Personal Details Name: Mrs Helena E van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Free State Occupation: farmer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 48990 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 29 Date arrival: 27/11/1900 Date departure: 20/05/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Norvals Pont RC Name: Norvals Pont RC Farm History Name: Betseba District: Ventersburg Notes: 1500 morgen Relationships Mrs Helena E van der Merwe       is the mother of Master Erasmus Albertus Schoeman (Erasmus A) Sources Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: 22

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.