BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Lourens Petrus Oberholzer
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:156421
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:41
Date arrival:09/07/1901
Date departure:16/04/1902
Reason departure:sent off as prisoner of war
Stock into camp:taken by English
Tent number:RT 813
Farm History
Name:Kransfontein
Notes:owns farm
Status
Type:AB, ABC
Notes:son, Michael, still fighting
Relationships
Mr Lourens Petrus Oberholzer
      is the husband of Mrs Anna Magdelina Oberholzer
      is the father of Mr Jacobus Johannes Oberholzer
      is the father of Master Lourens Petrus Oberholzer
      is the father of Master Jan Andries Oberholzer
      is the father of Miss Judith Hester S Oberholtzer (Oberholzer [DBC 75])
      is the father of Miss Martha Aletta Oberholzer
      is the father of Miss Anna Magdelina Oberholtzer (Oberholzer [DBC 75])
      is the father of Miss Maryna Maria S Oberholtser (Oberholzer, M M S; Oberholzer [DBC 75])
Sources
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. O-138


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.