Familie-legkaart: 10/20/16

h.1. Philip Jacobus NEL, geb. 12/05/1871, ged. 23/07/1871

h.1. Philip Jacobus, geb. 12/05/1871, ged. 23/07/1871, Weenen, Natal, oorl. 30/10/1905 x 23/12/1896, Bremerdorp, Swaziland met Florence Louise Natalie KESTELL, geb. 30/03/1874, oorl. 23/03/1934, Boschrand, Nelspruit, d.v. Cornelis Benjamin Kestell en Cornelia Aletta Marais.

Philip Jacobus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Name Phillipe Jacobus Nell
Sex Male
Age 25 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Spouse's Name Florence Louise Natalie Kestell
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 22 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1874
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
23 December 1896
Event Place
Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Bremersdorp, Swazieland, Transvaal, South Africa
Certificate Number 12
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH5-4XKR?lang=en

Sy naam kom nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1910 nie.

Sy naam kom nie voor in hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1924 nie.

(Anita Campbell)

His sons all served with the Piet Retief commando. Philip Jacobus Nel and Jacob Louis Poklenberg Nel surrendered together with him. Stephanus Christiaan Nel and Willem Martinus Johannes Nel surrendered 1 March 1901. The family lived together at Volksrust until his sons joined the National Scouts. (Anita Campbell)

He put in a compensation claim:

1903 CLAIMS COMPENSATION PROTECTED BURGHER WAKKERSTROOM AND PIET RETIEF. PHILLIP JACOBUS NELL. Surrendered from the Piet Retief Commando at Sandbank on 19 Feb 1901 with his father and brother.

His wife put in a claim (or possibly pursuing claim of husband who had died?):

DESCRIPTION CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. PROTECTED BURGHERS. WAKKERSTROOM. MRS. FLORENCE LOUISE (WIDOW) NELL. STARTING 1903 ENDING 1904 TAB REFERENCE CJC260

Note: This compensation claim has not yet been investigated (note conflict with DOD 1905).

On her death notice, date of death for Philip Jacobus Nell is given as 30 October 1905. (Anita Campbell)

h.2. Martha Louisa NEL, geb. 01/05/1873, ged. 18/05/1873

h.2. Martha Louisa geb. 01/05/1873, ged. 18/05/1873, Weenen. Jonk dood.

Martha Louisa was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Haar naam kom nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1910 nie.

Haar naam kom nie voor in hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1924 nie.

h.3. Jacob Louis Poklenberg NEL, geb. 20/01/1875, ged. 20/06/1875

h.3. Jacob Louis Poklenberg, geb. 20/01/1875, ged. 20/06/1875, Weenen, Natal oorl. 09/02/1932, Rustplaats, Piet Retief x 05/03/1895, Ermelo met Maria Isabella Cecilia Johanna DE JAGER, geb. 1877, d.v. Johannes Petrus de Jager en Catharina Elizabeth Margaretha Breytenbach (geskei) xx 18/04/1931 met Catharina Susanna JOUBERT, geb. 1885. MICJDJ xx Frans Jacob Lourens Roberts. CSJ voorheen x Barend Willem Jacobus Steenkamp.

Jacob Louis Poklenberg was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Name Jacob Louis Paklenberg Nel
Sex Male
Age 20 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Spouse's Name Maria Isabella Cecilia Johanna De Jager
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 18 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1877
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
5 March 1895
Event Place
Ermelo, Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
Certificate Number 11
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHP-YQSM

1903 CLAIMS COMPENSATION PROTECTED BURGHER PIET RETIEF AND WAKKERSTROOM. JACOB LOUIS VOLKENBERG NEL, JACOB LOUIS POCKLEBERG NEL CJC 250

Surrendered Sandbank 19th Feb 1901and arrived at Volksrust camp 16 March 1901 where he remained for a year. In March 1902 joined the Intelligence Corps and remained with them till the end of the war. Took the oath of Allegiance at Volksrust 16 August 1902. His wife’s name is given as Maria Isabella Cecilia; address Derby Piet Retief; she was a witness to goods claimed in 1903. There were then 2 minor children.

Remarks of commission: the claimant surrendered due to ‘wounds’ but ARM noted this was ‘not correct’. The claimant was deserving of consideration, but no payment was to be made until his claims and those of his father’s, whose receipts seemed to have become confused, were carefully investigated.

