BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Johanna Catherina van Niekerk
Date of birth:19020117
Place of birth:Kimberley RC
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:22 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:infantile convulsions
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:76685
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Date arrival:17/01/1902
Age departure:21 days
Date departure:06/02/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:2999
Farm History
Name:van Niekerk family
Town:Hoopstad
District:Harrismith
Name:van Niekerk family
Town:Hoopstad
Relationships
Miss Johanna Catherina van Niekerk
      is the daughter of Mrs Willem Petrus van Niekerk (Heybrecht Margarieta Jacomina)
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:14/2/1902, p.131
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.180a


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.