BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jacobus Johannes van Zijl
Date of birth:19011114
Place of birth:Orange River RC
Born in camp? Yes
Place of death:Orange River RC
Age died:4 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:73038
Camp History
Name:Orange River RC
Date arrival:14/11/1901
Age departure:3 days
Date departure:17/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Kelderfontein
District:Boshof
Relationships
Master Jacobus Johannes van Zijl
      is the son of Mr Petrus A van Zijl
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.353
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.053a


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.