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Willem Nel 1805–1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Feb 1805

Birth Location: South Africa

Death Date: 24 May 1877

Death Location: Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa

Father: Pieter Nel

Mother: Helena Olivier

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Willem Nel was born in 1805 in South Africa, the child of Pieter Willem Jeremias Nel And Helena Martha Olivier. Willem Nel passed away in 1877 in Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Willem Nel was born in 1805 in South Africa, the child of Pieter Willem Jeremias Nel And Helena Martha Olivier.
  • Willem Nel passed away in 1877 in Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa.

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Willem Nel's Ancestors

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Willem Nel
1805–1877
Birth Place: South Africa
Parents
Pieter Willem Jeremias Nel
1765–
Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
Helena (Martha) Olivier
1776–1806
Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa
Grandparents
Jan (Hendrik) Nel
1718–1767
Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
Gesina (Geesje) Steenkamp
1723–1767
Drakenstein, Paarl, Cape Colony South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Jean (Nell)
1687–1740
Susanna Fourie
1694–1762
Jan Steenkamp
1692–1762
Johanna Eck
1705–1772
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Louis PROG
1669–1750
Suzanne Cordier
1681–1715

Willem Nel's Timeline

2 Records

1805
3 Feb 1805
Birth of Willem Nel in South Africa
South Africa
1877
24 May 1877
Age 72
Death of Willem Nel in Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa
Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1805
    Event Place: South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1877
    Event Place: Liebenbergsvlei, Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa

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