Melck%20family%20history4.1.09version
- 1. Melck TEN GENERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
- 2. Crest MARTIN MELCK I
- 3. Martin signature + seal
- 4. FAMILY TREE
- 5. Parents J ü rgen and Catarina Martin born 20 October 1723 Ship’s captain in Memel, East Prussia (now Klaipeda, Lithuania) Martin chose the land and went to study in Riga. Became a stonemason/builder. Why did he go to the cape? Von Rhenen
- 6. The Dutch East India Company Sailed from Texel, Netherlands on 21 April 1746 Left behind cool and wet East Prussia, winters -2 to -40 C. Arrived Simon’s Bay 26 June 1746 Though officially a mercenary, he worked at Elsenburg as a foreman. Then to the Stellenbosch silver mine.
- 7. Then employed by Jacob Cloete, an influential settler. Discharged after four years to become a free “Burgher”, bought two farms. Married Anne Hop, former master’s widow, at 29. She was 34, an enormous change for him Elsenburg. The Dutch East India Company
- 8. Life in the Cape Change of fortune, comparison. Children: only one son and one daughter. Klapmuts signal post chief Flooding diversion Eerste Rivier Property in Cape Town Ten farms and two loan Farms in Stellenbosch
- 9. Capetown properties Lutheran Church and Governer Rijk Tulbach Vice Admiral Stavorinus, Silver “Moeder Kerk” Death of Anne 1776, Nelson visits Cape. Life in the Cape
- 10. Martin Melck II/III Born 25.10.1761 Married Anna Kriel Martin Melck III only child born 1787 Martin Melck II dies same year. Anna Kriel re-marries, Kirsten
- 11. Martin Melck II/III Disaster strikes, some horses acquired. Martin III marries Anne van Reenen Family now settled at Kersefontein
- 12. 5 th GENERATION
- 13. Martin Melck IV Born 1821, only child Married Maria Myburgh of Meerlust. Large family 12 surviving children Resident at Kersefontein Duckitts Farms and families. Melck clan grows.
- 14. Kersefontein today Near Hopefield on the Berg river
- 15. MARTIN V
- 16. 5th Generation 12 surviving siblings 5 marry Duckitts of Esher Surrey Rijk and Albert my grandfather. All boys inherit or are bought farms The family grows
- 17. MARTIN MELCK VI Marriage #1 Myra Smuts. Sons Martin VII and Pieter WW2. Moira, Punks Carolin. Wargrave Marriage #2 Elise Duckitt
- 18. Martin Melck VI
- 19. Martin Melck VII/VIII Septimus was a character In Cape Town and In the “Sandvelt” Son Octavius did not marry He died young. Brother Julian now runs Kersefontein
- 20. Rijk Melck 80th
- 21. Where do we come from? One theory: Austria Counter reformation Melk Abbey Originally spelt MELCK
- 22. Stift Melk The Abbey is situated above the Danube dates back to 980 AD
- 23. From Austria to Meml? Theory proposed by museum director during 1979 visit: During the counter- reformation Lutherans had to convert to Catholicism or sell up and leave Many chose to leave and set off for East Prussia. The rest, as they say, is history
- 24. Pa, Ma and Cape crayfish. Circa 1957 at Seaspray
- 25. Ronnie Melck SFW and Muratie
- 26. 9 th Generation,My grandsons Jas, Ivan and Antoni
- 27. Prof Antony Melck(8 th ) with Gudrun,son Gustav(9 th ) Marisa and Marike (10 th )
- 28. OLD SAYING LIKE POTATOES THE BEST ARE BELOW GROUND. THANK YOU