BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jan Hendrik Zietsman
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:05/08/1901
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:13 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:148981
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:24/04/1901
Age departure:13
Date departure:05/08/1901
Reason departure:to mother arrived [may have returned to camp] or death
Tent number:RT 249, Tent DD/22
Farm History
Name:Swakfontein / Zwakfontein
District:Bethal
Relationships
Master Jan Hendrik Zietsman
      is the son of Mr Paul Lodewijk Zietsman (Paul Lodewyk)
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.485
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:28/8/1901, p.1319
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.Z 139


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.