BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Christian Ras
Other Names:C D
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bloemfontein RC
Age died:3 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:diarrhoea
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:51288
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:13/08/1901
Age departure:3
Date departure:07/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Roodewal / Rooival / Rooivals
District:Hoopstad
Relationships
Master Christian Ras (C D)
      is the child of Mrs Johanna Hendrica Ras (J H P)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.247
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:15/11/1901, p.652
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:263


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.