↑ «i»Surname derived from a place in North-Brabant and Gelderland in the Netherlands. Stamvader is Jan (Johan) Bronkhorst from Emerik near the Netherlands boundary with Germany. Arrived in the Cape in 1699 as a soldier. Worked later as a 'boerekneg'. Married in 1717 with Geertruyd Gerrits Boshouwer daughter of Pieter Gerrits Boshouwer. 9 children from the marriage.«/i»