BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Elsie Margaretha Herbst
Other Names:Herpst, Elsie Magaritha [DBC 75]
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011117
Place of death:Klerksdorp RC
Age died:29 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:typhoid
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:11149
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:29
Date arrival:20/07/1901
Age departure:29
Date departure:18/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Stock into camp:no stock
Tent number:RT 908
Farm History
Name:Waterpot
District:Mafeking
Name:Zwartfontein
District:Kleinharts River
Notes:no property
Status of Husband
Type:pow, 19/08/1900
Notes:

Jacob Pieter; also fighting are brothers Christiaan Herbst and Roelof van Aarde

Relationships
Mrs Elsie Margaretha Herbst (Herpst, Elsie Magaritha [DBC 75])
      is the mother of Miss Elsie Margaretha Herbst (Herpst [DBC 75])
      is the mother of Master Christiaan Frederik Herbst (Herpst [DBC 75])
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.155
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:6/12/1901, p.1725
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:

p. H-069



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.