Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Boer Tuarua, ko te kuia o te matua o Marais te kaiārahi o te rōpū o ngā wāhine Boer, nāna i haereere mō ngā marama 18 i te hauauru o Transvaal me te hauauru o Free State me a rātau tamariki iti kia kore ai rātau e hopu e ngā ope o Ingarangi. Ko tona papa, ko Jaap Sr., me te tupuna o tona papa, ko Sarel Jacobus Stefanus, i mahi i te mahi kaha i te taha Hauauru me te commando Bothaville. I whakaraua raua tokorua hei herehere i muri i te wehenga o te rangatira o Boer a Piet Cronjé i te Pakanga o Paardeberg
He aha? I tukuna a Father Jaap Sr. ki te puni Broadbottom i St. Helena, i te wa i puritia ai te tupuna o Sarel ki Green Point, i muri i tana whiu "parole" na te mate. I mate ia kotahi marama i muri i te mutunga o te pakanga. Ko te whaea o Marais, me tona whaea me ona teina, i whakaraua ki te puni whakarau o Klerksdorp.