BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Wessel Johannes Prins
Other Names:Wessel Johanna
Date of birth:19011127
Place of birth:Johannesburg RC
Born in camp? Yes
Date death:07/12/1901
Place of death:Johannesburg RC
Age died:2 months 8 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:135582
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Date arrival:27/11/1901
Date departure:07/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:2099
Farm History
Name:Tweefontein
District:Johannesburg
Relationships
Master Wessel Johannes Prins (Wessel Johanna)
      is the son of Mrs Frans Prins (Prens)
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.319
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.62
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p.161 and 148


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.