BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Ester Jacoba Venter
Other Names:Hester Jacoba
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Pietersburg RC
Age died:5 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:39676
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:6
Date arrival:11/06/1901
Date departure:03/10/1902
Reason departure:1 MR
Destination:Spelonken
Tent number:708
Farm History
Name:Zoekmakaar
District:Zoutpansberg
Name:Zoekmakaar
District:Spelonken
Relationships
Miss Ester Jacoba Venter (Hester Jacoba)
      is the daughter of Mrs Katrina Margareta Venter
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.431
Title:DBC 88 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 88
Notes:p.39
Title:TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:101
Dates:1901
Notes:28/8/1901, p.1322
Title:DBC 90 Pietersburg DR
Type:Death register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 90
Dates:11/5/1901-
Notes:nos 241-252


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.