g.1. Susanna NEL, geb. 20/01/1822, ged. 30/05/1822

g.1.  Susanna, geb. 20/01/1822, ged. 30/05/1822, Uitenhage, oorl. 05/12/1880 x 24/04/1841, Ladysmith met Jacobus Johannes ODENDAAL, geb. 19/10/1817, Stellenbosch, oorl. 25/08/1898, s.v. Johannes Casparus Odendaal en Susanna Engela Odendaal.

Susanna was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

Name Susanna Nel
Sex Female
Birth Date 20 Jan 1822
Parent Name Johanna Petrus Nel
Second Parent's Name Susanna Nel
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 30 May 1822
Event Place Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XH6-RQ9T?lang=en

Kinders:

h.1. Susanna Engela ODENDAAL, geb. 1842, oorl. 1905 x Potgieter

h.2. Johannes Casparus ODENDAAL, geb. 1844, oorl. 1924

h.3. Johannes Petrus ODENDAAL, geb. 1846, oorl. 1918

h.4. Susarah Johanna ODENDAAL, geb. 1848, oorl. 1922 x Naude

h.5. Jacobus Johannes ODENDAAL, geb. 1851, oorl. 1932

h.6. Maria Jacoba Magdalena ODENDAAL, geb. 1854, oorl. 1933

h.7. Cecilia Johanna ODENDAAL, geb. 1854, oorl. 1931 x Meyer

h.8. Anna Margaretha ODENDAAL, geb. 1855

h.9. Judith Margaretha Magdalena ODENDAAL, geb. 1861, oorl. 1915

g.2. Johannes Petrus NEL, geb. 31/05/1824, ged. 04/10/1824

g.2.  Johannes Petrus, geb. 31/05/1824, ged. 04/10/1824, Uitenhage.

Johannes Petrus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel

g.3. Maria Jacoba NEL, geb. 01/01/1826, ged. 22/05/1826

g.3.  Maria Jacoba, geb. 01/01/1826, ged. 22/05/1826, Somerset-Oos, oorl. 11/01/1894, Rondehoek, dist. Winburg x  c. 1846 met Zacharias KOEKEMOER, geb. 22/06/1823, oorl. 24/08/1893, s.v. Diederik Johannes Koekemoer en Hilletje Magdalena Pretorius.

Maria Jacoba was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

Die volgende aanhaling uit Gustav Bauman se biografie *The Lost Republic The Biography of a Land Surveyor: It was in this year (1885) that I first met old Mr. Zacharias Koekemoer. Oom Zacharias had been a boy of six years old when his parents, and the parents of his future wife – the Nels – had trekked over the Drakensberg to Natal. Crossing the Berg, a wagon went over the little Nel girl's leg and broke it. This incident saved the Nel and Koekemoer families from being massacred at Weenen, as they were in the same party as the people murdered there by the Zulu Impis. They stayed together on the Berg until the child's leg had healed, then trekked on together and eventually settled on the Tugela. The Koekemoers lived at Rondehoek, near Senekal. (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BUITENPOSTEN/2008-04/1209200280)

Daar is verder 'n mooi storie oor 'n onderwyser wat in Natal vir Zacharias en ander kinders skoolgehou het. Die man was 'n rondreisende messelaar wat nadat hy blind geraak het, begin skoolhou het. Koekemoer is na die tweede dag vebied om terug te gaan skool-toe nadat hy 'n vlieg wat op die slapende onderwyser se neus gesit het met 'n stukkie bamboes en 'n klippie probeer afskiet het. Baumann was beindruk daarmee dat die ou man could read the Bible fluently, and could write a letter in Afrikaans, which astonished me, as I knew the difficulty the Voortrekkers had to get their children education at all. Die ou man het genoem dat hy sy geleerdheid van sy moeder gekry het, siende dat sy nie ongeletterd was nie. (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BUITENPOSTEN/2008-04/1209200280)

