Schreiner was born at Wittebergen Mission Station in the Eastern Cape near Herschel, Schreiner was the tenth child of missionaries Gottlob Schreiner and Rebecca Lyndall, and the younger brother of Olive Schreiner.
Schreiner was born at Wittebergen Mission Station in the Eastern Cape near Herschel, Schreiner was the tenth child of missionaries Gottlob Schreiner and Rebecca Lyndall. Schreiner was born at Wittebergen Mission Station in the Eastern Cape near Herschel, Schreiner was the younger brother of Olive Schreiner.