BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Johannes Jacobs
Other Names:Donshea
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Orange River RC
Age died:16 years 4 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:72342
Camp History
Name:Orange River RC
Age arrival:16
Date arrival:15/08/1901
Date departure:06/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Waterspruit
Name:Rondefontein
District:Boshof
Relationships
Mr Johannes Jacobs (Donshea)
      is the son of Mrs Andries Jacobs
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.130
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:20/12/1901, p.744
Title:SRC 86 Orange River CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 86
Notes:p.028a


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.