BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Anna Catrina van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011111
Place of death:Vryburg RC
Age died:7 years
Died in camp? Yes
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Cape Colony
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:34243
Camp History
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:9
Date arrival:01/07/1901
Age departure:7
Date departure:11/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:117
Farm History
Name:van der Merwe family
Town:Taungs
District:Cape Colony
Name:Van der Merwe family
Town:Taungs
District:Vryburg
Relationships
Miss Anna Catrina van der Merwe
      is the daughter of Mr David Jacobus van der Merwe
Sources
Title:RS 31 Cape & Natal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 31
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.9
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:10/1/1902, p.40
Title:DBC 160 Vryburg RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 012


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.