadrywer. In 1712 is hy in diens van Maasdorp as boerekneg, word ‘n vryburger in 1715.
Hy trou in 1715 met Geertruyd KNOETZEN = 11.7.1706 d.v. Cornelis Knoetzen en Dirkje Helmes.
Johann was the progenitor (stamvader) of the Grobler/Grobbelaar family in South Africa. He was born in Tangermünde, a town 100 km west from Berlin, Germany.
He arrived in the Cape in 1708. He was then in the service of the VOC and was employed as a woodcutter and later as a transport driver.
In 1712 he was in the service of Christiaan Maasdorp as a farm labourer.
He became a free burger in 1715 and lived in Drakenstein.
Grobler; betekenis: Grof Groot Sterk
Stamvader: Johann Grobler gebore 10 Okt 1678 Tangermunde (Duitsland) Kom ca 1708 in Suid Afrika aan; 1708-13 Houthaker en later as wadrywer in diens van die VOC; 1712 in diens van Maasdorp as boerekneg. Vryburger in 1715; trou dieselfde jaar met Geertruyd Knoetzen, ged 11.7.1706 (11 kinders) dv Cornelis Knoetzen en Dirkje Helmes (sy xx 3.7.1736 Hans Jurgen Herman)
Hy kom in 1708 vanaf Tangermunde in die Kaap aan in diens van die HOIK. Hy is vanaf 1708 tot 1712 'n houtkapper en wadrywer. In 1713 tree hy in diens van Christiaan Maasdorp as boerkneg tot in 1715. In 1715 word hy vryburger. Hy het vanaf Duitsland na die Kaap gekom en sy van kom wel voor in Duitsland, maar die van is waarskynlik Nordies van oorsprong.
(Research):Johan Grobler * Tangermiinde, Duitsland 10.10.1678 a. c. 1708 in Kaapstad, was eers in diens v.d. VOC as 'n houthaker en later as wadrywer. In 1712 is hy in diens van Maasdorp as boerekneg, word 'n vryburger in 1715.
Hy trou in 1715 met Geertruyd KNOETZEN = 11.7.1706 d.v. Cornelis Knoetzen en Dirkje Helmes.
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