BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Alberta Hendrina Serfontyn
Other Names:Serfontein; Alberta Catha, Alberta Andrina Catha
Born in camp? No
Date death:10/05/1902
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:14 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:75923
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:16
Date arrival:04/02/1901
Age departure:16
Date departure:10/05/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:204
Farm History
Name:Seeferfontein W family
District:Petrusburg
Name:Leeuwfontein
District:Jacobsdal
Relationships
Miss Alberta Hendrina Serfontyn (Serfontein; Alberta Catha, Alberta Andrina Catha )
      is the daughter of Mr W Seeferfontein
      is the daughter of Mrs W [hn] Seeferfontein
      is the daughter of Mr Willem Jacob Serfontyn (Serfontein)
Sources
Title:SRC 03
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:03
Dates:Mar 1901 RC497-779
Notes:RC639, 13/3/1901, List of ORC residents in Kimberley camp
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.272
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:16/5/1902, p.310
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.141a


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.