BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Martinus Jacobus Wahmeyer
Other Names:Weymeyer, Martinus
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:White
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:120784
Camp History
Name:Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:11/09/1901
Age departure:21
Date departure:08/04/1902
Reason departure:transferred camp
Destination:Natal
Tent number:758
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:19
Date arrival:12/09/1902
Date departure:28/11/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:898 / 6782
Farm History
Name:Elandsfontein
District:Heidelberg
Name:Witfontein
District:Heidelberg
Relationships
Mr Martinus Jacobus Wahmeyer (Weymeyer, Martinus)
      is the son of Mrs Petrus Jacobus Wahmeyer
      is the relationship unknown of Mrs Eliza C Connell (Wahmeyer; Connel, Mrs Thomas)
      is the unknown relationship of Miss Magdalena Dorothea Truter
Sources
Title:DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.W 09
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 137


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.