Gideon Jacobus Louw Nel (b.1863)
1863 – ? · Nel line
Names
- 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
- Brothers and sisters
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- 1836Jacobus Johannes Gideon Nel (1836-1916)
- 1838Susanna Hendrina Magdalena Nel (1838-1909)
- 1842Anna Francina Christina Nel (1842-1912)
- 1844Elias Albertus Nel (1844-1914)
- 1846Christina Elizabeth Nel (1846-1908)
- 1850Johannes Abraham Nel (1850-1941)
- 1852Hester Jacoba Nel (1852-1935)
- 1858Catharina Wilhelmina Arnoldina Nel (1858-1939)
A life in the record
- 1863 born Born
What we don't know
- No death date is recorded.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
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.
A sibling of PER-001816, Kola's maternal grandfather. In scope as a direct ancestor's sibling. HIS NAME IS THE ARGUMENT IN MINIATURE: GIDEON JACOBUS LOUW NEL carries the Gideon and the Louw together, which is what SRC-630's witness list says the name is made of. LEAD-0343.
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.
Open questions
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Was the Nel third name Gilliam or Gideon, and who was Hendrika Gertruida Visser?
priority P2 · LEAD-0343
The Calvinia register of 2 December 1888 (SRC-629) writes GILLIAM for both the child Kola (PER-000219) and his maternal grandfather (PER-001816), where this model has carried GIDEON for both from compiled sources. Which is the baptismal form? And the fourth witness, HENDRIKA GERTRUIDA VISSER, is held nowhere here, yet Kola named a daughter Hendrieka Gertruida in 1929 - who was she to this family?
What would settle it The grandfather's own baptism entry for the name; any register naming Hendrika Gertruida Visser beside a Nel, a van Wyk or a van der Merwe.
Elders
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