BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Matthys Marthinus Bezuidenhout
Other Names:Mathys Marthinus
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:80891
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:08/08/1901
Date departure:02/09/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Rietfontein Farm
Tent number:266
Notes:RT 266
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:23
Date arrival:01/05/1901
Date departure:04/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:I 1224
Farm History
Name:Rietfontein / Reitfontein / Roetfontein
District:Pretoria
Notes:no property
Status
Type:surrendered; AB, ABC
Notes:14/6/1901
Relationships
Mr Matthys Marthinus Bezuidenhout (Mathys Marthinus)
      is the husband of Mrs Matthys Marthinus Bezuidenhout (Mathys Marthinus)
      is the father of Miss Susanna Aletta Bezuidenhout (Susannah Aletta)
      is the father of baby Bezuidenhout
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:B 03, B 14
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 74
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0266


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.