Philip Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Maria du Preez.
According
to Voortrekkerstamouers pg. 33
accompanied Trek with his uncle L J Nel in November 1837, probably departing
from Koonap, Albany. Like so many
Trekkers, the couple drew up their joint will prior to departure in 1836: (Anita Campbell)
which
indeed confirms that they were resident in Albany. What is telling for me is
that Christina lists her parents as ‘unknown’. This hints at some family
conflict (Anita Campbell).
The family Bible in our possession has the family
registers for the following three families:
Cover for
Phillipus Jacobus Nel and Christina Helena Gous 1886
|
Cover for
Stephanus Nel and Martha Lowisa Lotter.1886
|
Cover for Jacob Lotter and
Martha Louisa Prinsloo 1857
|
(Anita Campbell)
These are handwritten in Dutch
with coloured illustrations and Bible verses, usually listing two children per
page, but more elaborately one child per page in the Lotter register. I am surmising that copies of entries into
the original family Bible were made following the death of their mother, which
by tradition would have passed to the eldest son, hence explaining the
booklet-type document we have. Stephanus
Nel’s last son Stephanus was born in February 1886 (and obviously some decision
was made that this WOULD be their last child; his elder brother continued having
children). (Anita Campbell)
Name: Philip Jacobus Nel, farmer, Bird's
Spruit, Natal (record number 91)
Jury
List of Weenen County, Natal - Natal Witness 1859; Weenen, Natal Jury List,
1859
A snapshot of
where relevant families were living towards the middle of 1870 is given in the
map below:
Bird Spruit – P J Nel; Doornkloof – C P F Lotter, later his eldest son W M J Lotter
Scottspoort – P Lotter and Anna Maria Nel g1 (Gesina Maria Susanna Nel g6 died here 30 August 1885; Christina Helena Gous (P J Nel’s wife) died here 16 September 1885)
Scottsberg - Johannes Christophel Nel c3d2e6f7 his sister is Isabella Magaretha Nel x C P F Lotter
Scott’s Hoek – J N Boshoff and Cathrina Friederika Susanna Nel g9
