BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jacobus Johannes Pienaar
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:39413
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:25/09/1901
Date departure:10/01/1902
Reason departure:gone into town
Destination:Pietersburg
Tent number:1197
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:4
Date arrival:24/04/1902
Date departure:01/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:831 / 6073
Farm History
Name:Minne family
Town:Pretoria
Name:Bekker family
Town:Haenertsburg
District:Zoutpansberg
Status of Father
Type:POW
Relationships
Master Jacobus Johannes Pienaar
      is the unknown of Mrs Maria Catrina Magdalena Minne
      is the adopted son of Mrs Ignatia Cornelia Bekker (Ernest Cornelius)
Sources
Title:DBC 88 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 88
Notes:p.21
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 108
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 100


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.