BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Maria Elizabeth Groenewald
Other Names:Mrs Wessel Jacobus
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:White
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:118021
Camp History
Name:Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:32
Date arrival:05/08/1901
Age departure:32
Date departure:16/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred camp
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:649
Name:Merebank RC
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:33
Date arrival:20/02/1902
Date departure:28/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Boksburg
Tent number:189
Farm History
Name:Witpoort / Wittepoort
District:Heidelberg
Name:Witpoort
District:Boksburg
Status of Husband
Type:deported (family are undesirables)
Notes:Wessel Jacobus
Relationships
Mrs Maria Elizabeth Groenewald (Mrs Wessel Jacobus)
      is the mother of Miss Annie S Groenewald (Anna Susanna)
      is the mother of Miss Maria Elizabeth Groenewald (Maria)
      is the mother of Master Coenraad Groenewald (Coenrad Adolf)
Sources
Title:DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.G 09
Title:DBC 60 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.070
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 24


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.