BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Jacoba Alida Bester
Other Names:kind van Jacoba Alida Bester
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Winburg RC
Age died:9 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:not given
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:101693
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Date arrival:22/08/1901
Age departure:9 months
Date departure:13/11/1901
Date departure:1901/2
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Koornlanden / Korenlanden
Town:Winburg
District:Winburg
Name:Melkvlei / Melkvley
District:Winburg
Relationships
Miss Jacoba Alida Bester (kind van Jacoba Alida Bester)
      is the child of Mr Andreas Petrus Bester
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.20
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:22/11/1901, p.673
Title:SRC 90 Winburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 90
Notes:p.104


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.