BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Cornelia A Venter
Other Names:Cornelia A
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011204
Age died:13 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:typhoid
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:

Date of death not clear - there appear to be two given

Unique ID:20418
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:12/04/1901
Age departure:15
Date departure:04/12/1901
Date departure:possibly 24/05/1901
Reason departure:death
Stock into camp:taken by English; no receipt,
Tent number:RT 163
Farm History
Name:Sterkstroom
Name:Sterkstroom
District:Potchefstroom
Notes:owns erf
Status of Father
Type:pow, St Helena, 27/02/1900
Notes:Hermanus Andries; brother, Jacobus Johannes, still fighting
Relationships
Miss Cornelia A Venter (Cornelia A)
      is the sister of Master Dedrick Venter
      is the sister of Master Hermanus Venter
      is the sister of Master Petrus Albertus Venter (Petrus Albertus)
      is the sister of Miss Hester Venter
      is the sister of Miss Catrina Venter
      is the sister of Master Jan Sarel M Venter
      is the sister of Miss Martha Venter
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.432
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:6/12/1901, p.1725
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. V-212


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.