BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Pieter Klaasen
Other Names:Classen, P J
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:115484
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:68
Date arrival:July 1901
Date departure:24/05/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Pietermaritzburg RC
Stock into camp:Yes
Name:Pietermaritzburg RC
Age arrival:68
Date arrival:25/05/1902
Date departure:26/11/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Harrismith
Tent number:787/2916
Farm History
Name:Eenzaamheid
District:Bethlehem
Notes:600 morgen
Relationships
Mr Pieter Klaasen (Classen, P J)
      is the husband of Mrs Martha Klaasen (Classen, M M M)
      is the father of Mr Pieter Klaasen (Classen, P J; Classen, Petrus Johannes Jr; Petrus Jacobus Johannes)
      is the father of Mrs Maria Klaasen (Classen, M C)
      is the relationship unknown of Master Peter Hawkins
Sources
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.32
Title:DBC 134 Pietermaritzburg
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 134
Notes:p.109


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.