BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Emerentia Margaretha Catharina van Rensburg
Other Names:Emarentia Marg Catha
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Winburg RC
Age died:2 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:broncho-pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:102591
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Age arrival:2
Date arrival:09/09/1901
Date departure:20/09/1901
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Loskop
District:Bethlehem
Name:Oorsprongberg
Town:Bethlehem
District:Bethlehem
Relationships
Miss Emerentia Margaretha Catharina van Rensburg (Emarentia Marg Catha)
      is the daughter of Mrs Magda Freda Jacoba van Rensburg (Magda Jacoba Freda)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.250
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:27/9/1901, p.528
Title:SRC 90 Winburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 90
Notes:p.146


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.