BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mr George Ruthoen
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Middelburg RC
Age died:70 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:ziekte
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Notes:Age at death is given as 70 years. The only person old enough, would be Martha Jacoba's father-in-law George, but he would have been 85 at this time. Could this in fact be George Ruthven (*London 6 Jan 1816 ≈London 18 Jan 1816, owner of "Langkloof", distr. Middelburg), father of Willem Barend (husband of Martha Jacoba) and David Daniel (owner of "Grijsappel")? His wife had died 10 years previously and he might have lived in the care of his daughters-in-law.)
Unique ID:17916
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Farm History
Name:Grysappel
District:Zoutpansberg
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.352
Title:Informants
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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.