BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Peter Hendrik Botha
Other Names:Pieter Hendrik
Born in camp? No
Date death:19/04/1902
Place of death:Heidelberg RC
Age died:71 years 6 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death: lightning stroke
Gender:male
Race:White
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:117402
Camp History
Name:Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:71
Date arrival:13/05/1901
Date departure:19/04/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:342
Farm History
Name:Zandfontein
District:Heilbron, ORC
Relationships
Mr Peter Hendrik Botha (Pieter Hendrik )
      is the husband of Mrs Peter Hendrik Botha
      is the relationship unknown of Miss Maria Magdalena Schoeman (Botha)
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.47
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:9/5/1902, p.642; 31/5/1902, p.767
Title:DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.B 19


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.