BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Martin Abel Jacobus Venter
Other Names:Maarten [DBC 160]
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:agriculturist; farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:77672
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:46
Date arrival:13/07/1901
Date departure:18/03/1902
Reason departure:transfer
Destination:Vryburg RC
Stock into camp:no
Stock out of camp:no
Tent number: 2763
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:47
Date arrival:20/03/1902
Tent number:546
Farm History
Name:van der Walt family
Town:Christiana
Name:Venter family
Town:Christiana
Status of
Type:not given
Relationships
Mr Martin Abel Jacobus Venter (Maarten [DBC 160])
      is the husband of Mrs Hester Catherina Elizabetha Susanna Maria Venter
      is the father of Master Martin David Jacobus Venter (Maarten D [DBC 160])
      is the father of Miss Maria Magdalena Venter
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. 067


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.