BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Timothy van Niekerk
Other Names:Timotheus
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:9 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:infantile convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:76623
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:6 months
Date arrival:07/05/1901
Date departure:15/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:2721, 5842
Farm History
Name:Grootfontein
District:Jacobsdal
Name:Grootfontein
District:Hoopstad
Relationships
Master Timothy van Niekerk (Timotheus)
      is the son of Mrs Willem Johannes Basson van Niekerk (Catherina Susanna)
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:22/11/1901, p.672
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.178a


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.