BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Aletta Catrina Booyens
Other Names:Mrs Johannes Benjamin
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:miner or farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:80719
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:34
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Date departure:29/11/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:80
Notes:RT 80
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:34
Date arrival:11/05/1901
Date departure:03/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:I 362
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:35
Date arrival:01/12/1901
Date departure:03/12/1902
Destination:Middelburg
Tent number:1248 / 5042
Farm History
Name:Roodepoort / Rooipoort
District:Middelburg
Notes:no property
Name:Booyens family
Town:Christiana
Status of Husband
Type:pow
Notes:St Helena
Relationships
Mrs Aletta Catrina Booyens (Mrs Johannes Benjamin)
      is the mother of Master Marthinus Gerhardus Booyens (Marthinus)
      is the mother of Master Matthys Cornelis Booyens (Mathys Cornelius)
      is the mother of Master Johannes Benjamin Booyens
      is the mother of Miss Susara Elizabeth Booyens (Susannah Elizabeth; Susarra Eliz)
      is the mother of Miss Johanna Katrina Booyens (Johanna)
      is the mother of Miss Aletta Katrina Booyens (Aletta; Aletta Catrina)
      is the mother of Miss Catharina Elizabeth Booyens (Katrina Elizabeth; Gertruida Eliz)
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:B 06
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 67
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0080
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p.066


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.