BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Miss Susanna Lesja Maria Pretorius
Born in camp? No
Age died:7 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:

Note from informant:


'Please correct the child's age when she entered the camp. Her unique ID is 75669. Age at entry should read 7 years not months. Also, her second name has been misspelled - it seems to be either LASEA of LASIA but not Lasja. '
Unique ID:75669
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:7
Date arrival:28/05/1901
Date departure:18/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:1518
Farm History
Name:Klipfontein
District:Philippolis
Notes:1000m
Status of
Relationships
Miss Susanna Lesja Maria Pretorius
      is the daughter of Mrs Hester Pretorius
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.239
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:30/8/1901, p.447
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.120a
Title:Informants
Notes:Email: 18/02/2022

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.