BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Johanna Malan
Maiden name:van Tonder
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:1694
Camp History
Name:Kroonstad RC
Date departure:28/8/1901
Reason departure:to join her parents
Destination:Bloemfontein
Notes:9/8/1901, J Malan to Superintendent, Kroonstad: asking to be allowed to join her parents in Bloemfontein. Another of her children has died (making 2), to be buried today. Her father is Andries Johannes van Tonder.
8/8/1901: Medical certificate, G van der Wall: Suffering from asthma and nervous prostration. She has lost her husband and 1 child in the camp since the beginning of the month, which is affecting her nervous system severely. Suggests she be allowed to go to Bloemfontein as tent life is absolutely harmful to her constitution and if kept in this camp, is afraid she will die.
Sources
Title:SRC 06
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:06
Dates:April-May 1901
Notes:RC4386, 9/8/1901, Mrs J Malan to Superintendent, Kroonstad and related correspondence


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.