BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Jacoba Maria Magdalena Jacobs
Other Names:Jacoba
Born in camp? No
Date death:17/12/1901
Place of death:Heidelberg RC
Age died:10 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions & syncope
Gender:female
Race:White
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal or Free State
Unique ID:118423
Camp History
Name:Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:16
Date arrival:06/12/1900
Date departure:17/12/1901
Tent number:235
Farm History
Name:Jacobs family
Town:Devilliersdorp
District:Orange River Colony
Name:Rietpoort / Riedpoort / Reitpoort
District:Heidelberg
Relationships
Miss Jacoba Maria Magdalena Jacobs (Jacoba)
      is the daughter of Mrs Christoffel Johannes Jacobs
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.131
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:17/1/1902, p.60
Title:DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.J 07


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.