Personal Details Name: Miss Eva Catharina M van Niekerk Other Names: Effie; Eva C M Born in camp? No Place of death: Bloemfontein RC Age died: 3 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles & pneumonia Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Notes: There is some confusion in the records; this child probably died in Winburg RC, not Bloemfontein. There may also be an incorrect merge. Unique ID: 57996 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age departure: 3 Date departure: 29/04/1901 Date departure: 29/4/1901 Reason departure: death Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 3 Date arrival: 23/02/1901 Date departure: 01/07/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Winburg RC Name: Winburg RC Age arrival: 4 Date arrival: 02/07/1901 Date departure: 14/07/1902 Reason departure: returned home Destination: farm Farm History Name: Spreeuwfontein / Springfontein District: Winburg Name: Vrede District: Winburg Relationships Miss Eva Catharina M van Niekerk (Effie; Eva C M)       is the daughter of Mrs Martha Magdalena van Niekerk (Mart M)       is the daughter of Mrs A van Niekerk Sources Title: SRC 07 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 07 Dates: May 1901 Notes: RC2085, List of deaths in ORC camps for week ending 30/4/1901 Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.208 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 10/5/1901, p.181 Title: SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 70 Notes: 91 Title: SRC 90 Winburg CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 90 Notes: p.72

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.