Johanna Magdalena was die dogter van Barend Jacobus Nel en Magdalena Dorothea Schoeman.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1903:
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Kinders:
h.1. Magdalena Dorothea MAREE, geb. 01/06/1883, ged. 21/06/1883, Harrismith, OVS
h.2. Barend Jacobus MAREE, geb. 23/09/1888, ged. 13/01/1889, Harrismith, OVS
h. Johan David Albertus Berning MAREE, geb. 04/03/1897, ged. 04/04/1897, Harrismith, OVS
h. Genovera MAREE, geb. 19/10/1899, ged. 01/03/1900, Harrismith, OVS.