BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Com Joh Engelbrecht
Other Names:Cornelius Johs
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:151983
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:48
Date arrival:21/01/1902
Date departure:07/02/1902
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:RT 387
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:48
Date arrival:08/02/1902
Date departure:02/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:Family No 1971, No 7717
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:48
Date arrival:10/02/1902
Date departure:02/10/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:2015 / 7834
Farm History
Name:Rusfontein / Rustfontein
District:Bethal
Notes:portion of
Name:Eensgevonden
District:Middelburg
Notes:portion of
Status
Type:prisoner-of-war; S [surrendered ?] 11/12/1902 [presumably 1901]
Notes:from pow camp 'S' 'B'
Relationships
Mr Com Joh Engelbrecht (Cornelius Johs)
      is the father of Mr Jacobus Johannes Hend Engelbrecht
      is the father of Mr Theunis Christian Engelbrecht (Theunis Chris)
      is the father of Master Cornelius Johns Engelbrecht
Sources
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.E 022
Title:DBC 128 Merebank CR
Notes:p.228
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 217


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.