Personal Details Name: Mr Schalk Jacobus van der Merwe Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 66768 Camp History Name: Mafeking RC Age arrival: 61 Date arrival: 13/09/1901 Date departure: 09/04/1902 Reason departure: left for Destination: Setlagoli Farm History Name: Renosterfontein / Rhenosterfontein District: Zeerust Notes: owner Relationships Mr Schalk Jacobus van der Merwe       is the Unknown of Mr Pieter Franzis Ernst       is the husband of Mrs Anna Margritha van der Merwe       is the father of Miss Anna Cornelia van der Merwe       is the father of Miss Elizabeth Magdalena van der Merwe       is the father of Master David Mathys van der Merwe       is the father of Miss Carolina Elizabeth van der Merwe       is the father of Master Jacobus Arnoldus van der Merwe       is the father of Master Cornelius Jacobus van der Merwe       is the Unknown of Miss Johanna Catharina Ernst (Ernest, J C; Johanna Cathrina) Sources Title: DBC 158 Mafeking CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p. 166

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.