Willem Adriaan was die seun van Pieter Willem Nel en Cornelia Johanna Nel.
Willem Adriaen
Baptised: 07 May 1780
Father: Pieter Willem NEL
Mother: Cornelia Johanna NEL
Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK),
Drakenstein, Baptism register, 1775-1785, page 65, entry number 4. Repository:
NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 3/3. Image 456 on FamilySearch
film no. 008120997. Note: Witness names not transcribed 1775-1785.. Transcribed
by Cornel Viljoen, from LDS film 008120997.