Dan is daar ook twee stories oor twee baie onafgeronde ou tannies – Baumann kry een se man eendag in die veld en vra hom wat maak hy daar. Hy antwoord: I don't know what has come over old Betty. She told me to catch a ewe. I could'nt – I am too old – so she just swore at me and drove away, saying I could walk home. And that's to far! Luckily this type of woman was in the minority. Most of our pioneer womenfolk were like old Mrs. Koekemoer, who was a thorough lady, every inch of her five feet. I shall never forget how, whenever I arrived at the farm, she took my keys from me and overhauled every bit of my clothing – darning my socks, mending my shirts and seeing to the washing and ironing of my soiled linen. She was a good little mother to all her guests and the whole neighbourhood. There were scores of other women like Mrs. Koekemoer all over the country.(http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BUITENPOSTEN/2008-04/1209200280)

MJ SK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X92S-SP7?cc=3040532&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A7B43-BTMM

Kinders:

h.1. Susanna Maria KOEKEMOER, geb. 1847, oorl. 1923

h.2. Joachim Marthinus KOEKEMOER, geb. 1849, oorl. 1910

h.3. Johannes Petrus KOEKEMOER, geb. 1851

h.4. Neeltje Cornelia Susanna KOEKEMOER, geb. 1853, oorl. 1912

h.5. Maria Jacoba KOEKEMOER, geb. 1855, oorl. 1928

h.6. Zacharias Johannes KOEKEMOER, geb. 1857, oorl. 1927

h.7. Heila Magdalena KOEKEMOER, geb. 1859, oorl. 1937

h.8. Louis Jacobus KOEKEMOER, geb. 1862, oorl. 1909

h.9. Philippus Johannes KOEKEMOER, geb. 1865

g.4. Louis Jacobus NEL, geb. 05/11/1827, ged. 24/02/1828

g.4.  Louis Jacobus, geb. 05/11/1827, ged. 24/02/1828, oorl. 09/10/1894 x 17/03/1856, Pietermaritzburg met Martha Maria Adriana VERMAAK, geb. 14/02/1834, oorl. 09/03/1887, Natal, d.v. Jacobus Stephanus Vermaak en Johanna Salomina Pienaar.

Louis Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

Name Loùies Jacobus Nell
Birth Date 5 Nov 1827
Parent Name Susanna Nell
Second Parent's Name Johannis Petrus Nell
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 24 Feb 1828
Event Place Somerset, Cape Colony, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6LJJ-YB6W?lang=en

Name Louis Jacobus Nel
Sex Male
Age 28
Spouse's Name Martha Maria Adriana Vermaak
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 20
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 17 Mar 1856
Event Place Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 830
Microfilm Number 1259158
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g.5. Philippus Jacobus NEL, geb. 05/04/1830, ged, 04/10/1830

g.5.  Philippus Jacobus, geb. 05/04/1830, ged, 04/10/1830, Somerset-Oos.

Philippus Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel

g.6. Cecilia Johanna NEL, geb. 30/02/1832, ged. 27/01/1833

g.6.  Cecilia Johanna, geb. 30/02/1832, ged. 27/01/1833, Somerset-Oos, oorl. 05/03/1868 x 12/02/1855 Pietermartizburg met Cornelis Johannes VERMAAK, geb.  1829 , oorl. 08/1879, s.v. Izaak Cornelis Johannes Vermaak en Dorothea Johanna Laas.

Cecilia Johanna was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

Kinders:

h.1.  Izaak Cornelis Johannes VERMAAK, geb.  1856, oorl. 1936

h.2.  Johannes Petrus VERMAAK, geb.  1858

h.3.  Susanna Maria Catharina VERMAAK, geb.  1860, oorl. 1932

h.4.  Dorothea Susara Johanna VERMAAK, geb.  1862

h.5.  Cornelis Johannes VERMAAK, geb.  1864, oorl. 1882

h.6.  Louis Jakobus VERMAAK, geb.  1866

g.7. Isabella Maria Johanna NEL, geb. 11/02/1836, ged. 28/08/1836

 g.7.  Isabella Maria Johanna, geb. 11/02/1836, ged. 28/08/1836, Glen Lynden.

Isabella Maria Johanna was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel

g.9. Johannes Petrus (vroulik) NEL, geb. 12/12/1840, ged. 25/04/1841

g.9.  Johannes Petrus (vroulik), geb. 12/12/1840, ged. 25/04/1841, Pietermaritzburg x 10/01/1860 met Gert Helgert VAN ROOYEN, geb. 14/03/1838, oorl. 25/07/1905, s.v. Lucas Marthinus van Rooyen en Aletta Johanna Potgieter.

