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Name: NEL, William
Nee: surname later changed to Neil
Profession: Mechanic
Area: Uganda, Eldoret
Married: Emma Jane Aggett Smith b. 6.6.1897 Cathcart S Africa, d. 28.10.1976 Port Shepstone (daughter of William Alexander (Rooken) Smith)
Children: Jean Ruby (Williams then Plum) (d.1995); Jack; Estella Margaret (Viljoen then Pugh) (8 Apr 1918 Koru-1981); Dorothy Irene (27 June 1919 Eldoret); Sheila (Connett then Tucker); William Alexander (17 Feb 1921 Eldoret-committed suicide in Durban)
Book Reference: RS, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, Gazette
General Information:
RS - Emma Jane's [Nel] mother, Emma Jane Smith (née Aggett) William Alexander Smith's first wife, died when Emma Jane was 3 months old. Her aunt, Marjorie Aggett (née Smith) who had a baby, Ethel, about the same age, brought Emma Jane up until her father married Janet Peebles who was Marjorie Aggett's governess. Emmie and Willy were in Uganda for many years and when they left came to Laikipia and lived on Donald's Ol Moridjo until his return. Willy died and Emmie went to her children and later to S. Africa where she died in a home (The Village of Happiness) on the South Coast of Natal.
Red 22 - Box 15, Eldoret
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - William Nel - General Manager, Eldoret
Red 22 - Box 15, Eldoret
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - William Nel - General Manager, Eldoret