Personal Details Name: Mr William Christophel Johannes Potas Born in camp? No Place of death: Bloemfontein RC Age died: 62 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: heart disease Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 108140 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 62 Date arrival: 14/08/1901 Age departure: 62 Date departure: 04/07/1902 Reason departure: Death Farm History Name: Somershoek / Sommershoek / Summershoek / Zomershoek District: Boshof Status Type: Oath of neutrality Relationships Mr William Christophel Johannes Potas       is the Unknown of Mrs Magdal Margar van Niekerk (M M)       is the Husband of Mrs Susanna Potas       is the Father of Mr Gert Potas (Poltass, G M) Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.227 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 18/7/1902, p.583 Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: p.172 Title: SRC 71 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 71 Notes: p.126

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.