BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Rachael Margretha Smuts
Other Names:Rachel Margrita
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:61895
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:23/09/1901
Date departure:15/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:555
Notes:RT 555
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:20/02/1902
Date departure:10/07/1902
Destination:Volksrust
Tent number:175 / 678
Name:Volksrust RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:date not given
Date departure:18/07/1902
Destination:farm
Tent number:F
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:20/02/1902
Date departure:10/07/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Volksrust
Tent number:175
Farm History
Name:Klipbank
District:Ermelo
Relationships
Miss Rachael Margretha Smuts (Rachel Margrita)
      is the daughter of Mrs Anna Lucia Smuts (Mrs Willem Francois; Anna Louisa [DBC 107])
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:S 02
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0555
Title:DBC 127 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 127
Notes:p.344
Title:DBC 105
Type:Volksrust Camp Register
Notes:p. S-138
Title:DBC 107 Volksrust camp register
Notes:p. S 554-5
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 23


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.