Personal Details Name: Mrs Elsie Johanna Smit Other Names: Mrs John Gabriel 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: 119973 Camp History Name: Merebank RC Name: Heidelberg RC Age arrival: 25 Date arrival: 29/08/1901 Age departure: 25 Date departure: 03/03/1902 Reason departure: transferred camp Destination: Jacobs Siding RC Tent number: 689 Name: Jacobs Siding RC Age arrival: 25 Date arrival: 06/03/1902 Date departure: 29/07/1902 Reason departure: left for Destination: Heidelberg Tent number: 496 Farm History Name: Blesboklaagte District: Heidelberg Status of Husband Type: on commando; family are undesirables Notes: Jan Gabriel Relationships Mrs Elsie Johanna Smit (Mrs John Gabriel)       is the mother of Miss Elisa J Smit (Elsie Johanna)       is the mother of Master John Gabriel Smit (Jan Gabriel)       is the relationship unknown of Mrs Cornelia Jacoba Smit (Mrs William Johannes) Sources Title: DBC 59 Heidelberg CR Location: Transvaal Notes: p.S 04 Title: DBC 60 Heidelberg CR Location: Transvaal Notes: p. 082 Title: DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR Type: Camp register Notes: p. 64

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.