BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Martha Blom
Born in camp? No
Age died:44 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Cape Colony
Unique ID:1392
Camp History
Name:Heilbron RC
Age departure:44
Date departure:26/04/1901
Date departure:26/4/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Blom family
Town:Bredasdorp
District:Cape Colony
Sources
Title:SRC 07
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:07
Dates:May 1901
Notes:RC1918, Deaths in camps, week ending 14/5/1901


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.