BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Hester Emmerentia Grobler
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:57851
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:26
Date arrival:16/10/1900
Date departure:01/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:27
Date arrival:02/08/1901
Date departure:24/04/1902
Date departure:24 Apr 1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Uitenhage RC
Name:Bethulie RC
Date arrival:15/09/1902
Date departure:28/11/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Zuurspruit, Smithfield
Name:Uitenhage RC
Age arrival:27
Date arrival:26/04/1902
Date departure:12/09/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Farm History
Name:Zuurspruit
District:Smithfield
Notes:owner 1431 morgen
Status of Husband
Type:POW
Notes:India
Relationships
Mrs Hester Emmerentia Grobler
      is the mother of Master Johannes Hendrik Grobler
      is the mother of Master Dirk Cornelis Grobler (Dirk Cornelius)
      is the mother of Master Johannes Phillip Grobler
      is the mother of Miss Christina G A Grobler
      is the unknown of Miss Susanna Mar Cat du Plessis (Susanna M Ca)
      is the wife of Mr Jan Hendrik Grobler
Sources
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:85
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:p.202
Title:SRC 88 Uitenhage CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 88
Notes:p.023


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.