BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Frans de Villiers
Other Names:Francois Jacobua
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:115978
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:49
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Date departure:02/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Ladysmith RC
Name:Ladysmith RC
Age arrival:50
Date arrival:02/02/1902
Date departure:24/07/1902
Reason departure:left camp for his farm
Destination:Dahoek, Dist Harrismith
Tent number:177/288
Farm History
Name:De Hoek
District:Harrismith
Notes:2000 morgen; owner
Status
Type:burgher
Relationships
Mr Frans de Villiers (Francois Jacobua)
      is the husband of Mrs Isabella de Villiers (Isabella Aletta)
      is the father of Master Harry de Villiers
      is the adoptive father of Master Frank de Villiers (Francois Jocs)
      is the father of Master Francois de Villiers
      is the father of Miss Corrie de Villiers (Cornelia Jacoba)
      is the father of Master Jan de Villiers ( Jan Enslin; Johanna Christoffel)
Sources
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.50
Title:DBC 123 Ladysmith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 123
Notes:p.104


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.