Personal Details Name: Mrs Engela Aletta Mathysen Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 66809 Camp History Name: Mafeking RC Age arrival: 40 Date arrival: 16/09/1901 Tent number: T 50NC C Farm History Name: Knoffelfontein District: Zeerust Notes: nil Relationships Mrs Engela Aletta Mathysen       is the mother of Miss Cathrina Aletta Mathysen       is the mother of Miss Susanna Magdalena Mathysen       is the mother of Miss Engela Aletta Mathysen       is the mother of Miss Adriana Jacoba Mathysen       is the mother of Miss Olfina Adriana Mathysen       is the adoptive mother of Miss Cathrina Aletta Pretorius       is the adoptive mother of Master Matheus Adrian Pretorius       is the adoptive mother of Miss Jacoba Dorothea Johanna Pretorius       is the adoptive mother of Master Hendrik Johannes Pretorius (Hendrik T)       is the cares for the children of Mr Jacobus Pelzer Sources Title: DBC 158 Mafeking CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p. 167

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.