BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Hester Magdela Booysen
Other Names:Booyse, Mrs Johannes Petrus
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:79361
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:61
Date arrival:25/12/1900
Date departure:15/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:I 2
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:61
Date arrival:15/08/1901
Date departure:22/08/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Vlakfontein
Tent number:351
Farm History
Name:Vlakfontein / Vlaakfontein
District:Pretoria
Notes:4 Erven (share)
Name:Nooitgedacht
District:Haenertsburg
Relationships
Mrs Hester Magdela Booysen (Booyse, Mrs Johannes Petrus)
      is the mother of Miss Hester Magdalena Booysen (Booyse, Hester Magdelena)
Sources
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 1
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:B 03, B 18
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0351


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.