BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Aletta Kemp
Other Names:Aletta Maria
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:36492
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:55
Date arrival:27/11/1901
Date departure:28/11/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:1266
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:55
Date arrival:04/12/1901
Date departure:29/07/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Pinetown RC
Tent number:1278 / 5135
Name:Pietersburg RC
Date arrival:29/07/1902
Date departure:10/09/1902
Reason departure:1 MR
Destination:Pietersburg
Tent number:1266
Farm History
Name:Kemp family
Town:Pietersburg
Name:Holspruit
District:Pietersburg
Status of Husband
Type:on Commando
Notes:died on commando
Relationships
Mrs Aletta Kemp (Aletta Maria)
      is the mother of Miss Maria Kemp (Maria Magrita)
      is the mother of Miss Petronella Kemp (Petronella Joh)
      is the mother of Master Willem Kemp (Willem Johs)
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.89
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 509


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.