BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Magritta Bester
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:43084
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:82
Date arrival:22/05/1901
Date departure:31/07/1902
Destination:Donkerpoort
Farm History
Name:Donkerpoort
District:Philippolis
Relationships
Mrs Magritta Bester
      is the unknown of Mrs Rufina Boshoff
      is the mother of Miss Maria Bester
Sources
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.108


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.