BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mrs Jacoba Franscina Taljard
Other Names:Talyard, Taljaard
Maiden name:du Plessis
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011227
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Age died:80 years
Died in camp? No
Cause of death:bronchitis
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Notes:

Death Notice No 22709/147, Free State Archives; died 'In Hospital'; leaves will and fixed property; death notice signed by John E Barret FRCS; leaves children: Willem Jacobus 48 years, Andries Stephanus 41 years, Martha Elizabeth 35 years , Maria Elizabeth 58 years. Stamped 'Bethulie Refugee Camp, 28/12/1901', with signature S Cole Bowen, SRC.


Inventory of property gives husband's death notice as T338 and also states that she died in Bethulie RC. No fixed property.


Husband given as: Jacob Dirk Taljaard.

Unique ID:123976
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age departure:80
Date departure:27/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Driekop
District:Bloemfontein
Status of Husband
Type:deceased
Notes:

Jacob Dirk Taljard

Sources
Title:Informants
Notes:

Email 17/05/2010, providing death notice and will

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.