Henry Nebel

Life	South Africa
Parents	Augustus Nebel
Spouse	Winifred Nebel, Naomi
Children	John, Valerie, Steven, Henry, Elizabeth

My grandfather

Henry was born in South Africa. He was from German descent.

He married Winifred Nebel, and they had 2 children - John Nebel and Valerie Nebel. They divorced later, and he remarried a German woman (Naomi) and had 3 more children with her - Steven, Henry, and Elizabeth.

Henry was creative and had the ability to do anything well he put his mind too, he became a very accomplished carpenter, then builder, and later farmer.

Famous Carpenter and Builder

Henry is famed for his accomplished building and carpentry. Initially he was a carpenter, and excelled at it. He did the carpentry for the famous Libertas buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.

Later he became a builder, and accomplished at that too - he built many Churches in SA of stone.

He also built a few of the camps in the famous Kruger National Park.

Henry then became a farmer.

Accomplished Farmer

In later years, he became a farmer, and is known for being the first Tobacco farmer in Rustenburg.

He enjoyed differnt types of farming, and over time bought a few farms in the north, at one point he had 6 farms. He farmed crops as well as animals. One of my earliest memories was visiting his farm after harvesting peanuts, and climbing on the huge piles of peanuts drying in the sun. I also remember his lovely large stone house, which he had built himself.

One of his farms he "donated" to the government of South Africa for treating and studying animals.