Born about in Swellendam, Cape Colony
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Daniel Johannes Nel
— married
24 Apr 1848 in Riversdal, Cape Colony, South Africa
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Susanna (Nel) van der Vyver, Sophia Catharina (Nel) van Schalkwyk, Dirk Johannes Nel, Jacobus Marthinus Nel, Daniël Johannes Nel, Gert Petrus Nel, Petronella Hermina (Nel) de Wit and Johannes Daniel Nel
Died
at about age 63
in Buffelsvlei, Ladismith, Cape Colony
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Biography
Elsje was born in 1832. When she married at Riversdale in 1848 she was living at Buffelsfontein in the Zwartberg district. She died in 1895 at Buffelsvlei where she was also buried.
Baptism
Baptised on 6 Nov 1832 by the Stellenbosch DRC. Witnesses were Adolph Johannis J...Craffort, Helena Josina Craffort.
Elsje "Elsie" Elizabeth Crafford married on 24 Apr 1848 in Riversdal, Cape Colony, South Africa to Daniel Johannes Nel. [1]
She died on 09 Nov 1895. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records 1840-1973" on FamilySearch database (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-FQ5K : 18 Mar 2021), Elsje Elizabeth Crafford in entry for Daniel Johanna Nel, 1848
- ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records 1840-1972" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLX3-WLGK : 10 Mar 2021) citing National Archives in Pretoria, South Africa; FHL#1,768,662; for Elsie Elizabeth Nel, d: 09 Nov 1895, Ladismith, Cape Province, South Africa
- South Africa, Cape Province, Records of the Master of the High Court 1834-1989
- Baptism: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFR1-B6K : Sun Mar 10 18:50:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Elsje Elisabeth Craffort and Dirk Johannis Albertus Gerhardus Craffort, 06 Nov 1832. Added by Sharon Rabie on 9/4/2024.
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N Gauthier
Crafford-237 and Crafford-105 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same husband
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Dunbar) Neely (abt.1831-)
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