BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Willem Walter Steyn
Other Names:Steijn, Willem Wouter
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:152577
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:16/10/1901
Date departure:22/10/1901
Destination:Ladysmith
Tent number:RT 628
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:05/03/1902
Date departure:10/07/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:487
Farm History
Name:Silverbank / Zilverbank
District:Standerton
Notes:1000 morgen
Status of Family
Type:prisoner-of-war
Notes:self deported as pow
Relationships
Master Willem Walter Steyn (Steijn, Willem Wouter)
      is the unknown of Mrs Martha Francina Otto
Sources
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.S 090
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 63


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.