BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Johannes Cornelius
Other Names:Johannes Matheus; Mathys Johannes
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Notes:There is some confusion in the two Krugersdorp registers between father and son. DBC 78 suggests that the older man was a pow, married to a young woman, presumably his second wife. In DBC 79 he is given as in the camp.
Unique ID:45572
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:61
Date arrival:25/12/1900
Date departure:23/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Krugersdorp RC
Tent number:RT 150; T J23
Name:Krugersdorp RC
Age arrival:61
Age arrival:32 [DBC 78]
Date arrival:25/07/1901
Date arrival:16/06/1902 [DBC 78]
Date departure:14/10/1902
Reason departure:1 MR & tent
Tent number:536
Farm History
Name:Zeekoehoek / Ziekoehoek
District:Krugersdorp
Notes:owner
Name:Brand Vlei / Brandvlei
District:Krugersdorp
Notes:part owner
Relationships
Mr Johannes Cornelius (Johannes Matheus; Mathys Johannes )
      is the husband of Mrs Johannes Cornelius
      is the father of Master Frederick Cornelius (Fredrik Stephs; Fred Stef )
      is the father of Master Andries Cornelius (Andries S )
      is the father of Miss Cornelia Cornelius
      is the husband of Mrs Anna Susanna Cornelius
      is the father of Miss Telletsa Cornelius (Taletta)
      is the father of baby Cornelius
      is the husband of Mrs Margarieta Johanna Cornelius
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p. 12
Title:DBC 79 Krugersdorp RC
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 79
Notes:p.017b
Title:DBC 78 Krugersdorp RC
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 78
Dates:Apr 1901-
Notes:p.C 017


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.