BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Miss Magretha Maria Koch
Other Names:Magrita Maria
Born in camp? No
Date death:19020304
Place of death:Volksrust RC
Age died:5 years 6 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:croup
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:

There seems to be an error in the camp.

Unique ID:12236
Camp History
Name:Vryburg RC
Name:Volksrust RC
Age departure:5
Date departure:04/03/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Waschbank / Wasbank
District:Vryheid
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.189
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:4/4/1902, p.378
Title:DBC 109 Volksrust
Type:Death certificates
Notes:6-006

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.