Personal Details Name: Mr Nicolaas Gustavus Wilhelmus Lessing Other Names: Nicolas Gustavus Wilhelmus Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 79857 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 30 Date arrival: 18/01/1901 Date departure: 22/08/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Belfast RC Tent number: I 138 Name: Belfast RC Date arrival: 21/08/1901 Tent number: 394 Farm History Name: Lessing family Town: Lydenburg Status of Sef Type: not on commando Notes: " a cripple" (p. 21) Relationships Mr Nicolaas Gustavus Wilhelmus Lessing (Nicolas Gustavus Wilhelmus)       is the husband of Mrs Carolina Elizabeth Lessing (Mrs Nicolas Gustavus Wilhelmus)       is the father of Master Thomas Carel Lessing (Thomas Charles)       is the stepfather of Mr Reinier Opperman (Rynier; Lessing)       is the father of Miss Johanna Hendrina Lessing       is the stepfather of Miss Carolina Elizabeth Opperman (Carolin Elizabeth; Carolina E; Lessing) Sources Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 21 Title: DBC 57 Belfast CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p.063

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.