Personal Details Name: Mrs Ester Furstenburg Other Names: Ester Heleta Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 64707 Camp History Name: Mafeking RC Age arrival: 29 Date arrival: 15/07/1901 Date departure: 01/10/1901 Reason departure: left for Destination: Durban Name: Howick RC Age arrival: 28 Date arrival: 19/10/1901 Date arrival: from Johannesburg Date departure: 01/07/1902 Reason departure: to Destination: Mafeking Tent number: 661 Farm History Name: Kruisrivier District: Zeerust Notes: quarter share Status of Husband Type: on commando Notes: John Peter Relationships Mrs Ester Furstenburg (Ester Heleta)       is the mother of Miss Ester Aletta Furstenburg (Ester Heleta)       is the mother of Miss Margritha Furstenburg (Margaret Magdalena)       is the mother of Master Johannes Cornelius Furstenburg       is the mother of Miss Cornelia Susanna Furstenburg (Cornelius Susan)       is the mother of Master John Peter Furstenburg Sources Title: DBC 158 Mafeking CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p. 69 Title: DBC 111 Howick RC Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 111 Notes: p. 53

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.