BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Hester Willemina Catharina Grobler
Other Names:Grobbelaar; Esther W
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Norvals Pont RC
Age died:16 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:41465
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:16
Date arrival:09/11/1900
Date departure:08/12/1901
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Gruiskop
District:Bethulie
Name:Gruiskop
District:Bethulie
Name:Klein Pyperskraal
District:Bethulie
Relationships
Miss Hester Willemina Catharina Grobler (Grobbelaar; Esther W)
      is the daughter of Mr S Willem Grobler
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.106
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:27/12/1901, p.756
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.38


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.