Willem Adriaan
(Willem Adriaan Daniel)
Nel
Born in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Ancestors 
Brother of
Maria Elizabeth Adriana Nel, Jacoba Susanna (Nel) Bezuidenhout, Susanna Sophia Nel, Pieter Willem Nel, Jan Hendrik Nel, Maria Elizabeth Adriana (Nel) Bezuidenhout and Theunis Johannes Nel
Husband of
Petronella Susanna (Prinsloo) Nel
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Petrus Johannes Nel and Wilhelmina Adriana Nel
Died
at age 80
in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
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Biography
Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
- BAPTISM Record attached / Doop rekord aangeheg
- PROBATE Record attached/Sterfte Kennis aangeheg
Research Notes
- I am still resourcing and working on this profile. Biography will be completed when all possible resources have been investigated. My relationship with this person: He is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle, If there are any other family members that can contribute copies of documents or photographs to this profile, it will be very much appreciated. Thank you
Name
- Willem Adriaan Nel[1]
- Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel[2][3]
- Willem Adr Nel[4]
- Mr Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel[5]
Birth
Parents
- Father: Petrus Johannes Nel[1][2][4]
- Mother: Susanna Sophia Oosthuizen[1][2]
Baptism
- Name: Willem Adriaan Nel[1]
- Baptism Date: 31 Dec 1849[1]
- Baptism Place: Potchefstroom, Transvaal[1]
- Birth Date: 1 Aug 1843[1]
- Father's Name: Petrus Johannes Nel[1]
- Mother's Name: Susanna Sophia Oosthuizen[1]
Occupation
- Farmer[2]
Spouse
Marriage
- Event place: Pretoria, South Africa[2]
Children
- Petrus Johannes Nel, born 24 Feb 1871[2][6][3]
- Diederik Johannes Nel, born 11 Oct 1878[2][7]
- Susanna Sophia Nel, married to Petrus Barend Nicolaas Prinsloo[2]
- Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel(Death Notice makes it very clear that she was a girl, who received boys names) married to Paulus Phillipus Joachim Jochemus Oosthuizen[2]
- Wilhelmina Adriana Nel, born 11 Aug 1881[8]
Anglo Boer War 1899 - 1903
- Personal Details:
- Name: Mr Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel; Born in camp? No; Died in camp? No; Gender: male; Race: white; Marital status: married; Nationality: Transvaal; Unique ID: 87565[5]
- Camp History:
- Name: Middelburg RC; Age arrival: 62; Date arrival: 27/05/1902; Date departure: 12/06/1902; Destination: Balmoral; Tent number: 1835[5]
- Farm History:
- Name: Witklip; District: Pretoria; Notes: own 1/4[5]
- Status:
- Type: Surrendered; Notes: 24 May 1902 at Balmoral[5]
Death
- Event date: 26 Mar 1924
- Event place: Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
- Age at death: 82 years, 7 months[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TLF-TSN2 : 28 September 2021), Willem Adriaan Nel, 1849. Researched and attached 4 Nov 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-PDF5 : 7 September 2018), Susanna Sofia Oosthuizen, ; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm . Researched and attached 21 Nov 2018 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism of son Petrus Johannes Nel, 23 Apr 1871 - Rustenburg East, Transvaal: 11 October 2019, South Africa > Transvaal > Pretoria > Christenings, memberships, 1857-1987 > image 184 of 2202; Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk Van Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church of Africa), Pretoria. Seen and entered Dec 10, 2022 by Marco Nel
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=8036. Researched and attached 21 Nov 2018 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/87565/Willem_Adriaan_Daniel_Nel/. Sources: Title: DBC 84 Middelburg CR; Type: Camp register; Location: National Archives, Pretoria; Reference No.: DBC 84; Notes: p. 289. Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder. Researched and transcribed 2 Aug 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHC7-2QT2 : 24 September 2021), Willem Adriaan Daniel Nel in entry for Petrus Johannes Nel, 1871. Researched and attached 4 Nov 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYYB-MRZM : 24 September 2021), Willem Adriaan Nel in entry for Diederik Johannes Nel, 1878. Researched and attached 4 Nov 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WTCC-MTT2 : 24 September 2021), Willem Adrian Daniel Nel in entry for Wilhelmina Adriana Nel, 1881. Researched and attached 4 Nov 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
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