BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Farm Details
Name:Welgevonden / Welgefonden
District:Bethlehem
Notes:

Owner: J Wessels; burnt for harbouring Boers; troops fired on from farm
Persons on Farm
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  1. Mr Jan Willem Foelds Unique ID: 50994
  2. Mr H Foulds Unique ID: 121777
  3. Mr Hermanus Foulds Unique ID: 121778
  4. Mr Philip Jacob Naude Unique ID: 173992
  5. Master George Frederick Rautenbach (George Frederik) Unique ID: 30339
  6. Mrs Elsie Sophia Johanna Slabbert Unique ID: 99226
  7. Miss Emmie Adriana Slabbert Unique ID: 99229
  8. Miss Johanna Hermina Slabbert Unique ID: 99227
  9. Miss Margaretha Maria Slabbert Unique ID: 99228
  10. Master Abraham Strauss (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99234
  11. Miss Elsie Sophia Johanna Strauss (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99232
  12. Miss Gertruida Strauss (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99233
  13. Miss Johanna Strauss (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99235
  14. Master Hendrik Swart (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99230
  15. Master Jacobus van den Heever (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99236
  16. Mr Adrian Theodorus van Niekerk Unique ID: 173995
  17. Miss Helena Christina Wilken (Slabbert) Unique ID: 99231

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.