BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Louis Boklenberg Gouws
Other Names:Jacob Lewis; Jacob Louis Poklenburg; Jacob Louis Petrus
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:112886
Camp History
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:12/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred camp
Destination:Durban RC
Tent number:239
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:17/01/1902
Date departure:17/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Jacobs Siding RC
Tent number:2159
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:21/02/1902
Date departure:15/03/1902
Reason departure:left to join their family at
Destination:Merebank
Tent number:232 / 859
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:22/02/1902
Date departure:11/09/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:2215 / 8569
Farm History
Name:Middelpunt / Middepont
District:Lydenburg
Relationships
Master Louis Boklenberg Gouws (Jacob Lewis; Jacob Louis Poklenburg; Jacob Louis Petrus)
      is the son of Mr Jacob Martinus Gouws (Jacobus Martinus; Jacob Martines)
Sources
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.039
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p.166
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 30
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 321, 335


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.