Personal Details Name: Miss Hester Maria van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 76809 Camp History Name: Kimberley RC Age arrival: 15 Date arrival: 01/08/1901 Date departure: 13/11/1902 Reason departure: discharged Tent number: 3876 Farm History Name: Emmaus / Emmaos / Emos / Emous Town: Petrusburg District: Fauresmith Relationships Miss Hester Maria van der Merwe       is the daughter of Mrs Johannes Petrus van der Merwe (Rachel Maria) Sources Title: SRC 83 Kimberley CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 83 Notes: p.189a

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.