BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name: baby van Bloemenstein
Other Names:van Blommestein
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Aliwal North RC
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:heart failure
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:55027
Camp History
Name:Aliwal North RC
Age arrival:9 months
Date arrival:29/04/1901
Date departure:19/03/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:van Bloemenstein family
Town:Bethulie
Relationships
baby van Bloemenstein (van Blommestein)
      is the child of Mrs H van Bloemenstein
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.26
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:28/3/1902, p.230
Title:SRC 69 Aliwal North CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 69
Notes:133


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.