Personal Details Name: Mrs Helena Sophia Erasmus Other Names: Barend Jacobus; Barend Erasmus; Hester Adriana Born in camp? No Place of death: Orange River RC Age died: 64 years 3 months Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: bronchitis & heart disease Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: farmer Unique ID: 72923 Camp History Name: Orange River RC Age arrival: 26 Date arrival: 15/08/1901 Date departure: 08/02/1902 Reason departure: death Stock into camp: yes Farm History Name: Tarentaalrand / Tarentantrand District: Boshof Status of Husband Type: commando Notes: Barend Jacobus Relationships Mrs Helena Sophia Erasmus (Barend Jacobus; Barend Erasmus; Hester Adriana)       is the unknown of Mrs Henning Viljoen (Heila Magdalena Sophia) Sources Title: RS 29 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 29 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.85 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 14/2/1902, p.131 Title: SRC 86 Orange River CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 86 Notes: p.049a, p.104a

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