BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Magdalena Wilhelemina Bester
Other Names:Magddalena Wilhelmina
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:146180
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:03/06/1901
Date departure:05/12/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:RT 813, Tent M9/33
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:20
Date arrival:08/12/1901
Date departure:18/09/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:Family No 1295/1324, No 5224
Farm History
Name:Transvalia / Transvaalia
District:Ermelo
Relationships
Miss Magdalena Wilhelemina Bester (Magddalena Wilhelmina)
      is the daughter of Mrs Susana Katrina Bester (Susanna Catrina)
Sources
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.B 014
Title:DBC 128 Merebank CR
Notes:p.154
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 67


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.