BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Martha Maria Potgieter
Other Names:M M J A
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Heilbron RC
Age died:25 years 2 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever & scurvy
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Cape Colony
Unique ID:34313
Camp History
Name:Heilbron RC
Farm History
Name:Pekelfontein
Town:Alexandria
District:Cape Colony
Name:Knopjesfontein
District:Heilbron
Sources
Title:RS 31 Cape & Natal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 31
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.12
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:27/12/1901, p.755


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.