Elias Albertus Nel (1777-1834)
1777 – 1834 · Nel line
Names
- Given
- Elias Albertus
- Surname
- Nel
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Married
- Susanna Hendrina Louisa Louw (1791-1834) 5 November 1809
A life in the record
- 1777 born Born
- 5 November 1809 married Married Susanna Hendrina Louisa Louw (1791-1834)
- 7 February 1813 occasion Baptism of their child, Jacobus Gideon Nel (1812-1873) at Hantam [TO VERIFY: congregation]
- 1834 died Died
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 2 other people in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[FS batch, 7 Sep 2026] Added from the FamilySearch family-group view THESE ARE DIRECT ANCESTORS OF FRANS AND THEIR SIBLINGS, which 6's scope rule admits outright - the Nel line runs to Kola's mother. Years and FamilySearch ids only, no places: the tree's place strings are hostile and none is imported. The two ends of the line are on documents - SRC-630 for the 1813 baptism, SRC-399/SRC-400 for the 1867 baptism of Christina Elizabeth NelM - and the middle is compiled tree.
Named as the father on SRC-630, the 1813 baptism, as 'Elias Albertus NelL Alb:Z.' - the patronymic suffix is read and not expanded. Married Susanna Hendrina Louisa LouwH at TULBAGH on 5 November 1809. He, his wife and two of their five children all carry 1834 as a death year; see PER-002053.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Elders
FamilySearch profile GRYG-9HV