BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Zacharia Jakomina J van Rensburg
Born in camp? No
Date death:19020219
Place of death:Klerksdorp RC
Age died:38 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric & pernicious anaemia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:17298
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:37
Date arrival:31/05/1901
Age departure:38
Date departure:18/02/1901
Reason departure:death
Stock into camp:taken by English
Tent number:RT 577
Farm History
Name:Cyferfontein
District:Wolmaranstad
Status of Father
Type:dead
Notes:Jacob Francois; brothers, Gert Pieter and Pieter Rensburg, still fighting
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.334
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:14/3/1902, p.309
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. R-166


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.