Catharina Elizabeth was die dogter van Gerrit Matthys Nel en Hendrina Cecilia Steenkamp.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1854:
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Kinders:
g.1. Hendrina Johanna VERMEULEN, geb. 29/06/1841 x
Gerrit Johannes Hermanus van Wyk.
g.2. Maria
Margaretha Visser VERMEULEN, geb. 29/03/1842 x Daniël Cornelis Coetzee.
g.3. Gert Matthys Nel VERMEULEN , geb. 17/04/1846,
oorl. 13/07/1884, Fraserburg, Namakwa x Hester Elizabeth Bothma xx Anna
Lucatina Esterhuyse.