Personal Details Name: Mrs Elsie S van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Unique ID: 103926 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 23 Date arrival: 19/08/1901 Date departure: 03/09/1901 Destination: Norval's Pont Farm History Name: Swerwersdam District: Fauresmith Status of Husband Type: On commando Relationships Mrs Elsie S van der Merwe       is the Mother of Miss Hester Cor van der Merwe       is the Mother of Miss Cath Fred van der Merwe       is the Mother of baby van der Merwe Sources Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: p.149

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.