Personal Details Name: Mrs Hester Wilken Other Names: Hester Fredricka Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: wagon maker Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 115065 Camp History Name: Harrismith RC Age arrival: 19 Date arrival: 15/04/1901 Date departure: 03/09/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Ladysmith RC Name: Ladysmith RC Age arrival: 53 Date arrival: 10/02/1902 Date departure: 19/07/1902 Reason departure: left camp to reside in town of Destination: Harrismith Tent number: 368/1022 Farm History Name: Wilkin family Town: Harrismith Name: Wilken family Town: Harrismith Notes: nil Status of Husband Type: Ladysmith Dist Notes: James B Relationships Mrs Hester Wilken (Hester Fredricka)       is the mother of Miss Mary Wilken (Wilken, Mary Jane)       is the mother of Miss Anna Catherina Wilken       is the mother of Master Bartholomew Wilken       is the mother of Master Thomas Wilken       is the wife of Mr James Bartholomew Wilkin Sources Title: SRC 80 Harrismith CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 80 Notes: p.11 Title: DBC 123 Ladysmith CR Type: Camp register Location: TAB Reference No.: DBC 123 Notes: p.117

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.