BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Magdalena Gertruida de Beer
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:173172
Camp History
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:11
Date arrival:20/03/1902
Date departure:01/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Middelburg
Tent number:636 / 2372
Farm History
Name:Beerfontein / Bierfontein
District:Rosenkal
Illness
Date arrival:Age: 14
Out patient:Yes
Notes:Medical Officer: Dr Philipson In DBC 120 her name is given as Gertruda de Beer. This is the only child in the registers with this name.
Relationships
Miss Magdalena Gertruida de Beer
      is the daughter of Mrs Elizabetha Susanna de Beer
Sources
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 83
Title:DBC 120 Jacobs Siding RC
Type:Hospital Register
Notes:p. 1
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 97


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.