Personal Details Name: Miss Martha Louisa van Niekerk Born in camp? No Place of death: Kimberley 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: 76220 Camp History Name: Kimberley RC Age arrival: 3 Date arrival: Mar 1901 Date departure: 24/06/1901 Reason departure: death Tent number: 74, 5898 Farm History Name: Turfdraai Name: Doornbult District: Boshof Relationships Miss Martha Louisa van Niekerk       is the daughter of Mr Frederick Johannes van Niekerk Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.206 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 5/7/1901, p.282 Title: SRC 83 Kimberley CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 83 Notes: p.159a

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.