BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Helen Margaret Cooper
Other Names:Helen Marg
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Winburg RC
Age died:30 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:100167
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Date arrival:28/04/1901
Date departure:08/02/1902
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Cooper family
Town:Piquetberg
District:Cape Colony
Name:Witlaagte
District:Winburg
Relationships
Mrs Helen Margaret Cooper (Helen Marg)
      is the wife of Mr Gerrit Pieter Cooper
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.65
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:21/2/1902, p.151
Title:SRC 90 Winburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 90
Notes:p.27


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.