BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Dirk Cornelius Laurens
Other Names:Louwrens; Lourens, Dirk
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:05/02/1902
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:2 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteritis & exhaustion
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:152210
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:2
Date arrival:17/11/1901
Age departure:2
Date departure:05/02/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 277
Farm History
Name:Uitzigh / Uitzicht / Andzwacht
District:Vrede
Relationships
Master Dirk Cornelius Laurens (Louwrens; Lourens, Dirk)
      is the son of Mrs Maghrita Wantrina Lourens (Laurens, Maghrita Weltrina)
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.221
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:28/2/1902, p.236
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.L 049


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.