Personal Details Name: Mrs Hester Gertbrecht Els Other Names: Mrs Jan Christoffel Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 81325 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Date arrival: 06/05/1901 Date departure: 18/04/1902 Destination: Wentworth Tent number: II 311 Name: Jacobs Siding RC Age arrival: 31 Date arrival: 23/04/1902 Date departure: 29/07/1902 Reason departure: left for Destination: Middelburg Tent number: 820 / 6025 Farm History Name: Rhenosterhoek District: Middelburg Name: Haartebeestfontein District: Middelburg Status of Husband Type: On commando Notes: Jan Christoffel Relationships Mrs Hester Gertbrecht Els (Mrs Jan Christoffel)       is the mother of Master Paul Johannes Els       is the mother of Master Lucas Lourens Els (Louis Lourens)       is the mother of Master Jan Christoffel Els       is the mother of Miss Anna Magdalena Els       is the mother of Miss Anna Maria Els Sources Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 95 Title: DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR Type: Camp register Notes: p. 106 Title: DBC 126 Merebank RC Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 126 Notes: p. 232

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.