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Rachel Niel

Also Known As: "Rachel Nel never Jordaan!"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Death: circa 1771
Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Estienne Niel, SV/PROG and Marie-Madeleine Marais, b4 SM
Wife of Paul Jourdaan
Mother of Jacobus Jordaan; Marija Jordaan; Johannes Jordaan; Stephanus Jordaan; Paul Jordaan and 4 others
Sister of Marie-Madeleine Niel, SM; Anna Sophia Nièl, SM/PROG; Estienne Niel and Jean Nel, b5

DVN: b4
Managed by: Hester Maria Christina Marx
Last Updated:

About Rachel Niel

As per the custom and applied Law at the Cape she would not have assumed surname of her husband upon marriage

Marie Madeleine Marais married Estienne Neil in 1700.

They settled at Le Plessis Marle, Simodium near Franschoek, Western cape.

SOURCE2: SAF v17 p396 b3 Paul Jordaan x Rachel Nel born before 10.7.1707 daughter of Etienne Nel and Maria Madelaine Marais.

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Rachel Niel's Timeline

1707
July 10, 1707
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
July 10, 1707
1707 10de Julij Rachel. d' Vader Estienne Niel, en d' Moeder Marie Marais. [geen getuijgen] Drakenstein., Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
July 10, 1707
July 10, 1707
July 10, 1707
July 10, 1707
July 10, 1707
July 10, 1707
Drakenstein
July 10, 1707
Drakenstein (Paarl), Cape
1725
May 20, 1725
Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa