BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Farm Details
Name:Schurveberg
District:Pretoria
Notes:

Owner: van Housan; certain burghers, residing on Schurveberg Farm, west of Pretoria, after availing themselves of the privileges of the Field-Marshal, the Commander-in-Chief's Proclamation No 1 of 1900, were discovered on two separate occasions contravening para. 2 of the said Proclamation, in that (1) on or about the 17th July, some of them were discovered concealed and armed in the farm premises; (2) in that on or about the 26th inst., when certain soldiers of Her late Majesty's Forces were in the act of purchasing bread from the women living on this farm, they were treacherously fired on by a party of burghers concealed within the premises [Source: Cd 524, p.19]
Persons on Farm
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  1. Miss Magdalena Johanna Bauer Unique ID: 124989
  2. Mrs Magdalena Johanna Bauer (Bouwer) Unique ID: 124987
  3. Master Petrus Johannes Bauer Unique ID: 124988
  4. Master Abram Coetzee Unique ID: 125648
  5. Miss Catharina Elizabeth Coetzee Unique ID: 125655
  6. Mr Daniel Benjamin Coetzee Unique ID: 125649
  7. Mr Dirk Johannes Coetzee Unique ID: 125647
  8. Master Dirk Johannes Coetzee Unique ID: 125650
  9. Master Giliam Schoombie Coetzee Unique ID: 125653
  10. Master Jan Hendrik Coetzee Unique ID: 125652
  11. Master Johan Christiaan Coetzee Unique ID: 125651
  12. Mrs Susanna Catharina Coetzee Unique ID: 125646
  13. Miss Susanna Catharina Coetzee Unique ID: 125654
  14. Miss Christina Petronella Fredrika Dannhauser (Christiana Peternella) Unique ID: 125830
  15. Miss Hester Johanna Dannhauser ( ) Unique ID: 125831
  16. Mrs Hester Johanna Magdalena Dannhauser (Ester Johanna) Unique ID: 125829
  17. Mrs Magdalena P C Sofelina Dannhauser Unique ID: 125832
  18. Miss Magdalena P Jozifina Dannhauser Unique ID: 125833
  19. Miss Magdalena Peternella Dannhauser Unique ID: 170154
  20. Miss Catharina Wilhelmina Hatting Unique ID: 127148
  21. Mrs Susarra Louisa Hatting Unique ID: 127147
  22. Master David Nesbitt (David Jan) Unique ID: 128922
  23. Mrs Ella Susarra Nesbitt (Ellen Susara) Unique ID: 128920
  24. Master George Nesbitt (George Robert) Unique ID: 128921
  25. Mrs Anna Susanna Steenberg (Anna Susan) Unique ID: 131440
  26. Miss Elizabeth Johanna Steenberg Unique ID: 131441
  27. Miss Elizabeth Catrina Steenburg Unique ID: 171740

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.