Attie’s paternal grandmother. The 1906 DRC baptism entry at Calitzdorp anchors her and names her parents — the first rung up the Saayman line, opening a well-documented climb through the Dutch Reformed Church registers of Calitzdorp and Laingsburg.
Schooled at Laingsburg; married Adriaan Albertus Retief at Ladismith on 31 December 1930.
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Her baptism — Maria Margaretha Saayman, born 27 October 1906, baptised 29 November 1906 at Calitzdorp. Parents named as Jacobus Ernst Saayman and Hendrina Margaretha Kriel.
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660–1994. [link]