BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Pienaar
Other Names:M C; Fourie
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:

In SRC 70 her name is recorded as 'M.C. Pienaar', aged 9; in SRC 71 it is recorded as 'Maria Fourie' aged 9; the informant states that her full name was 'Maria Cornelia Fourie', not 'Pienaar' and confirms that she was aged 9. The policy of this database is to retain the name as given in the first register and to add further information as appropriate.

Unique ID:50402
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:9
Date arrival:21/04/1901
Date arrival:21/5/1901
Date departure:28/08/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Winburg RC
Farm History
Name:Fourie family
Town:Ficksburg
Relationships
Miss Maria Pienaar (M C; Fourie)
      is the daughter of Mrs Elsie Carolina Petronella Fourie (E C [SRC 70]; Elsie; Elsje)
Sources
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:223
Title:SRC 71 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 71
Notes:p.179
Title:Informants
Notes:See ID 50398 for further details.

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.