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Louis Nel 1801–1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef 10 May 1801

Birth Location: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 30 Nov 1872

Death Location: Orange Free State, South Africa

Father: Louis Nel

Mother: Anna Plessis

Spouse(s): Maria Klerk

Children(s): Susanna Nel

Louis Nel was born in 1801 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of Louis Nel And Anna Catharina Dorothea Du Plessis. Louis Nel married Maria Elizabeth De Klerk, and had children including Susanna Maria Nel. Louis Nel passed away in 1872 in Orange Free State, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Louis Nel was born in 1801 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of Louis Nel And Anna Catharina Dorothea Du Plessis.
  • Louis Nel married Maria Elizabeth De Klerk, and had children including Susanna Maria Nel.
  • Louis Nel passed away in 1872 in Orange Free State, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Louis Nel
1767–1816
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Anna Plessis
1771–1816
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Maria Klerk
1810–
Birth Location: Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Children(s)

Susanna Nel
1829–1869
Birth Location: Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Louis Nel's Ancestors

Self
Louis Nel
1801–1872
Birth Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Louis Nel
1767–1816
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Anna (Catharina Dorothea du) Plessis
1771–1816
Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa
Grandparents
Jan Nel
1718–1779
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Geesje Steenkamp
1723–1767
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Louis Nel's Descendants

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Louis Nel (Bef 10 May 1801–30 Nov 1872) m. Maria (Elizabeth De) Klerk (6 Sep 1810–)
  1. 1. Susanna (Maria) Nel 1829–1869 m. Wynand (Carel) Scholtz 1824–1873
    1. 1. Eva (Catharina) Scholtz 1851–1888 m. Jacobus (Johannes) Fick 1847–1913
      1. 1. Wynand (Carel) Fick 1870–1904 m. Hester (Margaretha) Kotzé 1869–1901
        1. 1. Eva (Catharina) Fick 1892–1976 m. Gert (van der) Walt 1883–1957

Louis Nel's Timeline

3 Records

1801
Bef 10 May 1801
Birth of Louis Nel in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1801
10 May 1801
Louis Nel was christened in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1872
30 Nov 1872
Age 71
Death of Louis Nel in Orange Free State, South Africa
Orange Free State, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bef 10 May 1801
    Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 10 May 1801
    Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Nov 1872
    Event Place: Orange Free State, South Africa
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