1915 THE MASTER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (TRANSVAAL ROVINCIAL DIVISION) IN RE THE INSOLVENT ESTATE OF JACOB LOUIS POCKLENBERG NELL

1915 LAND SALE. INSOLVENT ESTATE OF JACOB LOUIS POCKLENBERG NELL.TAB REF 483/1915

1929 DIVORCE. JACOB LOUIS PAKLENBERG NEL VERSUS MARIA ISABELLA CECILIA JOHANNA NEL (DE JAGER)

Maria Isabella Cecilia Johanna de Jager Nell (divorced) living Amsterdam x 3 Jul 1929 Ermelo Frans Jacob Lourens Roberts living Amsterdam (Anita Campbell)

Name Jacob Louis Pocklenberg Nell
Sex Male
Age 56 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Spouse's Name
Catharina Johanna Joubert Steenkamp
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 46 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
18 April 1931
Event Place Piet Retief, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika
Event Place (Original) Piet Retief, Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa
Certificate Number 7
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCM-4MQB?lang=en

JLP SK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-T96J-9?i=863&cc=2520237

Name Jacob Louis Pocklenberg Nell
Sex Male
Age 58
Birth Year (Estimated) 1874
Event Type Death
Event Date 9 Feb 1932
Event Place Rustplaats, Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7W2G-C8PZ?lang=en

h.4. Johannes Petrus NEL, geb. 20/11/1876, ged. 04/03/1877

h.4. Johannes Petrus, geb. 20/11/1876, ged. 04/03/1877, Utrecht. Waarskynlik jonk dood.

Johannes Petrus was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Sy naam kom nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1910 nie.

Sy naam kom nie voor in hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1924 nie.

h.5. Stephanus Christiaan NEL, geb. 09/09/1878, ged. 13/10/1878

h.5. Stephanus Christiaan, geb. 09/09/1878, Rivierplaats, Utrecht, ged. 13/10/1878, Utrecht, oorl. 25/11/1945, Ermelo, Tvl x 18/06/1907, Ermelo Tvl. met Maria Magdalena VENTER, geb. 07/08/1885, Vrede, OVS, oorl. 18/06/1926, d.v. Jan Adriaan Venter en Maria Magdalena Olivier xx 18/01/1927, Amersfoort, Tvl met Hester Susanna Maria COETZER, geb. 1907, d.v. Christiaan Willem Coetzer en Hendrina Gertruida du Preez xxx 04/08/1934, Ermelo, Tvl met Johanna Christina BERRY, geb. 1913, d.v. William Arthur Berry en Martha Maria Magdalena Johanna Scheepers.

Stephanus Christiaan was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

1903 CLAIMS COMPENSATION. PROTECTED BURGHERS. WAKKERSTROOM. STEPHANUS CHRISTIAAN NELL Employed in Plumer’s column. The claimant was considered deserving by virtue of his services rendered to the British (Anita Campbell)

Name Stepfanus Christiaan Nell
Sex Male
Age 28 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1879
Spouse's Name Maria Magdalena Venter
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 21 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 18 June 1907
Event Place Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-4M3W

(Anita Campbell)

(Anita Campbell)

Name Stephanus Christiaan Nell
Sex Male
Age 44 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Spouse's Name Hester Susanna Coetzer
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 20 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1907
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 18 January 1927
Event Place Amersfoort, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Amersfoort, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWY-6VWX?lang=en

Name Stephanus Christiaan Nell
Sex Male
Age 54 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
Spouse's Name Johanna Christina Berry
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 21 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1913
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
4 August 1934
Event Place Ermelo, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika
Event Place (Original) Ermelo, Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
Certificate Number 20
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZC9-TS5S?lang=en

Name Stephanus Christiaan Nell
Sex Male
Age 67 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1878
Event Type Death
Event Date
25 November 1945
Event Place Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W439-GFZM

h.6. Willem Matheus Johannes NEL, geb. 28/12/1880, ged. 16/02/1881

h.6. Willem Matheus Johannes, geb. 28/12/1880, ged. 16/02/1881, dist. Utrecht, oorl. 12/01/1965, Pretoria x 10/07/1906, Piet Retief met Maria Magdalena VAN DER LINDE, geb. 28/07/1889, oorl. 23/03/1952, d.v. Christoffel van der Linde en Hester Christina Viljoen xx 01/04/1954, Piet Retief, Tvl met Maria Francina Elizabeth PIENAAR, geb. 11/10/1886, d.v. Frederik Johannes Pienaar en Anna Rosina Petronella Veldman.

