BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Emily Sophia Magdalena van der Merwe
Other Names:Emilie Sofia
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:83077
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:20
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:19
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
Relationships
Miss Emily Sophia Magdalena van der Merwe (Emilie Sofia)
      is the daughter of Mr Jacobus Hendrik van der Merwe (Jacobus Petrus)
Sources
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
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0340


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.