BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Eleanor van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Unique ID:42964
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:29
Date arrival:23/05/1901
Date departure:24/07/1901
Destination:philippolis
Farm History
Name:Beersheba
District:Winburg
Relationships
Mrs Eleanor van der Merwe
      is the daughter in law of Mrs Annie van der Merwe
Sources
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.103


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.