i.17. Elia Louw NEL, geb. 05/05/1925

i.17.  Elia Louw, geb. 05/05/1925, oorl. 12/10/2007, Vereeniging x Ella Sophia NN.

Elia Louw was die seun van Jacobus Hendrik Louw Nel en Martha Jacoba Deetlefs.


Martha Jacoba gave birth to 14 children, but only 11 survived into adulthood. One child died young and a set of twins died in infancy.  (https://www.geni.com/people/Maria-Petronella-Wallace/6000000017735562736?through=6000000018025990889)

Apparently the youngest of JHLN's children, Elie, caused an uproar in the family by using the spelling 'Nel' on his mother's headstone (this according to Anton Nell). Elie himself also used the spelling 'Nel' in later life and all of his children use this spelling. (Geni)