Viljoen

Viljoen is a surname of French Huguenot origin in South Africa and all Viljoens are the descendants of François Villion, a free wagon maker who arrived as a Huguenot refugee at the Cape of Good Hope in October 1671 from Clermont, France. He married Cornelia Campenaar from Middelburg, Holland, in 1676 at the Cape of Good Hope. The couple settled on the farm Ida's Valley near Stellenbosch as freeburghers. François Villion came from Clermont, Terres Froides or Monestier-de-Clermont(Dauphine) in 1671. He had three sons and three daughters from his marriage with Cornelia Campenaar. The farm is north east of Stellenbosch and it was awarded in 1962(OSF I,49). Currently the farm is a residential area in Stellenbosch.