Phillip was die seun van Louis Nel en Isabella Potgieter.
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Philip was a Trekboer who left Cape Town for the Eastern Frontier. He settled near Graaff Reinette and later Cradock. His first wife Susanna Maria nee Botha died 6.1.1846. She bore 12 children for him. He married 18 year old Hester Johanne Nieumeester 30.1.1854. She was born 24.2.1836. At that stage he was 68 years old. They had 7 children. Philip died at age 84. His youngest child was born 5 months before he passed. (https://www.geni.com/people/Philip-Rudolph-Nel/6000000010381637604)
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