BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Wilhelmina Elizabeth Potgieter
Other Names:Wilhelmina G
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bloemfontein RC
Age died:41 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:typhoid fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:57770
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age departure:41
Age departure:42 years
Date departure:21/04/1901
Date departure:11/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Uitzicht
District:Winburg
Notes:owner
Status of Husband
Type:POW
Notes:St Helena
Relationships
Mrs Wilhelmina Elizabeth Potgieter (Wilhelmina G)
      is the mother of Miss Elizabeth Adriana Potgieter (Elizabeth A; Eliz Adriana)
      is the Mother of Master Phillipus Potgieter (Philip)
      is the Mother of Master Johannes Hendrik Potgieter (Johannes And)
      is the unknown of Mrs Catharina J Greyling
Sources
Title:SRC 05
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:05
Dates:Apr 1901
Notes:RC1475. 24/4/1901, List of deaths in OC refugee camps
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.228
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:26/4/1901, p.158
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:81


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.