BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Cornelius Johannes Smit
Other Names:Johannes C
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Pietersburg RC
Age died:2 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:malaria & chronic diarrhoea
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:38254
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:1
Age arrival:18 months
Date arrival:11/06/1901
Date departure:12/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:652
Farm History
Name:Smit family
Town:Johannesburg
Name:Verseerkerf / Vezeerkerf
District:Louis Trichardt
Relationships
Master Cornelius Johannes Smit (Johannes C)
      is the son of Mr Johannes Stephanus Smit
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.373
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.184
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 013


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.