Johanna Maria (Coetzer) McLaughlan was born on November 17, 1896 in Umlalasi, KZN South Africa to Johannes Jacobus Coetzer and Elizabeth Coetzer, and had siblings Pieter Willem Aderjan Coetzer, Elizabetha (Coetzer) Van Der Schyff, Hester Ralie (Coetzer) Erasmus, Theunis Louis Coetzer, and Anna Catharina Coetzer. She was in a relationship with John McLaughlan, and had children Elizabeth McLaughlan, Anna (McLaughlan) Aucamp, Johanna Maria Mclaughlan, Jannie (McLaughlan) Smith, Thomas McLaughlan, Petronella Wilhelmina Adriana McLaughlan, Johannes Jacobus McLaughlan, Johanna Maria Henrietta Sophia (McLaughlan) Naude, John Christiaan McLaughlan, and Pieter Willem Adriaan McLaughlan. Johanna McLaughlan died at age 90 years old on January 23, 1987 in Germiston, East Rand County, GP. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Johanna Maria (Coetzer) McLaughlan.