Johannes Petrus was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

Kinders:

h.1.  Lukas Marthinus Johannes VAN ROOYEN, geb. 1861, oorl. 1916

h.2. Susanna Maria VAN ROOYEN, geb. 04/01/1864, oorl. 08/10/1930 x Jan Thomas Martens.

h.3.  Aletta Johanna Catharina VAN ROOYEN, geb. 21/10/1865 x Pretorius.

h.4.  Johannes Petrus VAN ROOYEN, geb. 1867, oorl. 1941

h.5.  Louis Jacobus Nel VAN ROOYEN, geb. 08/01/1870

h.6.  Maria Katharina VAN ROOYEN, geb. 19/02/1872

h.7.  Cecilia Johanna VAN ROOYEN, geb. 1875, oorl. 1930

h.8.  Gert Hilgard VAN ROOYEN, geb. 10/08/1877

h.9. Philip Jacobus Nel VAN ROOYEN, geb. 17/09/1880, oorl. 1926

h.10.  Jacomina Aletta VAN ROOYEN, geb. 13/10/1883

g.10. Philippus Jacobus NEL, geb. 02/01/1844, ged. 14/06/1844

g.10.  Philippus Jacobus, geb. 02/01/1844, ged. 14/06/1844,  Pietermaritzburg, oorl. 21/12/1899 x 06/11/1867, Hermannsburg, Natal met  Aletta Catharina Johanna VAN ROOYEN, geb. c. 1857, oorl. 09/09/1919, Kranskop, d.v. Lucas Marthinus van Rooyen en Aletta Johanna Potgieter.

Philippus Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Susanna Nel.

f.1. Johannes Petrus NEL, ged. 24/06/1798

f.1.  Johannes Petrus, ged. 24/06/1798, Swellendam x 07/01/1821, Uitenhage met Susanna NEL, geb. 04/09/1801, ged. 28/02/1802, Tulbagh, d.v. Louis Jacobus Nel en Susanna du Preez.

Johannes Petrus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Maria du Preez.

Name Johannes Petrus Nel
Father's Name Johannes Petrus Nel
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Maria Du Preez
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 24 Jun 1798
Event Place South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PGF-2Q2X

Name Johannis Petrus Nel
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Susanna Nel
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 7 Jan 1821
Event Place Cape Colony, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Cape Province, South Africa
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f.2. Maria Johanna Elizabeth NEL, ged. 10/11/1801

f.2.  Maria Johanna Elizabeth, ged. 10/11/1801.

Maria Johanna Elizabeth was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Maria du Preez.

f.3. Philip Jacobus NEL, geb. 04/08/1803, ged. 09/10/1803

f.3.  Philip Jacobus, geb. 04/08/1803, ged. 09/10/1803, oorl. 28/03/1876, Welgevonden, Utrecht, Natal x 06/12/1829, Uitenhage met Christina Helena GOUWS, geb. 11/03/1811, ged. 25/04/1811, Scottspoort, Weenen, begr. 18/09/1885, d.v. Stephanus Gouws en Anna Maria Strydom.

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:

https://mapcarta.com/14391594/Map - provided by Anita Campbell
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

f.4. Susanna NEL, geb. 29/07/1811, ged. 03/03/1813

f.4.  Susanna, geb. 29/07/1811, ged. 03/03/1813, Swellendam.

Susanna was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Maria du Preez.

f.6. Susanna Maria NEL, geb. 1818

f.6.  Susanna Maria, geb.  1818, oorl. 01/01/1878 x 16/03/1831 met Lodewyk Petrus DE JAGER, geb. 31/08/1816, s.v. Frederik Johannes de Jager en Susanna Catharina Meyer.

Susanna was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Maria du Preez.

Kinders: 

g.1.  Maria Isabella Cecilia Johanna DE JAGER, geb. 1839, oorl. 1918

g.2.  Frederik Johannes DE JAGER, geb. 1841, oorl. 1898

g.3.  Johannes DE JAGER, geb. 1843, oorl. 1917

g.4.  Lodewyk DE JAGER, geb. 1844

g.5.  Izaak Johannes DE JAGER, geb. 1846, oorl. 1907

g.6.  Philippus Jacobus DE JAGER, geb. 1846, oorl. 1921

g.7.  Andreas Petrus DE JAGER, geb. 1848, oorl. 1934