BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Catherina Fredrika van Tonder
Maiden name:Potgieter
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:157795
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:27
Date arrival:31/05/1901
Date departure:08/10/1902
Reason departure:gone to farm
Stock into camp:taken by English
Tent number:RT 48 / 558
Farm History
Name:Matjespruit
Notes:no property
Status of Husband
Type:prisoner with Boers
Notes:Willem Marthinus; brothers, Pieter and Johannes Potgieter, still fighting
Relationships
Mrs Catherina Fredrika van Tonder
      is the mother of Miss Johanna van Tonder
      is the mother of Master Gert Jacobus van Tonder
      is the mother of Master Petrus Philippus van Tonder
      is the mother of Master Willem M van Tonder
Sources
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. T-188


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.