Personal Details Name: Mrs Martha Magdalena Erasmus Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 126309 Camp History Name: Irene RC Age arrival: 37 Date arrival: 26/09/1901 Age departure: 37 Date departure: 06/04/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Wentworth RC Tent number: RT 1957 Name: Wentworth RC Age arrival: 34 Date arrival: 09/04/1902 Date departure: 06/09/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Merebank RC Tent number: 574 & 1030 Name: Merebank RC Age arrival: 34 Date arrival: 05/09/1902 Date departure: 06/12/1902 Reason departure: to Destination: Irene Tent number: 2501 / 9809 Farm History Name: Erasmus family Town: Pretoria Status of Husband Type: POW, Ceylon Notes: Johannes Jurgens, returned 21/07/1902 Relationships Mrs Martha Magdalena Erasmus       is the mother of Miss Johanna Susanna Erasmus       is the wife of Mr Johs Jurie Erasmus       is the mother of Mr Frans Barend Erasmus Sources Title: DBC 62 Irene CR Type: DBC 62 Reference No.: DBC 62 Notes: p. E 07 Title: DBC 153 Wentworth CR Type: Camp register Location: NASA Reference No.: DBC 153 Notes: p.072 Title: DBC 126 Merebank RC Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 126 Notes: p. 219

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.