BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902


Farm Details
Name:Rietfontein / Reitfontein
District:Heidelberg
Notes:

Owner: L van Eden; occupied by Boers who fired on troops [Source: Cd 524, p.18]

13/12/1900; Owner: P Venter; troops sniped from vicinity [Source: Cd 524, p.18]

09/11/1900; Owner not known; telegraph line cut [Source: Cd 524, p.18]

Persons on Farm
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  1. Miss Johanna Botha Unique ID: 134517
  2. Mr Andries Stephanus du Toit Unique ID: 131920
  3. Miss Johanna Christina Faurie (Fourie, Johanna Cristina Wilhelmina) Unique ID: 134515
  4. Mrs Johanna Cristina Faurie (Mrs Abram Christofel; Fourie) Unique ID: 134514
  5. Miss Martha Aleda Faurie (Fourie, Martha Alida Louisa) Unique ID: 134516
  6. Miss Anna Goosen (Anna Adriana) Unique ID: 134544
  7. Mrs Anna Adriana Goosen (Mrs Hendrik) Unique ID: 134542
  8. Miss Ella Goosen (Ella Johanna) Unique ID: 134548
  9. Miss Hester Hestruda Goosen (Hester Gertruida) Unique ID: 134547
  10. Master Jan Hendrick Goosen (Jan Hendrick) Unique ID: 134543
  11. Miss Katrina Johanna Goosen (Catrina Johanna) Unique ID: 134545
  12. Miss Sara Susanna Goosen (Susara Susanna) Unique ID: 134546
  13. Mr Carl Willem August Hoffman Unique ID: 133933
  14. Mrs Anna Maria Kruger Unique ID: 127800
  15. Mrs Anna Maria Kruger Unique ID: 127803
  16. Master Johannes Jacobus Kruger Unique ID: 127801
  17. Master Petrus J Frans Kruger Unique ID: 127802
  18. Mr Johan Andries Muller Unique ID: 135131
  19. Mrs Johan Andries Muller Unique ID: 135132
  20. Mr Jacobus Alwijn Smith Unique ID: 173426
  21. Master Charles William Ueckermann Unique ID: 135128
  22. Miss Dorethea Maria Ueckermann Unique ID: 135129
  23. Master Edward Albert Ueckermann Unique ID: 135130
  24. Mr Hendrick Julius Ueckermann Unique ID: 135121
  25. Mrs Hendrick Julius Ueckermann Unique ID: 135122
  26. Master Hendrick Julius Ueckermann Unique ID: 135123
  27. Master John Andries Ueckermann Unique ID: 135124
  28. Master Michael Arnolds Ueckermann Unique ID: 135126
  29. Master Sydney Arthur Ueckermann Unique ID: 135125
  30. Master Tobias Johannes Ueckermann Unique ID: 135127


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.