Willem Matheus Johannes was die seun van Johannes Petrus Nel en Johanna Petronella Lotter.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1910:
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Uit hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1924:
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His sons all served with the Piet Retief commando. Philip Jacobus Nel and Jacob Louis Poklenberg Nel surrendered together with him. Stephanus Christiaan Nel and Willem Martinus Johannes Nel surrendered 1 March 1901. The family lived together at Volksrust until his sons joined the National Scouts. (Anita Campbell)
He surrendered Piet Retief town 1st
March 1901 and was sent to Volksrust, where he remained until 26 November 1901.
Joined the Looting Corps and remained with them until 14 Feb 1902. He then
became a Guide. Unmarried and lived with his father at Kromrivier; and when his father left for Natal he lived with Piet
Uys. His livestock was claimed together with his father’s and for which he had
received £54 from his father. This required close investigation since the
claimant was still on commando when his father obtained the receipt for their
combined livestock.
(Anita Campbell)
We know
that his father J P Nell died at Idalia
in 1910 and therefore deduce that WMJ Nell rebuilt his life after the war on
this farm.
1919 ALLOTMENT TO WMJ NEL OF THE HOLDING COMPRISING
PORTION "Q" OF THE FARM "IDALIA" NO 108, DISTRICT PIET
RETIEF.
1919 ALLOTMENT TO AMJ NELL OF HOLDING COMPRISING
PORTION "T" OF FARM "IDALID" 108, PIET RETIEF AND ALLOTMENT
TO AMJ NELL OF PORTION "D" OF THE SAME FARM.
