BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master baby Pretorius
Other Names:Johs Gideon
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Norvals Pont RC
Age died:9 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & bronchitis
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:42389
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Date arrival:29/05/1901
Date departure:24/07/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Slachterskop
District:Bethulie
Name:Kraaifontein
District:Phillippolis
Name:Tafelkop
District:Philippolis
Name:Slachterskop
District:Bethulie
Relationships
Master baby Pretorius (Johs Gideon)
      is the child of Mrs Esther Pretorius
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.240
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:2/8/1901, p.342
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.78


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.