Facts and Events
French refugee and widower, from Calabrie in Italy who arrived in the Cape in 1706. In 1707 he got permission from Governor WA van der Stel to settle in Drakenstein.
References
- ↑ AJ Mare. Mare Geneology. (http://ajmare.com)
http://ajmare.com. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Various. South African Stamouers website. (http://www.stamouers.com)
http://www.stamouers.com.
- Various. South African Stamouers website. (http://www.stamouers.com)
http://www.stamouers.co.za.
- C Pama. Die Groot Afrikaanse Familienaamboek. (Published in 1983 by Human Rosseau)
Page 217.
- ↑ «i»Surname means a man that lives at the sea. Ignance Mare is the stamvader of the Mare (and Maree) family in South Africa.«/i»
- ↑ Before buying Elsjieskraal on 14 October 1714 he farmed on borrowed land namely the farms De Groene Kloof and Langefontein. He sold Elsjiesfontein to Theunis van Aardt in 1733.
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