Personal Details Name: Mrs Gert Cornelius van der Merwe Other Names: Mrs Gert Cornelis Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 39418 Camp History Name: Pietersburg RC Age arrival: 33 Date arrival: 16/01/1902 Date departure: 10/12/1902 Reason departure: 1 MR Destination: Louis Trichardt Tent number: 1275 Name: Irene RC Age arrival: 32 Date arrival: 28/09/1901 Age departure: 32 Date departure: 14/01/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Pietersburg RC Tent number: RT 1973 Farm History Name: van der Merwe family Town: Louis Trichardt Notes: no property Status of Husband Type: POW Notes: 11/1/1903: returned Relationships Mrs Gert Cornelius van der Merwe (Mrs Gert Cornelis )       is the mother of Miss Susanna Aletta van der Merwe       is the mother of Master Petrus Johannes van der Merwe       is the mother of Miss Leah Magdalena van der Merwe (Lyla Magdalena )       is the relationship unknown of Master David van der Nest       is the mother of Miss Anna Christina van der Merwe Sources Title: DBC 88 Pietersburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 88 Notes: p.22 Title: DBC 62 Irene CR Type: DBC 62 Reference No.: DBC 62 Notes: p. M 12

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.