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Daniel Nel

Born before 14 Aug 1768 in Paarl, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Son of Louis Nel and Maria (Rùsseaù) Nel

Brother of Johannes Petrus Nel, Louis Nel, Maria Nel, Gabriel Nel, Susanna (Nel) Breitenbach, Anna Elisabet (Nel) Trichardt, Hester Nel, Willem Nel and Martinus Francoijs Nel

Husband of Geesje (Steenkamp) Nel — married 30 Sep 1792 [location unknown]

Husband of Maria Catharina (van Aardt) Nel — married 20 Mar 1796 in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]

Descendants

Father of Louis Nel, Johanna Francina Nel, Maria Catharina (Nel) Buys, Christiaan Theunis Gerretze Nel, Daniel Marthinus Nel, Frans Johannes Nel, Johannes Petrus Nel, Willem Adriaan Nel, Gabriel Daniel Nel and Hester Susanna (Nel) Wepener

Died 21 Dec 1838 after age 70 in Kuikendieffontein, Somerset East, Cape Colony

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Biography

Name

Daniel ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Marthinus ^[4] Nel ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Birth

Date: Daniel was born 11 Apr 1768 ^[3] / before 14 Aug 1768 ^[2]^[6] / in 1768. ^[4]

Place: George ^[3], Dutch Cape Colony ^[3] [South Africa] ^[3] / Paarl ^[4], [Cape Province] ^[4] [South Africa] ^[4]

Parents

He was the son of Louis Nel and Maria Rossouw.^[6]^[3]

Baptism

Date: August 14, 1768 ^[2]

Place: Dutch Reformed Church Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Name: Daniel^[1]

Father's Name: Louis Nel

Mother's Name: Maria Rossouw

Witnesses: Jan Nel en Geesje Steenkamp ^[6]

Marriage

Daniël Nel's first marriage was to Gesina Steenkamp in September 1792. His second marriage was to Maria Catherina van Aarde on 20.3.1796. ^[2]

Date: September 30 1792

Groom: Daniël^[1]^[5]

Bride: Gesina Steenkamp ^[2]

Date: 20 Mar 1796 ^[2]^[7]

Place: Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope^[7]

Groom: Daniel Nel ^[7]

Bride: Maria Catherina van Aarde ^[2] / Maria Catrina van Aart ^[7] Maria Catharina van Aardt ^[1]^[5]

Children

Hester Susanna Nel^[5]

Death

Date: Daniel Marthinus passed away 21 December 1838. ^[3]^[4]

Place: on the farm Kuikendief Fontein ^[3], Upper Bushmans River ^[3], in the district of Somerset ^[3]^[4], Cape Colony ^[3] / Kwa-Zulu ^[4], Natal ^[4] / [South Africa] ^[3]

Aged: at the age of 70 years, 8 months and 10 days. ^[3]

Children

Johanna Francina Nel^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Graaff-Reinet, Baptism register, 1792-1805, page 133, entry number 1162. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, Baptisms 1792-1821, Film # 008121018 Baptism of daugther Johanna Francina Nel, 22 Dec 1799 - Graaff-Reinet, Cape of Good Hope Colony Seen and entered 24 Jun 2022 by Marco Nel
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 WikiTree profile Nel-611 created by Olga Birch 19 September 2014. Source:
- SAG Reeks by JA Heese & RTJ Lombard , Volume 6 page 125. (Seen and entered Sept 25, 2017)
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 WikiTree profile Nel-1593 was created by Leon Bezuidenhout 17 Mar 2017. (Birth date estimated from age of 70 years 8 monhts and 10 days given at time of death on death notice.) Source:
- Death notice of Daniel Nel, no. 3112/38, KAB Depot, South African National Archives, image 1195 of 2253.
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 WikiTree profile Nel-4498 created by Elizabeth (O'Neill) Tagg, 30 June 2021. Source:
- Death Certificate, Family Tree of DNA matches.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism 0f daughter Hester Susanna Nel, 4 Apr 1825 - Uitenhage, Cape Colony: 25 February 2022, > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered 01 Jul 2022 by Marco Nel
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Source:
- Baptism of Daniel Nel. “Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Drakenstein, Baptism register 1746-1775,” page 146, entry 6, familysearch.org, image 588 of 753, Database with images. Transcribed and entered on 26 May 2021 by Leon Bezuidenhout.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Source:
- Marriage record of Daniel Nel and Maria Catrina van Aart, Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 50, entry no 2. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. Transcribed by Trysie Joubert, Marelize Keyter, Marie Greyvenstein and Annatje Erasmus as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 664, Cape Archives Repository, seen and entered on 19 Mar 2017 by Leon Bezuidenhout

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