Willem Matheus Johannes was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

He surrendered Piet Retief town 1^st March 1901 and was sent to Volksrust, where he remained until 26 November 1901. Joined the Looting Corps and remained with them until 14 Feb 1902. He then became a Guide. Unmarried and lived with his father at Kromrivier; and when his father left for Natal he lived with Piet Uys. His livestock was claimed together with his father’s and for which he had received £54 from his father. This required close investigation since the claimant was still on commando when his father obtained the receipt for their combined livestock. (Anita Campbell)

Name Willem Mattheus Johannes Nell
Sex Male
Age 25 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
Spouse's Name Maria Magdalena Van Der Linde
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 17 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1889
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 July 1906
Event Place Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Piet Relief, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-FVP6?lang=en

(Anita Campbell)

We know that his father J P Nell died at Idalia in 1910 and therefore deduce that WMJ Nell rebuilt his life after the war on this farm. (Anita Campbell)

1919 ALLOTMENT TO WMJ NEL OF THE HOLDING COMPRISING PORTION "Q" OF THE FARM "IDALIA" NO 108, DISTRICT PIET RETIEF.

1919 ALLOTMENT TO AMJ NELL OF HOLDING COMPRISING PORTION "T" OF FARM "IDALID" 108, PIET RETIEF AND ALLOTMENT TO AMJ NELL OF PORTION "D" OF THE SAME FARM.

Name Willem Mattheus Johannes Nel
Sex Male
Age 73 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
Spouse's Name Maria Franzina Elizabeth Broodryk
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 67 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1887
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
1 April 1954
Event Place
Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Piet Retief, Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa
Certificate Number 4
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCM-P938?lang=en

Name Willem Mattheus Johannes Nel
Sex Male
Age 84
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
Birthplace Utrecht
Event Type Death
Event Date 12 Jan 1965
Event Place Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Algemene, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CB2-5WX2?lang=en

h.7. Christina Helena NEL, geb. 25/11/1882, ged. 21/01/1883

h.7. Christina Helena, geb. 25/11/1882, ged. 21/01/1883, Utrecht x 14/05/1907, Piet Retief, Tvl met Izak Johannes DE JAGER, geb. 1883 van Vaalbank 94, Ermelo.

Christina Helena was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Name Izak Johannes De Jager
Sex Male
Age 24
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Spouse's Name Christina Helena Nell
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 14 May 1907
Event Place Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Piet Retief, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5X-T3DR?lang=en

(Anita Campbell)

h.8. Johanna Petronella NEL, geb. 16/09/1884, ged. 20/02/1886

h.8. Johanna Petronella, geb. 16/09/1884, ged. 20/02/1886, dist. Utrecht, oorl. 30/05/1953 x 29/12/1905 met Daniël Frederik VENTER, geb. 21/06/1879, Bethlehem, OVS, oorl. 28/12/1955, begr. Ermelo, s.v. Jan Adriaan Venter en Maria Magdalena Olivier.

Johanna Petronella was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Name Daniel Frederik Venter
Sex Male
Age 24 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1879
Spouse's Name Johanna Petronella Nell
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 19 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1884
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 December 1903
Event Place Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Piet Retief, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5XG-7HMM?lang=en

(Anita Campbell)

Kinders:

i.. Johanna Petronella VENTER, geb. 1905, oorl. 1994

h.9. Elizabeth Laureta NEL, geb. 16/11/1887, ged. 22/06/1888

h.9. Elizabeth Lauretta, geb. 16/11/1887, ged. 22/06/1888, dist. Wakkerstroom, Oos-Tvl x 10/09/1907, Piet Retief, Tvl met Gerhardus Johannes SWART, geb. 10/03/1878, oorl. 02/08/1928, Bartlow, Ubombo, Zululand, s.v. Pieter Hendrik Swart en Susara Susanna Elizabeth Erasmus.

Elizabeth Laureta was die dogter van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.

