BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Aletta van Vuuren
Other Names:van Vuren, Maria A
Date of birth:19001211
Born in camp? No
Date death:20/08/1901
Place of death:Johannesburg RC
Age died:
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:Mrs Eugenus van Vuuren (Tent Number Rt 725; T C29 + H29) was Jacoba Martina Barnard b abt 1864 d 23 Jul 1955 Potchefstroom,
at the time of internment she was married to Ignatius Michiel Jansen van Vuuren, her youngest child died in the Turffontein Camp and is referred to as Baby van Vuuren (Unique ID 46814) the name of the child/baby was Maria Aletta van Vuuren b 11 Dec 1900 d 20 Aug 1901.

Sarah (Susara Margaretha), Gert (Gert Adriaan) and Baby (Maria Aletta) on the list are Jacoba Martina's children with 2nd husband, Ignatius J v V, her other children were with first husband Rudolph Johannes Jansen van Vuuren who died in 1893 [Diane Rilley]
Unique ID:46814
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Date arrival:09/01/1901
Date departure:20/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 725; T C29 H29
Farm History
Name:Wolvefontein / Wolverfontein
District:Potchefstroom
Relationships
Miss Maria Aletta van Vuuren (van Vuren, Maria A )
      is the daughter of Mrs Jacoba Martina van Vuuren (Eugenus)
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.458
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 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p. 57
Title:Informants
Notes:Dianne Rilley, 15/3/2009


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.