Personal Details Name: Miss Hester Maria van der Merwe Born in camp? No Place of death: Middelburg RC Age died: 3 years 11 months Died in camp? Yes Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Transvaal Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 82191 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 4 Date arrival: 19/05/1901 Date departure: 15/07/1901 Reason departure: Death Tent number: I 506 Farm History Name: Klipspruit District: Lydenburg Name: van der Merwe family Town: Middelburg Name: Doornberg District: Lydenburg Relationships Miss Hester Maria van der Merwe       is the daughter of Mrs Izak Johannes van der Merwe Sources Title: RS 26 Transvaal DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: 26 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.235 Title: TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette Type: Transvaal Government Gazette Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: TKP 102 Dates: Jul-Dec 1901 Notes: 7/8/1901, p.1258 Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 133

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.