Kinders:

i.1. Johanna Petronella SWART, geb. 21/08/1908 x 18/12/1928, Zululand met Hendrik Jacobus Nel

i.2. Susara Susanna Elizabeth SWART, geb. 1911

i.3. Pieter Hendrik SWART, geb. 27/09/1913

i.4. Elizabeth Lauretta SWART, geb. 20/05/1916

i.5. Johannes Petrus SWART, geb. 14/04/1919

i.6. Susanna Elizabeth SWART, geb. 11/02/1922

i.7. Gerhardus Jacobus SWART, geb. 31/01/1924

i.8. Philip Jacobus SWART, geb. 15/06/1927

g.1. Anna Maria NEL, geb. 14/05/1831, ged. 18/10/1831

g.1. Anna Maria, geb. 14/05/1831, Pietermaritzburg, ged. 18/10/1831, oorl. 24/07/1930, Estcourt, Natal x 28/07/1856, Weenen met Philip Pieter LOTTER, geb. 25/03/1828, oorl. 24/11/1900, s.v. Christoffel Petrus Francois Lotter en Isabella Margaretha Nel.

Anna Maria was die dogter van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Name Anna Maria Nell
Birth Date 14 May 1831
Parent Name Christina Helena Gaùs or Garīs
Second Parent's Name Philippùs Jacobùs Nell
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 18 Oct 1831
Event Place South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6LNG-7GFF

Name Philip Petrus Lotter
Sex Male
Age 28
Spouse's Name Anna Maria Nel
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 26
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Jul 1856
Event Place Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 862
Microfilm Number 1259158
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCK-6Z5?lang=en

Mej. Nel het met Mnr. Philip Lotter van die plaas Doornkloof naby Middelrus getrou. In die vroeë deel van hulle getroude lewe, het hulle maar swaar gekry en het sy vertel hoe sy vir 'n geruime tyd ander mense se wasgoed moes doen om geld te kry om haar eie seep te koop. Deur baie spaarsamig te lewe en onder andere suksesvol met beeste te boer, het dit nie vir hulle lank geneem om hulle eie finansieële posisie aansienlik te verbeter nie. (Anita Campbell)

His assets are given as 6 farms in the Weenen division, 400 cattle, 1400 sheep, wagons, farming implements etc. amounting to about £20 000. (Anita Campbell)

(Anita Campbell)

At the time of her death Anna Maria had effectively disposed of, or allocated, all the immoveable assets. She was survived by her grandchildren (children of Christina Helena van Rooyen) and great-grandsons by Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen.

Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen of Escourt. He is given 300 acres of the farm Buffelshoek or Mormond, district Weenen.

Philip Petrus Lotter van Rooyen received the subdivision of farm Doornkloof named Doornkloof. He was married to Jacoba Elizabeth de Villiers and they had 3 daughters. Both are buried at Doornkloof. Their daughter. Hester Petronella was married to Jacobus Kruger Rautenbach who died10 March 1955 and is buried at Doornkloof.

Roelof Johannes Jurgen van Rooyen received the farm portion of Doornkloof now known as Morgenson. He was also given about 142 acres of the farm Scottspoort as well as 560 acres of the farm Buffelshoek (or Mormond) that lies adjacent to Scottspoort

Christina Helena de Wet of Vryheid to receive £800.

In a further codicil dated 8th July 1927, she stated that she has sold Cyferfontein and that the two great grandchildren Roelof Johannes Jurgens van Rooyen and Johannes Stephanus Boshof van Rooyen should therefore receive £800 shared between them.

She bequeaths a sum of £800 to be paid to Christina Helena Stadler (born Lotter) d.1933 married to Johann Hendrik Stadler of Rietfontein, Machadodorp (a niece – godchild?).

She bequeathed £100 to the Dutch Reformed Church at Weenen. (Anita Campbell)

Grave of Anna Maria Nel Lotter.

Cemetery at Doornkloof, dist. Weenen.

Voortrekker gravesite: 29°05'01.6"S 30°14'33.6"E

Phillip Petrus Lotter b. 25 March 1828 d. 24 Nov 1900

Anna Maria Lotter b. 13 May 1831 d.24 July 1930

Their grandson and his wife:

Phillip Petrus Lotter van Rooyen b. 7 Jan 1887 d.3 June 1939

Jacoba Elizabeth de Villiers b. 23 Feb 1890 d. 15 Jan 1938

The husband of great granddaughter Hester Petronella van Rooyen:

Jacobus Kruger Rautenbach b. 5 April 1901 d. 10 Mar 1955

(Anita Campbell)

Kinders:

h.1. Christina Helena LOTTER, geb. 1858, oorl. 1929 x Roelof Johannes Jurgens van Rooyen. Roelof Johannes Jurgen van Rooyen continued farming at Birdspruit until his death in 1918 but Christina Helena said she was not well enough to continue farming and died in 1929. (Anita Campbell)

h.2. Christoffel Petrus Francois LOTTER, geb. 1863

g.3. Johannes Petrus NEL, geb. 25/08/1836, ged. 26/12/1836

g.3. Johannes Petrus, geb. 25/08/1836, ged. 26/12/1836, Glen Lynden, oorl. 04/06/1910. Idalia, Piet Retief x 15/08/1870, Ladysmith met Johanna Petronella LOTTER, geb. 30/08/1845, oorl. 14/01/1924, Vaalbank 94, dist. Ermelo, d.v. Jacob Lotter en Martha Louisa Prinsloo.

