BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Magdalena Petronella van Wijk
Other Names:Lenie
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Harrismith RC
Age died:34 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:tertiary syphilis
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:33832
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Farm History
Name:van Wijk family
Town:Bethlehem
Name:Kalkfontein
District:Rouxville
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.348
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:31/1/1902, p.92


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.