Willem Nel
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Willem Nel (1717 - abt. 1790)

Willem Nel
Born in Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop,map
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 12 Jan 1755 in Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 72 in Cabo de Goede Hoop,map
Profile last modified | Created 29 May 2014
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Biography

Name

Willem [1][2][3] Jansz [3] Nel [1][2][3]

Birth

Date: Willem was born before 25 Apr 1717. [1][2][3]
Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [2][3]

Parents

He is the son of Jean Néel and Susanna Fourie. [1][4]

Baptism

Date: 25 Apr 1717 [5][3][4]
Place: Register at NGK [5] Stellenbosch [5][3], Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [3]
"Willem, d'Vader Jan Nel, [4] d'Moeder Sùsanna Fleùri,[4] getù Willem Nel en Jannetie Labat" [4][5]

Marriage

Date: 12 January 1755 [5][6]
Place: Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa][6] / NGK Drakenstein [5]
Groom: Willem Nel[6][5][7]
Bride: Susanna Lombaart (wed:w wyle Jonath: [Duran][6] / Susanna Lombard [5][7]

Children

Willem Nel [7]

Residence

Date: 1760 [3]
Place: Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [3]

Death

Date: 1764 [2][5]
Place: Cape, [South Africa] [2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WikiTree profile Nel-519 created by JJ Nel, Thursday, May 29, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 WikiTree profile Nel-827 created by Peter Lombard through the import of Lombard.ged on Mar 3, 2015. Sources:
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Added (Imported data from GEDCOM upload #169860, Person P1196) by Hazel Hanslow, 31 August 2020. Sources:
    • Baptism & Name: Willem Jansz Nel #S1668728979 State Archives; Cape Province, South Africa; South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 Ancestry Record 60152 #18371
    • Residence: #S1668920993 Ancestry Record 60671 #217056
    • File: Media Format: jpg. Nel, Willem-25 Apr 1717.
    • S-1853996784 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree: #30277883
    • S1668728979 South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60152
    • S1668920993 South Africa, Voter Indexes, 1719-1996 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60671
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism Willem Nel, 25 Apr 1717: 16 August 2019, South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1688-1732 > image 65 of 143; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered Oct 25, 2021 by Marco Nel
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Source:
    • National Archives of South Africa: Cape archives Added by Alta Bekker May 12, 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Source :
    • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, 1694-1976, Marriages 1717-1869 Image 25
    Seen & added 17 Feb 2023 by André Laubscher.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Items 4 - 9, Baptisms 1664-1799, Image 568, Film # 008120997 Baptism of son Willem Nel, 26 Feb 1764 - Paarl, Cabo de Goede Hoop Seen and entered Jan 29, 2023 by Marco Nel




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