BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Martha Jacoba van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:36880
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:21/07/1901
Date departure:06/01/1903
Reason departure:1 MR
Destination:Pietersburg
Tent number:961
Name:Irene RC
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:21/04/1901
Age departure:3
Date departure:15/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Pietersburg RC
Tent number:RT 856
Farm History
Name:van der Merwe family
Town:Pietersburg
Relationships
Miss Martha Jacoba van der Merwe
      is the daughter of Mrs Anna Elizabetta Christina van der Merwe (Anna E Christina )
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.111
Title:DBC 62 Irene CR
Type:DBC 62
Reference No.:DBC 62
Notes:p. M 04


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.