BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Hester Johanna Dednam
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Orange River RC
Age died:3 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:diphtheria
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:73708
Camp History
Name:Orange River RC
Age arrival:4
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:07/01/1902
Date departure:29/04/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Dednam family
Town:Heilbron
Name:Blaauwboschspruit
District:Frankfort
Relationships
Miss Hester Johanna Dednam
      is the daughter of Mrs Johanna Frederika Dednam (Alfred)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.71
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:9/5/1902, p.298
Title:SRC 86 Orange River CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 86
Notes:p.076a, p.103a


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.