Johannes Petrus was die seun van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gous.

Name Johannis Petrus Nel
Birth Date 25 Aug 1836
Parent Name Christina Helena Gous
Second Parent's Name Philippus Jacobus Nel
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 26 Dec 1836
Event Place Glen Lynden, Cape Province, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6LW3-LKXD

Name Johannes Petrus Nel
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Johanna Petronella Lotter
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
15 August 1870
Event Place
Natal, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8R5-6DT2

(Anita Campbell)

On the 22nd May 1876 they draw up a will on their farm Rivierplaats in the Utrecht region where they lived until 1881 before moving to the Piet Retief district.

1903 CLAIMS COMPENSATION PROTECTED BURGHER WAKKERSTROOM AND PIET RETIEF. JOHANNES PETRUS NELL

REF CJC 296:

He became a burgher of the Transvaal in 1875. He built his farmhouse of stone with iron roof in 1881 at a cost of £700 using skilled labour (totally destroyed). He ran a private school at his home for his 4 youngest children and children of relatives. He surrendered

voluntarily at Sandbank dist. Piet Retief on 19th February 1901, arrived Volksrust on the 19th March and remained there for 10 months when he was given leave to go to Natal and where he remained until the end of the war. His sons all served with the Piet Retief commando. Philip Jacobus Nel and Jacob Louis Poklenberg Nel surrendered together with him. Stephanus Christiaan Nel and Willem Martinus Johannes Nel surrendered 1 March 1901. The family lived together at Volksrust until his sons joined the National Scouts. Upon claims amounting to £460 he had received £193, the rest of the claim having been referred to the ARM Piet Retief. The commission decided that he deserved special consideration as he was old and infirm, the farm he owned was heavily mortgaged and his sons had all rendered service. He was unlucky in receiving no receipt for his sheep (£1403 claimed) or bales of wool (£100) but recommended an additional £100 to repair his home (his claim for this was £897). He lists his address as Kromrivier, Piet Retief (Anita Campbell)

JP SK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-J9P5-D?cc=2520237&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQP5G-DVX5

Johanna Petronella Lotter died 14 Jan 1924 at the house of her son-in-law Izak Johannes de Jager Vaalbank 94 district Ermelo. She went to live with them from June 1921. A charge for board and lodging at £3/month till July 1923 and then at £6/month to cover the additional costs of daily nursing, totalling £108 was lodged against her estate by son-in-law I Z de Jager. He and his brother were married on the same day to two Lotter sisters.

JPL SK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-63SL?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPKX-QV6P&action=view&cc=2520237&lang=en&groupId=

g.4. Stephanus NEL, geb. 13/07/1840, ged. 15/08/1841

g.4. Stephanus, geb. 13/07/1840, ged. 15/08/1841, Pietermaritzburg, oorl. 17/12/1929, Kafferspoort, Mooirivier x 15/08/1870, Ladysmith met Martha Louisa LOTTER, geb. 08/12/1847, ged. 11/01/1850, Potchefstroom, Tvl, oorl. 11/12/1932, Kafferspoort, dist. Escourt, d.v. Jacob Lotter en Martha Louisa Prinsloo.

Stephanus was die seun van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gous.

Name Stephanus Nel
Sex Male
Age
28 years
Birth Date 1842
Spouse's Name Martha Louisa Lotter
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age
22 years
Spouse's Birth Date 1848
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
1870
Event Place Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 8
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCL-MZL

Name Martha Louisa Lotter
Birth Date 8 December 1847
Father's Name Jakob Lotter
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Martha Louisa Prinsloo
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 11 January 1850
Event Place Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) South Africa, Transvaal, Potchefstroom
Record Number 395
Page Number 14
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7B9H-24W2?lang=en

Information about Stephanus can only be gleaned from the 1903 Compensation claims made by his brother J P Nell and his son Jacob Lowies Poklenberg Nell.

