BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Petronella Gertinna Adriana Oosthuyzen
Other Names:Oosthuizen
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Vredefort Road RC
Age died:2 years 6 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:meningitis
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:29310
Camp History
Name:Vredefort Road RC
Farm History
Name:Oosthuizen family
Town:Vredefort
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 21/5/1901
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.217
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:54/5/1901, p.206


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.