BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Hester Aletta Smit
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:160286
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:56
Date arrival:22/07/1901
Date departure:16/04/1902
Reason departure:sent to
Destination:Wentworth RC
Stock into camp:taken by English; no receipt
Tent number:RT 998
Name:Wentworth RC
Farm History
Name:Duikfontein
District:Marico
Notes:owns part
Status of Husband
Type:dead
Notes:no relatives fighting
Relationships
Mrs Hester Aletta Smit
      is the mother of Miss Johanna Smit
Sources
Title:DBC 76 Klerksdorp
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. S-072


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.