BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Levina C Venter
Other Names:Lafina Katrina [DBC 75]
Born in camp? No
Date death:19010517
Place of death:Klerksdorp RC
Age died:20 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever with perforation of bowels
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:none
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:20317
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:19
Date arrival:20/02/1901
Age departure:20
Date departure:31/05/1901
Reason departure:death
Stock into camp:taken by English
Tent number:RT 25 / K5
Farm History
Name:Doornfontein
District:Potchefstroom
Notes:no property
Status of Husband
Type:pow, St Helena, captured 27/02/1900
Notes:Hendrik Petrus; brother-in-law, Meiring Venter, still fighting
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.429
Title:TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:101
Dates:1901
Notes:10/7/1901, p.1132
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. V-207


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.