BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Jesimina Catherina van Heerden
Other Names:Gezina [DBC 160]
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:digger; farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:77663
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:68
Date arrival:10/07/1901
Date departure:18/03/1902
Reason departure:transfer
Destination:Vryburg RC
Stock into camp:no
Stock out of camp:yes
Tent number:2670, 2671
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:66
Date arrival:20/03/1902
Destination:Kimberley RC
Tent number:570
Name:Kimberley RC
Date departure:07/11/1902
Reason departure:discharged
Notes:Returned to Kimberley RC from Vryburg RC
Farm History
Name:van Heerden family
Town:Christiana
Status of Husband
Type:pow
Notes:Pieter Willem, St Helena
Relationships
Mrs Jesimina Catherina van Heerden (Gezina [DBC 160])
      is the unknown of Miss Catherina Mitchell (van Heerden; Catrina [DBC 150])
      is the Unknown of Miss Johanna Magel Pretorius
      is the Unknown of Miss Jaenetta Amelia Pretorius (Janita [DBC 160])
Sources
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.267a
Title:DBC 160 Vryburg RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 071


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.