BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Jan Ruiter
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:61782
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:49
Date arrival:12/10/1901
Date departure:21/06/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Lydenburg Town
Tent number:653
Notes:RT 653
*
Farm History
Name:Rustplaats
District:Lydenburg
Notes:share of farm
Name:Ruiter family
Town:Lydenburg
Notes:3 erven in town
Status of Husband
Type:prisoner of war
Notes:self: sent in by Col Parks' column, sent here 11/10/1901
Relationships
Mrs Jan Ruiter
      is the mother of Miss Sarah Maria Ruiter
      is the mother of Miss Emma Ruiter
      is the mother of Master Karel Christoffel Ruiter
      is the mother of Miss Jan Anna Ruiter (girl)
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:R 09
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0653


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.