Johannes Petrus Smith

Johannes was born on January 15th, 1869.  Johannes' father was Johannes Hendrick Smith and his mother was Neeltje Christina van der Merwe. He had two brothers and four sisters, named David, Neeltjie, Catrina, Elizabeth, Anna and Johanna.  He was the third oldest of the seven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Willem and Aletta.