Jeremias Jacobus was die seun van Paul Hendrik Nel en Salomina Jacomina Vermaak.
Uit hulle pa se sterfkennis van 1902:
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Nel, Jeremiah Jacobus. Yarl, Newcastle
4.6.01. High Treason 3 months imprisonment. Joined the Boers in December 1899. Son-in-law of TR Boshoff. Active around Newcastle. Accompanied the Natal
Commando into the ZAR to the Vryheid district. In March 1900 moved with his
family and belongings to the ZAR.