Lowies
Baptised: 25 Oct 1795
Born: 30 Dec 1794
Father: Gert NEL
Mother: Jannetje OLIVIER
Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK),
Drakenstein, Baptism register, 1786-1799, page 276, entry number 4. Repository:
NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 3/4. Image 53 on FamilySearch
film no. 008120997. Note: Witness names not transcribed 1786-1799.. Transcribed
by Cornel Viljoen, from LDS film 008120997.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1816:
1) Jan Nel mondig
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ter andere zijde
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2) Gerrit Cornelis mondig
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3) Willem Andries mondig
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4) Jeremias Daniel mondig
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5) Louis oud 20 jaren
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6) Anna Helena Martha Nel get: met Willem Nel Jansz:n
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7) Geesje Maria Beatrix oud 17
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8) Ockert Johannes oud 12
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9) Isaak François oud 10 en
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10) Elias Paulus Nel oud 9 jaren
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Beroep boer te Beaufort-Wes.
Louis Nel en sy 3 oudste kinders Gert Cornelis, Johannes Jacobus, Louis Nel is op 28 Junie 1828 by Konkas Fontein in die Nuweveld vermoor.
Louis Nel en sy 3 oudste kinders Gert Cornelis, Johannes Jacobus, Louis Nel is op 28 Junie 1828 by Konkas Fontein in die Nuweveld vermoor.
Foto: John Cope
Hy laat sy swanger vrou Dina
Carolina en 'n dogtertjie, Aletta Catharina Johanna geb 10/3/1826 agter.
Die boedel bestaan uit -
Die boedel bestaan uit -
1 Ossewa
2 gewere
1 wakis
twee merries en 1 perd
agter.
In 'n byvoegsel word genoem
dat die weduwee die merries en perd moes verkoop om te betaal om te vlug van
Konkasfontein af.
Verder is daar 'n slagters
rekening van Frans Carneels vir vee wat die oorledene gekoop het. Die rekening
is weggeneem saam met die ander besittings in haar besit.
P O Jacobs sê verder dat hy
'n brief ontvang het van komm. Redelinghuis van Worcester distrik waarin hy
meld -
"--dat
door zekere bastaards van de Groote Rivier by hem zyn aangebracht, een wagen,
en twee schietgeweren, welke medegevoerd zoude geworden zyn, door den benden
die wylen Louis Nel en zyn kinderen hebben vermoord.
(https://www.myheritage.com/person-5007446_148888701_148888701/louis-lowies-nel-b2c2d4e5)
Testator(s):
Louis Nel
Dina Carolina Oosthuisen
MOOC8/45.139
12 March 1831
Dina Carolina Oosthuisen
MOOC8/45.139
12 March 1831
A true and perfect inventory of all and every the goods,
chattels wares, etc:a, as well moveable as not debts, credits and other
personal effects of the late Louis Nel and surviving widow Dina Carolina
Oosthuisen, which former was murdered at the place Konka’s Fontein in the
Nieuweveld in this district on the 28:th June 1828 between the hours of 7 and 8
o clock p:m: and given up as follows, viz:
one ox waggon
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two guns
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one waggon chest
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two mares and one horse
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Ready money
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nihil
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Credits of the estate
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Rd:s
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from Adriaan de Neys the amount of butcher’s bill
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210
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Debts of the estate
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nihil
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Heirs of the estate
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1) Gert Cornelis Nel born 12 February 1821 (murdered 28 June
1828)
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2) Johannes Jacobus Nel born 1 January 1823 (murdered 28 June
1828)
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3) Louis Nel born 12 December 1824 (murdered 28
June 1828)
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4) Aletta Catharina Johanna Nel born 10:th March 1826
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5) Louis Nel born 9:th September 1828
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Thus done and registered in the town of Beaufort on Saturday the
12:th day of March 1831, in the presence of Hartwig Johannes Luttig and Joseph
Kirsner to the statement of Dina Carolina Oosthuisen widow of said Louis Nel, who declared in her above
statement of the estate to have acted honestly and truly that nothing has been
held back to the best of her knowledge and belief and to be at all times ready
if called upon to solemnise the same by oath. Further promising and binding
herself in the event of any thing else belonging to the estate coming to her
recollection and knowledge to amplify this with the same.
For the statement: Diena Carolina Oosthuijsen w: Nel
Witnesses: J: Kersner, H: Luttig
J:J: Meintjes, A:O:C:
Copy
On this the 12:th March 1831 appeared before me J:J: Meintjes
Agent to the Orphan Chamber at Beaufort Dina Carolina Oosthuisen widow of the
late Louis Nel, residing at Zwarteberg, this
district, who states:
The articles, namely the waggon, guns and chest mentioned in the
inventory are in the possession of the Field Commandant Redelinghuis of the
Nieuwe Hanton, Worcester district, as I have been informed by a letter from the
Field Commandant Pieter Daniel Jacobs of the Nieuweveld of this district.
The two mares and one horse I have given up in the inventory I
have been obliged to sell for my immediate maintenance after I had escaped from
the place Konkasfontein where my husband had been murdered on the 28:th June
1828.
The debt against De Neys is the amount of a butcher’s bill
passed by Frans Caverneels for cattle bought from my husband and the said bill
has alse been taken away amongst my other possessions.
At Beaufort 12:th March 1831
Witness (signed): Dina Carolina Oosthuysen w: Nel
Sig:d J: Kersner
Signed/: J:J: Meintjes Ag:t to the Or: Chamb:
A true copy: J:J: Meintjes, Orph: Camb: Agent
Copy
Beaufort den 12:e Maart 1831
Myn heer!
Ik heb u edele te melden dat ik door den commandand Redelinghuis
van het district Worcester, een brief heb ontvangen, waarin hy meldt dat door
zekere bastaards van de Groote Rivier by hem zyn aangebragt, een wagen, en twee
schietgeweeren, welke medegevoerd zoude geworden zyn, door den benden die wylen Louis Nel en zyn kinderen hebben vermoord.
Ik heb de eer te zyn, myn heer, u edelen dienaar
P:O: Jacobs
A true copy: J:J: Meintjes, Orph: Chamb: Agent
Den Heer J:J: Meintjes, Agent der Weeskamer Beaufort
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