 Fritz Duquesne akaberekerwa mumhuri yeBoer yeFrench Huguenot mavambo muEast London, Cape Colony muna 1877 uye akazotamira nevabereki vake, Abraham Duquesne naMinna Joubert, kuNylstroom muSouth African Republic yava kunzi Modimolle, South Africa kwavakatanga purazi. Abrahamu aiwana chokurarama nacho somuvhimi uyo aifambawo kazhinji kazhinji kuti atengese matehwe, mazino, uye nyanga, uye aihaya vagari vemo kuti vashande papurazi. Aiva nevanununa vaviri, hanzvadzi yake Elsbet uye mukoma wake Pedro. Akanga ari muzukuru wechiFrench Huguenot naval commander Abraham Duquesne 16101688, uye akataura kuti babamunini vake vaive Piet Joubert 18311900, gamba muFirst Boer Waruye Commandant-General weSouth African Republic, kunyange hazvo ukama hwake hwemhuri huchipikiswa. 