Personal Details Name: Master Barend Jacobus Smith Born in camp? No Place of death: Springfontein RC Age died: 8 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 31287 Camp History Name: Springfontein RC Farm History Name: Roodepoort / Rooipoort Town: Dewetsdorp District: Bloemfontein Name: Smith family Town: Vredefort Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.275 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 9/8/1901, p.381

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.