Helena Catharina Malan
Helena was born on March 12th, 1848 in
Glen Lynden. Helena's father was
Jacobus Nicolaas Malan and her mother was
Margaretha Magdalena Smith. Her paternal grandparents were
Jacobus Malan and
Margaretha Maria Swart; her maternal grandfather was
Pieter Johannes Smith and her maternal grandmother is
Aletta Dorothea Coetzee (Johanna). She had three brothers and four sisters, named
Petrus,
Pieter,
Daniel,
Margaretha,
Martha,
Johanna and
Martha. She had six half-brothers and a half-sister, named
Jacobus,
Petrus,
Jacobus,
John,
Henry,
Hercules and
Johanna.