Dreyer Tree » Gauillime `Willem` Nel ,Néel aka Niél, Nel, Nijel SV/PROG1 (1663-1735)
Personal data Gauillime `Willem` Nel ,Néel aka Niél, Nel, Nijel SV/PROG1
- He was born on December 25, 1663 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.
- Profession: Farmer, clothes maker.
- He died on June 17, 1735 in Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 71 years old.
- He is buried in Bootmans Drift, Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa.
- A child of Pierre Gauillime III Neel and Judith Gouye
Household of Gauillime `Willem` Nel ,Néel aka Niél, Nel, Nijel SV/PROG1
(1) He is married to Jeanne de la Batte.
They got married on May 3, 1685 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, he was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
- David Nel 1685-????
- Elias Nel 1701-1773
- Willem Nel 1702-????
(2) He is married to Adriaana van Jaarsveld.
They got married
Notes about Gauillime `Willem` Nel ,Néel aka Niél, Nel, Nijel SV/PROG1
Franse vlugteling van Rouaan,
Normandië a. voor 1690 waarskynlik aan boord
van die Borssenburg met sy vrou en hul twee
kinders, Jean en Jeanne, kleremaker en boer,
vestig te Blouklip naby Stellenbosch, teen 1734
woon hy en sy vrou in die Kaapse distrik. Reeds in
1705 is hy as Willem Nel bekend en het hy sy
naam so geteken † c. 1734 x Amsterdam,
Nederland 3.5.1685 Jeanne (DE) LA BATTE *
Samour langs die Loire-rivier c. 1663
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Historical events
Birthday December 25, 1663
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1663: Source: Wikipedia
- March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
- March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
- June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
- June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
- July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
- July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
Day of marriage May 3, 1685
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1685: Source: Wikipedia
- February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
- February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
- May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
- June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
- July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
Day of death June 17, 1735
- The temperature on June 17, 1735 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1735: Source: Wikipedia
- January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
- March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
- July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
- August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
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