Maria (Rùsseaù) Nel
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Maria (Rùsseaù) Nel (1730 - 1769)

Maria Nel formerly Rùsseaù aka Rosseau, Rossouw
Born in Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 27 Dec 1747 in Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 38 in Swellendam, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Profile last modified | Created 21 Sep 2014
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Maria (Rùsseaù) Nel was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Maria Rossouw [1][2][3] Nel [3][4]

Birth

Date: Maria was born about 1730 [1][3] / 14 Jan 1730. [2][4]
Place: Paarl[3], Cape [Province] [3], [South Africa] [3]

Parents

She was the daughter of Pierre Rousseau and Maria Retief. [1]

Baptism

Date: 29 Jan 1730 [5][6]
Drakenstein Baptism Register den 29 Janùarij 1730 [6]
Kind: Marija; [6]
Vader: Pieter Rùsseaù; [6]
Moeder: Marija Retief; [6]
Getuies: Daniel Rùsseaù en Marija Mooije [6]

Marriage

Date: 27 December 1747 [7]
Place: Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoop [7]
Spouse: Marija Rùsseaù, daughter of Pierre Rousseau and Marie Retiff [7]
1747, den 27 Dec of 31 Dec [7]
Louis Nel van Cabo de goede hoop, jongman, burger aan Drakensteijn met [7]
Maria Rossouw van Cabo voornt., jonge dogter [7]

Death

Date: Maria passed away about 1730 [1] / about[3] 1769. [3][4]
Place: Swellendam [3], [Western Cape] [3] [South Africa] [3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WikiTree profile Rossouw-264 created by Trevor Harris, Sunday, September 21, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 WikiTree profile Rossouw-390 created by Sandra Shepherd 4 August 2015.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 WikiTree profile Rossouw-1362 created by Elizabeth (O'Neill) Tagg, 30 June 2021. Sources:
    • South African Voter index 1718-1996.
    • Family Trees of DNA matches.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 WikiTree profile Rossouw-1468 created by A (Kruger) Prinsloo 24 Nov 2021
  5. Source:
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 3 Jul 2015), "Drakenstein Baptisms 1730", baptism entry for Maria Rossouw, 26 Jan 1730; citing Cape Archives Verbatim Copies VC 603, Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk - baptism register 1730. Original registers are located in the NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G1 1/1 Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Source:
    • Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 2, entry no 8. 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 Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015; Marriage register of Louis Nel & Maria Rossouw, Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Tulbagh, Cape Province, Marriages 1744-1922, familysearch.org database with images, 8121005, image 90 of 778. Entered on 14 Aug 2021 by Leon Bezuidenhout.




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Rossouw-1468 and Rùsseaù-23 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicates.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Please add Willem Nel (bef.1763-) as son (actually vise versa - Maria Rossouw as mother). Baptism record on his profile and he is mentioned in Louis Nel's probate. I already added Louis Nel as his father.
posted by Leon Bezuidenhout
edited by Leon Bezuidenhout
I have linked mother & son...........
posted by André Laubscher
Rossouw-1362 and Rùsseaù-23 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicates
posted by Leon Bezuidenhout
Please click on the "Privacy" tab and add the COGH Project as Profile Manager

Thanks

Esmé

posted on Rossouw-264 (merged) by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rossouw-390 and Rossouw-264 appear to represent the same person because: Data of spouse confirms that this the same person
posted on Rossouw-264 (merged) by Alta (Bannink) Bekker