Willem Adriaan Nel

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About Willem Adriaan Nel

Baptism: 2 March 1817 at Graaff-Reinet - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VYR-KRQZ : 17 February 2023), Willem Adriaan Nel, 1817.

Marriage: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JWS-Q46J : 12 April 2023), Cornelia Johanna Strydom and Willem Adriaan Nel, 16 May 1841 at Somerset East, Cape Colony.

Children:

  • Daniel Christian Theunis Nel - Male - 25 Feb 1842 – 24 Jul 1907
  • Susanna Jacomina Nel - Female - 1 Sep 1843 – 4 Jan 1930
  • Johannes Hendrik Nel - Male - 26 Dec 1845–Deceased
  • Maria Catharina Nel - Female - 25 Nov 1847 – 29 Sep 1940
  • Willem Adriaan Nel - Male - 4 Jan 1851 – 15 Aug 1924

2nd marriage after wife died is to Agatha Catharina Ferreira the widow of Cornelis Johannes Muller. (See: Agatha Catharina Ferreira)

  • Source : "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ1-YVBN : 7 November 2022), Achata Catharina Ferrira Muller in entry for Willem Adriaan Nel, 1852.

They had at least 2 children together:

  • Louis Nel / Nell (23 Apr 1853 – 24 Oct 1907)
  • Ignatius Petrus Johannis Nel / Nell (14 Oct 1855 – 9 Oct 1900)

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Willem Adriaan Nel's Timeline

1816
August 19, 1816
Graaff Reinet, Western District, EC, South Africa
1817
March 2, 1817
Graaff Reinet, Western District, EC, South Africa
1842
February 25, 1842
Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa
1843
September 1, 1843
Somerset East, Western District, EC, South Africa
1845
December 26, 1845
Somerset East, Western District, EC, South Africa
1847
November 25, 1847
Somerset East, Western District, EC, South Africa
1851
January 4, 1851
Somerset,
1853
April 23, 1853
Somerset, Cape Province, South Africa
1855
October 14, 1855
Tarkastad, Cape Colony, South Africa