Petrus Johannes was die seun van Nicolaas Hendrik Nel en Jeanetta Wilhelmina Strydom.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1946:
(https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Nel-3319-3)
h.8. Petrus Johannes NEL, geb. 02/09/1897, ged. 05/12/1897
h.8. Petrus Johannes, geb. 02/09/1897, ged. 05/12/1897, Douglas x 13/07/1931, Potgietersrust, Soutpansberg, Tvl. met Maria Susanna VISSER, geb. 1903.
