BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Anna Sophia Foster
Other Names:Voster, Vorster
Maiden name:Venter
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Pietersburg RC
Age died:43 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:chronic malaria & cardiac failure
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:35544
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:40
Date arrival:05/05/1901
Date departure:03/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:278
Farm History
Name:Langbult
District:Zoutpansberg
Name:Foster family
District:Haenertsburg
Status of Husband
Type:pow
Notes:husband: Jacobus
Relationships
Mrs Anna Sophia Foster (Voster, Vorster)
      is the mother of Miss Johanna Foster
      is the mother of Miss Cornelia Foster
      is the mother of Master Paul Philippus Jacobus Foster
      is the mother of Master Johannes Foster
      is the mother of Master Jan Hendrik Foster
      is the mother of Miss Anna Sophia Foster (Vorster)
      is the mother of Master Erasmus Foster
      is the unknown of Mr Buren Johannes Martinus Voster (Foster)
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.454a
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.43
Title:TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:101
Dates:1901
Notes:6/12/1901, p.1724
Title:DBC 6 Pietersburg births & deaths
Type:Birth and death list
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:6
Notes:D 034


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.