BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Henning Jacobus van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:89845
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Date departure:6/9/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:36
Date arrival:06/09/1901
Farm History
Name:Rietfontein
Town:Edenburg
District:Fauresmith
Notes:mother's farm
Status
Type:Oath of Neutrality
Notes:Edubury
Relationships
Mr Henning Jacobus van der Merwe
      is the husband of Mrs Martha Marie van der Merwe
      is the father of Master Jacobus Willem van der Merwe
      is the father of Miss baby van der Merwe (infant female child, Petronella)
Sources
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:32


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.