BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Susanna Maria Bester
Other Names:Sus Catha
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Vredefort Road RC
Age died:36 years 8 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:cardiac failure
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:22733
Camp History
Name:Vredefort Road RC
Farm History
Name:Bester family
Town:Villiersdorp
District:Vrede
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.20
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:24/1/1902, p.65


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.