BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Emerentia Jacoba Steyn
Maiden name:Coetzee
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:160564
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:25
Date arrival:20/12/1901
Date departure:05/04/1902
Reason departure:sent to
Destination:Wentworth RC
Stock into camp:taken by English; no receipt
Tent number:RT 1873
Name:Wentworth RC
Farm History
Name:Schoemansfontein
District:Klerksdorp
Notes:owns portion
Status of Husband
Type:on commando
Notes:Franz; brother-in-law, Douw Steyn and brothers, Steph. & Cornelius Coetzee, still fighting
Relationships
Mrs Emerentia Jacoba Steyn
      is the Unknown of Master Frederick Botha
      is the Unknown of Miss Maria Botha
      is the mother of Master Jacobus Steyn
      is the mother of Master Stephanus Steyn
Sources
Title:DBC 76 Klerksdorp
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. S-083


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.