Personal Details Name: Mrs Sarah Johanna van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 89849 Camp History Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 26 Date arrival: 29/08/1901 Farm History Name: Rietfontein Town: Edenburg District: Fauresmith Notes: mother in laws farm Status Type: pow, no oath of neutrality Notes: Baraws Jacobus Ladysmith Relationships Mrs Sarah Johanna van der Merwe       is the mother of Master Scalk Willem van der Merwe (Schalk Willem)       is the mother of Miss baby van der Merwe 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.