BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Cornelius Johannes Botha
Other Names:Cornelisis Johs
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:146769
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:10/02/1901
Date departure:05/12/1901
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:RT 5, Tent Rm/18
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:08/12/1901
Date departure:18/09/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:Family No 1297/1327, No 5237; 1327 / 5330
Farm History
Name:Wonderplaats / Wonderplank
District:Ermelo
Status
Type:orphan
Relationships
Master Cornelius Johannes Botha (Cornelisis Johs)
      is the unknown of Mrs Maria Sophia Engelbrecht
Sources
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.E 032
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. 214


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.