BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jan Gijsbert Cilliers
Other Names:Jan Gysbert
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Orange Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:173738
Camp History
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:05/03/1902
Date departure:05/09/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:475. See folio 1; 475 / 6136
Farm History
Name:Oaks, The
District:Vrede
Relationships
Master Jan Gijsbert Cilliers (Jan Gysbert)
      is the son of Mr Willem Sternberg Cilliers
Sources
Title:DBC 119 Jacobs Siding RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 1
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 136


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.