The family had become ZAR residents in 1885 – this would be following the death of his mother and we may deduce that although J P Nell had already made the move from Utrecht in 1881, Stephanus and his family remained on the farm Welgevonden, Utrecht until then.

The following observation is purely subjective: something happened at the time of the birth of their ninth child that made the couple decide that there would be no more children. There is no mention of their daughter Elizabetha Louretta surviving and her twin brother Stephanus may also have been a bit delicate. Likewise, no mention of daughter Anna Maria Nell surviving. Stephanus Nell, called upon as a witness to his brother’s compensation claim, signs his name in a very spidery manner – could he have suffered from a stroke, Parkinsons etc.?

Unlike his brother JP Nell who seems to have established a flourishing farming enterprise, there is no indication that Stephanus and his family were anything more than bywoner farmers and at the time that the war broke out, they lived on the farm Edinburg of his son-in-law Barend Roos. (Anita Campbell)

Taken from Jeppe’s Map 1899 Sheet 6.
Edinburg top left (Barend Roos with Stephanus Nell)
Kromrivier J P Nell with Idalia to left of it W M J Nell and J P Nell after the war
Derby (Jacob Louis Poklenberg Nell) and Rustplaats (where he died) to the left of that.
(Anita Campbell) It had been reported in January 1901 that burgers from Piet Retief had moved with most of their stock further east into the Mkwakweni hills north of the Phongolo River. They were very impoverished with no proper clothing, only meat and mealies but no salt, and the women and children in particular were suffering. French's objective was to advance to a line from Piet Retief northwards through Amsterdam and force the commandos in the area either to surrender or to move into Swaziland.

Stephanus and his family surrendered voluntarily at Sandbank dist. Piet Retief on 19th February 1901 together with his brother J P Nell, arrived at Volksrust camp on the 19th March and remained there for 10 months when leave was given to go to Natal and where they remained until the end of the war. In Jacob Lowies Poklenberg Nell’s claim he states that they went to Scottspoort i.e the farm of his widowed aunt Anna Maria Lotter.

Three of Stephanus’s sons however did not surrender with the family. Their brother-in-law Barend Roos was not only in effect their landlord, but also the veld kornet for the district. These three brothers were captured on 9/6/1901 at the farm Weeber and sent to Bermuda.

NEL (23)	JACOB LOUIS POPLENBURG	Edinburgh P RETIEF	Burts, BERMUDA
NEL (27)	PHILIP JACOBUS	Edinburgh P RETIEF	ONBEKEND
NEL (18)	JOHANNES PETRUS	Edinburgh P RETIEF	Morgan, BERMUDA

Stephanus and his family must have remained at Scottspoort, Natal until the middle of 1902, since the POWs had to ship back home. They had little to go back to in Transvaal – this area of the Eastern Transvaal really suffered with Kitchener’s scorched earth policy. Barend Roos returned to his family farm in Pretoria circa 1910, selling Edinburg to Strydom (record: Jan Adriaan STRYDOM *11.6.1906 (Okahandja) † 12.5.1915 Edenburg, Piet Retief). His brother J P Nell died in 1910. His sister Maria Pieterse of Vlakfontein died 1907 and her husband in 1914; the marriage certificate of Jacob Lowies Poklenberg Nell in 1909 shows that he was then resident at Vlakfontein. The options for this family must have been quite limited by then.

We know that this family were definitely in Natal by 1918; J P Nell and his brother P J Nell were witnesses at the marriage of their niece Martha Louisa Lotter Roos in Greytown. . I surmise that Anna Maria Lotter, Stephanus’s sister, may very well have assisted monetarily in some way. Stephanus would have known this area well, having been raised on Bird Spruit.

J P Nell married in 1922 at Schottsfontein. This farm is given as his address as late as 1950 in Braby’s Natal Directory, but he lived at Kafferspoort from mid-1920’s and his mother and father both died on this farm. In mid-1920’s his brothers JLP Nell and PJ Nell farmed in Klip River county. Braby’s Natal Directory 1950, lists the following (note NEL as surname):
J P Nel Schottsfontein, J L P Nel, Solmar, J L P Nel, P J Nel, S Nel (snr.) Kafferspoort.

