BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Catherine Marta Botha
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Notes:Although entered separately, she is the daughter of Mrs C Viljoen, who stayed behind in Lydenburg with a sick sister when the rest of the family entered this camp. See p. 119 of this register. She is shown with nil property but the stepfather seems to own a farm.
Unique ID:111306
Camp History
Name:Barberton RC
Age arrival:25
Date arrival:13/07/1901
Date departure:04/07/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Belfast RC
Tent number:482
Name:Belfast RC
Date arrival:04/07/1902
Date arrival:date of departure from Barberton RC
Farm History
Name:Botha family
Town:Lydenburg
Notes:nil
Sources
Title:DBC 54 Barberton CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 54
Notes:p.175 and p.119


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.