f.6. Abraham Johannes Jacobus, geb. 01/05/1834, ged. 21/08/1834, Clanwilliam, oorl. 25/01/1888, Avontuur x 24/12/1855, Clanwilliam met Christina Wilhelmina GREEFF, geb. 11/09/1834, Alexanders Hoek, Clanwilliam, oorl. 15/08/1885, Avontuur, Bokkeveld, Calvinia, d.v. Matthys Jacobus Greeff en Catharina Johanna van Zyl.
Abraham Johannes Jacobus was die seun van Elias Albertus Nel en Johanna Sophia Steenkamp.
Name Abraham Johannes Jacobus Nel
Birth Date 1 May 1834
Father's Name Elias Albertus Nel
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Jannetje Sofia Steenkamp
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 21 Aug 1834
Event Place Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Name Abraham Johannes Jacobus Nel
Sex Male
Age
21 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1834
Spouse's Name Christina Wilhelmina Greeff
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age
21 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1834
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
24 December 1855
Event Place South Africa
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Avontuur (now called Grasberg) in the Veldcornetcy of the North Onder-Bokkeveld in the District of Clanwilliam, Nigel Amschwand - 2013.
As mentioned previously, the ownership of Avontuur in 1848 was 1/3rd shares belonging to Jan Harmse Nel, Willem Adriaan Nel, and Abraham Jacobus Johannes Nel, so the farm did remain within the family.
Meanwhile Abraham Johannes Jacobus and his wife Christina Wilhelmina Greef made another of those complicated wills where they tried to control life from the grave. This will, made in 1870, stipulated that their shares in the farms Avontuur, Rietfontein, Brandkop and ‘Klein Kloof’ were to be put up for auction only amongst the children and sold to the highest bidder; no others shall have a right to buy. Christina died in 1885 and Abraham in 1888. The executors of their will, Willem van der Westhuizen and Heremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, put a motion to the Supreme Court in Cape Town in 1889, asking that a representative be appointed for Jacoba Wilhelmina Adriana Nel, who was a minor, to act in her interests at the auction. Johannes Albertus Myburgh Briers was appointed for this task. However, Abraham Johannes Jacobus’s estate was insolvent. The debts were probably greater than the children could raise either singularly or together so the 1/3rd share of Avontuur became the property of Johannes Paulus Steenkamp. This was most likely the younger brother of Jannetje Steenkamp mentioned previously, so he would have been Abraham Johannes Jacobus’s uncle. Johannes Paulus Steenkamp owned at this time the major portion of the farm Bokkefontein. Rietfontein at least remained in the family. (https://www.vassa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VASSA-Report-Amschwand-Avontuur-Grasberg-2013.pdf)
Name Cristina Wilhelmina Greeff
Age 50 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1835
Birthplace Alexander Hoch Clanwillimia
Relationship to Head of Household Deceased
Event Type Death
Event Date15 August 1885
Event PlaceCape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Avanterar Clahimia
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Name Abram Johannis Jacobus Nel
Age 53 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1835
Birthplace Arontiuer NaBokkenveld Calvinia
Relationship to Head of Household Deceased
Event Type Death
Event Date
25 January 1888
Event Place
Avontuur, Caledon, Cape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Arontuur
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