Personal Details Name: Miss Maria Helena Alberta van Niekerk Born in camp? No Place of death: Orange River RC Age died: 4 years 6 months Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles & pneumonia Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 72207 Camp History Name: Orange River RC Age arrival: 4 Date arrival: 15/08/1901 Date departure: 16/11/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: Belgravia District: Boshof Name: Damfontein Name: Belgravia District: Bloemfontein Relationships Miss Maria Helena Alberta van Niekerk       is the daughter of Mrs Dirk van Niekerk Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.207 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 22/11/1901, p.672 Title: SRC 86 Orange River CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 86 Notes: p.023a

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.