BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Aletta Johanna de Beer
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:smallholder
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:34577
Camp History
Name:Howick RC
Age arrival:42
Date arrival:23/09/1901
Date arrival:from Pietersburg
Date departure:10/02/1902
Reason departure:departed to
Destination:Neilstroom, Waterberg
Tent number:504/L178
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:42
Date arrival:18/05/1901
Date departure:11/09/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Howick
Tent number:RT 138
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:42
Date arrival:22/02/1902
Tent number:101
Farm History
Name:de Beer family
Town:Louis Trichardt
District:Zoutpansberg
Status of Husband
Type:dead
Relationships
Mrs Aletta Johanna de Beer
      is the employer of Master kafir boy de Beer
      is the mother of Mr Dirk Jacobus de Beer
      is the mother of Miss Martha Louisa de Beer
      is the mother of Master Fernand William de Beer (Ferdeniand Wm)
      is the mother of Master Johannes Hendrik de Beer (Johannes Hendrick)
      is the mother of Miss Eliza Francina de Beer (Hester Elizabeth)
      is the mother of Master Gert Hendrik de Beer
      is the mother of Miss Magdalena Maria de Beer
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.7
Title:DBC 89 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 89
Dates:18/2/1902; 18/2/1902
Notes:p.13
Title:DBC 111 Howick RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 111
Notes:p. 11


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.