Rong Poort lies next to Merinos Kloof- the island shape within Merinos Kloof is Kafferspoort. (Anita Campbell)

The newspaper advert posted July 1930 stated that Stephanus Nell died intestate on 17^th December 1929. (Anita Campbell)

Purported grave of Stephanus Nell alongside Martha Loiusa at Kafferspoort (Anita Campbell)

His wife Martha Louisa wrote a letter dated 21st December and submitted a will. Though the writing is very faintly written in pencil, this will was rejected because it was written partly on white paper and partly on blue paper and parts were deemed illegible.

Although the second youngest son, Johannes Petrus Nell was elected as the Executor Dative.

(Anita Campbell)

A letter from their sister Christina Helena Nell excused herself from this meeting as her mother was unwell.

(Anita Campbell)

Name Martha Louisa Lotter Nell
Sex Female
Age 84 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1848
Birthplace Transvaal
Event Type Death
Event Date
11 December 1932
Event Place Estcourt, Natal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Kafferspoort Estcourt Natal
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Grave of Martha Louisa Lotter at Kafferspoort. Both graves in a state of neglect but lettering just legible (Anita Campbell)

g.5. Christina Helena NEL, geb. 25/06/1842, ged. 17/07/1842

g.5. Christina Helena, geb. 25/06/1842, ged. 17/07/1842, Pietermaritzburg.

Christina Helena was die dogter van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Haar naam kon nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1876 nie.

g.6. Gesina Maria Susanna NEL, geb. 06/09/1844, ged. 06/07/1845

g.6. Gesina Maria Susanna, geb. 06/09/1844, ged. 06/07/1845, oorl. 30/08/1885, Scottspoort, Weenen x 26/12/1864, Weenen met Willem Mattheus Johannes LOTTER, geb. 17/01/1841, Pietermaritzburg, ged. 31/10/1841, Pietermaritzburg, s.v. Wilhelm Mattheus Johannes Lotter en Elsje Maria Elizabeth Prinsloo.

Gesina Maria Susanna was die dogter van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Name Willem Matthens Johannes Lotter
Sex Male
Age 23
Spouse's Name Gesina Susanna Maria Nel
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 20
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 26 Dec 1864
Event Place Weenen, Natal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Weenen, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 2036
Microfilm Number 1259160
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(Anita Campbell)

Kinders:

h.1. Willem Mattheus Johannes LOTTER, geb. 29/11/1865, Wakkerstroom, oorl. 04/07/1919, Doornfontein x 23/03/1891, Weenen met Johanna Martina Stadler, geb. 30/01/1871, Greytown, oorl. 11/07/1919, Doornfontein 186, dist. Pretoria.

h.2. Christina Helena LOTTER, geb. 10/12/1867, Weenen, Natal, oorl. 05/03/1933, Rietfontein 232, dist. Belfast x 13/09/1886, Weenen met Johann Hendrik Frederik Stadler, gb. 23/04/1864, Greytown.

h.3. Elsje Maria Elizabeth LOTTER, geb. 27/06/1869, Mooirivier, oorl. 1908 x 18/11/1890, Weenen met Willem Gabriël Bronkhorst. WGB xx Catharina Elizabeth Strÿdom.

h.4. Anna Maria LOTTER, geb. 04/11/1870 x Jan Abraham Muller, geb. 1862, oorl. 19/08/1911, Welbedagt, Standerton, s.v. Nicolaas Philippus Muller en Magaretha Alberta Meyer xx 15/02/1915 Standerton met Hendrik Petrus Johannes van Zyl.

h.5 Anna Margrietha LOTTER, geb. 18/03/1871, Weenen, oorl. 18/10/1943, Standerton x Bethal met Paul Willem Voormolen, oorl. 03/10/1924, Villiers dist. Frankfort.

h.6. Gezina Susanna Maria LOTTER, geb. 11/11/1873, oorl. 1936 x 1905, Greytown met Martinus Jacobus Lombard geb.1869, oorl. 1958

h.7. Phillipina Jacoba LOTTER, geb. 18/5/1875, oorl. 1911 x David Johannes Tait.

h.8. Catharina Fredrika LOTTER, geb. 03/9/1878 x 27/6/1906 Marthinus Jakobus Lombard

h.9. Susanna Sophia Johanna LOTTER, geb. 24/02/1884, oorl. 8/6/1902, Weenen

h.10. Christoffel Petrus Francois LOTTER, geb. 10/8/1885

Her death notice states death from convulsions following childbirth (Christoffel Petrus Francois Lötter born 10/8/1885) but gives her name incorrectly as Christina Susannah Maria. (Anita Campbell)

g.7. Susanna Maria Johanna NEL, geb. 19/09/1846 ged. 17/07/1850

g.7. Susanna Maria Johanna, geb. 19/09/1846, ged. 17/07/1850, Pietermaritzburg, oorl. 28/12/1871, Diamantveld x 15/04/1867, Weenen met Frederik Jacobus PIETERSE, geb. 13/09/1839, oorl. 07/08/1914, s.v. Frederik Jacobus Pieterse en Johanna Magdalena Catharina Senekal.. FJPieterse xx Maria Nel.

