BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Hester van Rooyen
Other Names:Hester Aletta
Born in camp? No
Date death:15/12/1901
Place of death:Harrismith RC
Age died:5 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:115481
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:4
Date arrival:26/06/1901
Date departure:15/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Vaalkop
District:Harrismith
Name:Weltevrede / Weltevreden
District:Harrismith
Relationships
Miss Hester van Rooyen (Hester Aletta )
      is the daughter of Mrs Margaret van Rooyen (Rachel Margaret)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.259
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:27/12/1901, p.755
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.29


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.