User talk:Willanie89

Johann Ludwig Bauer is the tribal father of the "Bouwer" family in South Africa. He arrived in South Africa in 1724 on a VOC Dutch ship that was travelling from Kassel in Germany. He arrived as a young German boy full of hope for what the Cape of Good Hope could offer him. Theory is that he lived in a jewish ghetto in Kassel and lived in poverty stricken conditions. He worked as a butcher from 1724-1730 in South Africa. He achieved South African Citizenship in 1730. In 1736, he married a Dutch woman called Cornelia Burger and had 14 children. In 1736, records showed that he was a farmer in Swellendam.Willanie89 (talk) 19:42, 21 May 2019 (UTC)