BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Maria Adriana Bester
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:39241
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:53
Date arrival:17/08/1902
Date departure:19/11/1902
Reason departure:1 MR
Destination:Louis Trichardt
Stock into camp:13 donkeys
Tent number:1143
Farm History
Name:Bester family
Town:Louis Trichardt
Notes:no property
Relationships
Mrs Maria Adriana Bester
      is the daughter of Miss Valeris Margreta Bester
Sources
Title:DBC 88 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 88
Notes:p.11


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.