f.4. Willem Adriaan, geb. 12/11/1828, Avontuur, dist. Calvinia, ged. 05/10/1829, Swartland, oorl. 25/12/1891, Avontuur, dist. Calvinia. Ongetroud.
Willem Adriaan was die seun van Elias Albertus Nel en Johanna Sophia Steenkamp.
Name Willem Adriaan
Sex Male
Birth Date 12 Nov 1828
Parent Name Elias Albertus Nel
Second Parent's Name Jannetje Sofia Steenkamp
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 5 Oct 1829
Event Place Cape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Bokkeveld, Cape Province, 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.
The following c 1890 year the farm was formally partitioned as follows:
a. The vierkant of 20 morgen and 233 sq. roods was owned by Willem Adriaan Nel and Johannes Paulus Steenkamp who each owned a 1/3rd share, and Elias Albertus Nel and Jan Harmse Nel who each owned 1/6th.
b. 1340 morgen and 20 sq. roods were transferred to Johannes Paulus Steenkamp under the name Grasberg
c. The Remainder22 of Avontuur was 2297 morgen and 539 sq. roods of which ½ belonged to Willem Adriaan Nel and a ¼ each to Elias Albertus Nel and Jan Harmse Nel.
(https://www.vassa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VASSA-Report-Amschwand-Avontuur-Grasberg-2013.pdf)
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