Personal Details Name: Mr Jacobus Hendrik van der Merwe Other Names: Jacobus Petrus 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: 83075 Camp History Name: Balmoral RC Age arrival: 77 Date arrival: 15/08/1901 Date departure: 07/03/1902 Reason departure: returned home Destination: Pienaars Poort Tent number: 340 Notes: RT 340 Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 78 Date arrival: 01/08/1901 Date departure: 15/08/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Balmoral RC Tent number: I 1570 Farm History Name: Spitskop / Spitzkop District: Middelburg Notes: share of farm Status Type: not on commando; invalid Illness Reason: Invalid Out patient: Yes Relationships Mr Jacobus Hendrik van der Merwe (Jacobus Petrus)       is the husband of Mrs Jacobus Hendrik van der Merwe (Jacobus Petrus)       is the father of Miss Emily Sophia Magdalena van der Merwe (Emilie Sofia)       is the Adoptive father of Miss Susarah Susannah Prinsloo (Prins, Sarah) Sources Title: DBC 47 Balmoral CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 47 Notes: 0340 Title: DBC 46 Balmoral CR Type: Index camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 46 Notes: M 05 Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 172

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.