BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Cornelia Johanna van der Merwe
Maiden name:Grobler
Born in camp? No
Date death:19010913
Place of death:Pietermaritzburg RC
Age died:23 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:13936
Camp History
Name:Pietermaritzburg RC
Age departure:22
Date departure:13/09/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Tweefontein
District:Ermelo
Name:Rietspruit
District:Ermelo
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.239
Title:Wasserman, Professor Johan


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.