Susanna Maria Johanna was die dogter van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Name Frederick Jacobus Pieterse
Sex Male
Age
26 years
Birth Date 1841
Spouse's Name Susanna Maria Johanna Nel
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age
20 years
Spouse's Birth Date 1847
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
1867
Event Place Weenen, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 2491
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The couple and their two young children would have departed to the diamond fields sometime from March 1870 onwards. Had they actually found some diamonds? – she had £50 in cash in her property.

Phillip Petrus Lotter (husband of her sister Anna Maria) was appointed executor dative and Guardian of the minor children. Also present were: Samuel Pieterse (brother of Frederik) and Phillip R Buys (Alida Aletta Pieterse, sister of Frederik was his second wife)

(Anita Campbell)

Name Susanna Maria Johanna Nel Pieterse
Age
25 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Birthplace Ladysmith Natal
Death Date 28 December 1871
Death Place At The Diamond Fields
Relationship to Head of Household Deceased
Event Type Probate
Event Date 1871
Event Place
Beaconsfield, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Populated Place Beaconsfield
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Frederik Jacobus Pieterse remarried 4 March 1873 his older sister-in-law Maria g2. (Anita Campbell)

Kinders:

h.1. Frederik Jacobus PIETERSE, geb. 1868

h.2. Christina Helena PIETERSE, geb. 1870, oorl. 1901

g.8. Philip Jacobus, geb. 10/03/1849, ged. 17/07/1850

g.8. Philip Jacobus, geb. 10/03/1849, ged. 17/07/1850, Pietermaritzburg, oorl. 4 jaar, 12 dae.

Philippus Jacobus was die seun van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Sy naam kon nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1876 nie.

g.9. Catharina Frederika Susanna NEL, geb. 30/05/1850

g.9. Catharina Frederika Susanna, geb. 30/05/1850, oorl. 1846 x 18/09/1871, Weenen met Jacobus Nicolaas BOSHOFF, geb. 07/07/1843, ged. 03/09/1843, Graaff-Reinet., s.v. Willem Hendrik Boshoff en Elizabeth Johanna Oberholster.

Catharina Frederika Susanna was die dogter van Philip Jacobus Nel en Christina Helena Gouws.

Haar naam kon nie voor in hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1876 nie.

I have no information as to the original farm/s occupied by this Nel family, but the birth of Susanna Johanna Maria in 1846 (per death certificate) is Ladysmith, Kliprivier county and this family are living on the farm Birdspruit in the Weenen county by 1859. She is the first family member to sign her surname as NELL on an official document. Her brothers starting using the NELL surname after their father’s death in 1876. (Anita Campbell)

Name Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
Sex Male
Age
27 years
Birth Date 1844
Spouse's Name Catharina Frederika Susanna Nell
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age
21 years
Spouse's Birth Date 1850
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
1871
Event Place Weenen, Natal, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Weenen, Natal, South Africa
Source Details 89
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(Anita Campbell)

Kinders:

h.1. Christina Ellena BOSHOFF, geb. 25/06/1873, ged. 28/12/1873 Weenen x 07/01/1895, Weenen met Caspar Henrich Heine, geb. 04/05/1870, Greytown.

h.2. Elizabeth Johanna BOSHOFF, geb. 20/12/1874, ged. 24/10/1875, Utrecht, oorl. 1950 x 14/12/1903, Weenen met Cornelius Jacobus Stieger, geb. c. 1882.

h.3. Anna Maria BOSHOFF, geb. 27/09/1876, ged. 03/04/1877, Utrecht, oorl. 1961 x 12/1897, Weenen met Albertus Petrus Stieger, geb. c. 1868.

h.4. Willem Hendrik BOSHOFF, geb. 23/07/1880, ged. 05/08/1880, Weenen, oorl. 1950.

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