BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mr James Stopforth
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:45412
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:20
Date arrival:07/12/1900
Date departure:08/04/1901
Reason departure:joined ORC Police
Destination:*
Tent number:RT 77
Notes:Written next to his mother's name(Mrs John Stopforth) it says Joined O.R.C Police, 5/4/1901, and below that, Family gone to Klerksdorp Camp, 9/4/1901. It is however unclear whether that refers to his mother or him, as his name appears just below hers, and the register's lines are unclear. I presume, being a man of 20, he, not his mother, would have joined the O.R.C Police.
Farm History
Name:Stopforth family
Town:Klerksdorp
Relationships
Mr James Stopforth
      is the son of Mrs Anna Catharina Stopforth (Mrs John Stopforth)
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:

p. 007

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.