Pieter Willem was die seun van Lucas Marthinus Nel en Cornelia Carolina Elizabeth Erasmus.
Volgens die grafinskrywing is die graf hierdie Pieter Willem se graf, maar sy naam is in 1838 weer gebruik wat daarop dui dat hierdie Pieter Willem jonk dood is.
eGGSA library
Gravestones in South Africa Free State : Vrystaat Free State, BOSHOF district,
Rural (farm cemeteries) Free State, BOSHOF district, Dealesville, Constantia
751, farm cemetery NEL Pieter Wellem 1837-1914