BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mrs Anna Mageritha Meester
Other Names:Anna Margrita
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:schoolteacher
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:155849
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:38
Date arrival:30/06/1901
Date departure:04/03/1902
Reason departure:sent to
Destination:Natal
Stock into camp:no stock
Tent number:RT 796
Notes:

Notes in red: Cancelled 17/09/1901, renewed 11/0/1902

Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:38
Date arrival:07/03/1902
Date departure:28/11/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Klerksdorp
Tent number:559. See folio 112
Farm History
Name:Buisfontein
Notes:no property
Name:Buisfontein
District:Klerksdorp
Status of Husband
Type:deported, pow, Ceylon, 27/02/1900
Notes:

Hendrik / Hendrick; family are undesirables & using invisible ink

Relationships
Mrs Anna Mageritha Meester (Anna Margrita)
      is the mother of Miss Gerorda Meester (Gerder)
      is the mother of Master Albert Meester
      is the mother of Master Karel Meester (Charel Theodores)
      is the mother of Miss Anna Meester (Annie)
      is the mother of Master Dries Meester (Gert Hendrikus)
      is the mother of Mr Leonard Meester
Sources
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:

p. M-118

Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 72

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.