BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Maria Elizabeth Brits
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Kroonstad RC
Age died:39 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:23518
Camp History
Name:Kroonstad RC
Age departure:39
Date departure:24/04/1901
Date departure:24/4/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Middelin
District:Kroonstad
Name:Middelin
District:Kroonstad
Sources
Title:SRC 07
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:07
Dates:May 1901
Notes:RC2085, List of deaths in ORC camps for week ending 7/5/1901
Title:SRC 07
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:07
Dates:May 1901
Notes:RC2085, List of deaths in ORC camps for week ending 7/5/1901
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.45
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:10/5/1901, p.182


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.