Personal Details Name: Miss Hester Sophia Botha Born in camp? No Place of death: Bloemfontein RC Age died: 11 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 57890 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 12 Date arrival: 20/03/1901 Age departure: 11 Date departure: 21/05/1901 Date departure: May 1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: Driefontein District: Bloemfontein Relationships Miss Hester Sophia Botha       is the daughter of Mr Willem Albertus Botha (Willem A) Sources Title: SRC 07 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 07 Dates: May 1901 Notes: RC2085, List of deaths in ORC camps for week ending 21/5/1901 Title: RS 29 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 29 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.34 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 54/5/1901, p.205 Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: 86

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