BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Jacomina Louw
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Norvals Pont RC
Age died:6 years 6 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:diphtheria
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:38269
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:6
Date arrival:27/11/1900
Date departure:01/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Winburg RC
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:6
Date arrival:27/02/1902
Date departure:05/06/1902
Reason departure:death
Name:Winburg RC
Farm History
Name:Hestersrust / Besters Rust / Bestersrust
District:Winburg
Relationships
Miss Maria Jacomina Louw
      is the daughter of Mr Nicholaas J Louw (Nicholas)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.174
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:p.37
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:20/6/1902, p.402
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.207
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:p.37


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.