BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Ignatia Cornelia Bekker
Other Names:Ernest Cornelius
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:34984
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:24
Date arrival:06/05/1901
Date departure:24/04/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Jacobs Siding RC
Tent number:RT 495
Notes:10/1/1902: in town at own expense
5/2/1902: back in camp
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:25
Date arrival:24/04/1902
Date departure:01/07/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:831 / 6071
Name:Pietersburg RC
Date departure:22/12/1902
Reason departure:IMR
Destination:Haenertsburg
Farm History
Name:Bekker family
Town:Haenertsburg
District:Zoutpansberg
Status of Husband
Type:deported; pow
Notes:Andries Johannes; 30/10/1902: returned from St Helena
Relationships
Mrs Ignatia Cornelia Bekker (Ernest Cornelius)
      is the mother of Miss Maria Gertrude Bekker (Maria Gertruida)
      is the adoptive mother of Master Jacobus Johannes Pienaar
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.221
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 108
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 100


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.