Jacob was born about 1854. He is the son of Dirk Johannes van der Bank and Diena Carolina Kunn.
"South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQ7-PTLV : 14 February 2019), Dirk Johannes Van Der Bank, 1910; citing Probate, Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,367,335.
Not same person as Jacobus Marthinus. They are listed separately on father's probate
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