Maria Catharina was die dogter van Willem Adriaan Nel en Maria Catharina Koen.
Kinders:
g.1. Willem Adriaan BOTES, geb. 13/10/1844, ged. 27/07/1845, Pietermaritzburg.
g.2. Antonie Johannes Jurgen BOTES, geb. 04/04/1845, ged. 27/07/1845, Pietermaritzburg.
g.3. Abraham Johannes Jacobus BOTES, geb. 01/01/1847, ged. 05/12/1848, Winburg.
g.4. Maria Catherina BOTES, geb. 28/06/1849, ged. 10/07/1849, Bloemfontein.
g.5. Anna Susanna Stephanie BOTES, geb. 02/11/1850, ged. 22/12/1850, Bloemfontein.
g.6. Maria Catherina BOTES, geb. 17/07/1852, ged. 01/08/1852, Bloemfontein.
g.7. Petrus Wilhelmus BOTES, geb. 09/06/1854, ged. 06/08/1854, Bloemfontein.
g.8. Cornelia Johanna BOTES, geb. 12/06/1856, ged. 17/08/1856, Bloemfontein.
g.9. Roelof Johannes BOTES, geb. 01/04/1858, ged. 06/06/1858, Bloemfontein.
g.10. Dirk Jacobus BOTES, geb. 17/05/1860, ged. 18/07/1860, Bloemfontein.
g.11. Philipus Stefanus BOTES, geb. 30/04/1862, ged. 18/07/1862, Bloemfontein.
g.12. Susanna Maria BOTES, geb. 08/03/1869, ged. 06/06/1869, Bloemfontein.