BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Ms Cornelia Johanna Herbst
Other Names:Herpst [DBC 109]
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011120
Age died:26 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Notes:

NB: There is a considerable discrepancy in dates.

Unique ID:11155
Camp History
Name:Volksrust RC
Date departure:20/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Hebron
District:Piet Retief
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.156
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:2/10/1901, p.1458
Title:DBC 109 Volksrust
Type:Death certificates
Notes:3-049

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.