BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Marthinus Stephanus Grobler
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:60175
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:31
Date arrival:30/09/1901
Date departure:06/09/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Belfast RC
Notes:RT 607
Taken by natives and handed over to o/c Lydenburg
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:31
Age arrival:age in Balmoral RC
Date arrival:06/09/1902
Date arrival:date of departure from Balmoral RC
Farm History
Name:Weltevrede / Weltevreden
Town:Belfast
District:Lydenburg
Notes:share of farm
Status of Husband
Type:prisoner of war
Notes:self: taken by natives & handed over to o/c Lydenburg, sent via Machadodorp, 30/9/1901
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:43
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0607


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.