BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Elizabeth Booyens
Other Names:Booyjens
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:29/11/1901
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:14 years 1 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:pneumonia & exhaustion
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:146044
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:06/05/1901
Age departure:14
Date departure:29/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 553, Tent U/6
Farm History
Name:Diepspruit / Deefspruit [unclear] / Diep Spruit
District:Standerton
Relationships
Miss Maria Elizabeth Booyens (Booyjens )
      is the daughter of Mrs Johanna Magdalena Booyens (Boojens, Johanna Magd)
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.37
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 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.B 009


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.