BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Ella Moltzer
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Notes:19/3/1901: to be sent to the lunatic asylum.

23/10/1902: aged 22.
Unique ID:421
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date departure:19/3/1901
Reason departure:lunacy
Illness
Hospital:Lunatic Asylum, Bloemfontein
Reason:lunacy
Date arrival:19/3/1901
Out patient:Yes
Notes:23/10/1902: lately discharged from Asylum back to RC, has developed insanity. Asks what should be done as there is no place for her in the camp.
Sources
Title:SRC 03
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:03
Dates:Mar 1901 RC497-779
Notes:RC665, 19/3/1901, CSRC to Superintendent, Bloemfontein
Title:SRC 30
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:30
Dates:Oct-Nov 1902
Notes:RC10103, 23/10/1902, CSRC to MOH, Lunatic Asylum, Bloemfontein


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.