BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Abraham Jacobus Lourens
Other Names:Gabriel Jacobus [DBC 160]
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Cape Colony
Unique ID:78174
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:36
Date arrival:04/07/1901
Date departure:03/07/1902
Reason departure:transfer
Destination:Vryburg RC
Stock into camp:no
Stock out of camp:no
Tent number:555
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:36
Tent number:758
Farm History
Name:Lourens family
Town:Vryburg
Relationships
Mr Abraham Jacobus Lourens (Gabriel Jacobus [DBC 160])
      is the father of Miss Alida Lourens
      is the husband of Mrs Helena Elizabetha Lourens
      is the father of Miss Maria Lourens
      is the unknown of Mrs Alida Esterhuizen
Sources
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.297a
Title:DBC 160 Vryburg RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 097


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.