BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Cornelius Johannes van der Merwe
Other Names:infant; van de Merwe
Date of birth:19010701
Place of birth:Johannesburg RC
Born in camp? Yes
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:134187
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Date arrival:01/07/1901
Tent number:RT 1669, NDR [not drawing rations]
Name:Howick RC
Age arrival:3 months
Date arrival:20/09/1901
Date arrival:from Johannesburg
Date departure:05/08/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Johannesburg
Tent number:335
Farm History
Name:van der Merwe family
Name:Haardebeestfontein / Haartebeesfontein / Haartebeestefontein / Haartebeestfontein / Hartbeestfontein / Hartebeestefontein / Hartebeestfontein
District:Krugersdorp
Relationships
Master Cornelius Johannes van der Merwe (infant; van de Merwe)
      is the son of Mrs Sarah Johanna van der Merwe (Mrs Gert; van de Merwe)
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p.127
Title:DBC 112 Howick RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p. 2


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.