BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Jacoba du Preez
Born in camp? No
Date death:11/03/1902
Place of death:Harrismith RC
Age died:64 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:senile decay & diarrhoea
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:tenant farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:116072
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:64
Date arrival:26/08/1901
Date departure:11/03/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Waterval / Waterfal
District:Bethlehem
Notes:1000 morgen; hired
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.237
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:21/3/1902, p.218
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.55


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.