BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Petrus Daniel Gerardus Venter
Other Names:Gerhardus W P; Petrus Daniel Gerhardus; Petrus D Gerhardus
Born in camp? No
Date death:06/12/1901
Place of death:Pietersburg RC
Age died:8 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:dentition & convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:39780
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:5 m
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Age departure:8 m
Date departure:06/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:1047
Name:Irene RC
Age arrival:1 m
Date arrival:26/04/1901
Date departure:15/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Pietersburg RC
Tent number:RT 955
Name:Irene RC
Age arrival:4 m
Date arrival:17/07/1901
Date departure:31/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Pietersburg RC
Tent number:RT 1620
Farm History
Name:Vrederust / Vrederust No 1
Town:Marabastad
District:Pietersburg / Soutpansberg
Relationships
Master Petrus Daniel Gerardus Venter (Gerhardus W P; Petrus Daniel Gerhardus; Petrus D Gerhardus )
      is the son of Mrs Jacomina Hendrina Venter
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.437
Title:DBC 88 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 88
Notes:p.44
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 027
Title:DBC 62 Irene CR
Type:DBC 62
Reference No.:DBC 62
Notes:

p. V 04, V 10



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.