Born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Cornelis Potgieter
and Rachel Lea (Meyer) Potgieter
Sister of
Maria Potgieter, Johannes Potgieter, Johannes Petrus Theodorus Potgieter, Aletta Maria (Potgieter) Muller, Isaac Hermanus Potgieter and Lucas Gerhardus Potgieter
Wife of
Johannes Hendrik Adriaan Nel
— married
9 Feb 1828 in Riebeeck West, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Rachelea (Nel) Botha, Martha Sophia Christina (Nel) Engelbrecht, Aletta Maria Johanna Elizabeth Nel, Johannes Hendrick Adrian Nel, Gesina Sophia (Nel) Janse van Rensburg and Okkerina Cornelia Martha Susanna (Nel) Marais
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Rachel Jacomina Johanna was born in 1812. Baptised 16 August 1812 Graaff Reinett Cape Colony
She Marries x Johannes Hendrik Adriaan Nel Baptised 21 December 1806
Birth
- Date: 1 May 1812[1]
Baptism
- Date: 22 Aug 1812[1]
- Place: Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony[1]
- [1] 'tKind Rachel Jacomina Johanna
- Geb den 1 Meij 1812
- veldcornet Salomon Ferera
- ouders Cornelis Potgieter
- Rachel Lea Meijer
- Getuigen Anthonie Michael Múlder
- Alettha Maria Potgieter verder
- Johs Petrus Theodoris Potgieter
- Johs harmanús Pieterze
- Johanna Catharina Landman
Children
- Martha Sophia Christina Nel [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, Baptisms 1792-1821. Film # 008121018, Image 452 of 776: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-D92P-N?i=451&cat=993779. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-10-03.
- ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice of daugther Martha Sophia Christina Nel, 30 Apr 1850: 27 April 2020, 007844937 > image 2130 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Seen and entered Nov 1, 2021 by Marco Nel
- Death notice of daughter: Familysearch Image 792 Death Notice 22415 Transvaal Supreme Court 1869-1958. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSLS-1?i=2129&cc=2517051&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPQ1-Z7K5
- Potgieter Page 22: https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/13941438/feb-2006-uitgawe-dog-on-blues-studio
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Deirdre (Helberg) Snook
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T2b4, FTDNA kit #B608495
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jeanine Coetzer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DH6649263 [compare], yourDNAportal JEA31d3bf32, Ancestry member jeaninec650919
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~1.56%
Gavin Roux :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF6426644 [compare], Ancestry member roux_g5
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~0.78%
Johannes Jacobus Nel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AS5165956 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN64379
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~0.78%
Johannes Jooste :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch B548505 [compare]
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Norman Johnson
Nel-2972 and Potgieter-2598 appear to represent the same person because: Same Person : LNAB = Potgieter
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by Norman Johnson
Norman Johnson
Merge of Nel-2972 and Potgieter-2598 Completed
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by Norman Johnson
Rejected matches › Jacomina Aletta (Nel) Botha (1869-1943)
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