BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Elsie Catharina Vorster
Other Names:Mrs Barend Johannes Marthinus; Voster; Elsie Catrina
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:83768
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:57
Date arrival:20/05/1901
Date departure:20/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Belfast RC
Tent number:II 527
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:58
Date arrival:21/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred camp
Destination:Jacobs Siding RC
Tent number:376
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:60
Date arrival:06/03/1902
Date departure:14/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:539. See folio 114
Farm History
Name:Uitkomst
District:Carolina
Name:Voster family
Town:Belfast
Notes:1 erf
Status of Husband
Type:On commando
Notes:Barend Johannes
Relationships
Mrs Elsie Catharina Vorster (Mrs Barend Johannes Marthinus; Voster; Elsie Catrina)
      is the mother of Miss Anna Sofia Maria Vorster (Voster, Hannah Sophia; Korff)
      is the mother of Mr Abraham Johannes Vorster
      is the mother of Master Paul Jacobus Vorster
      is the wife of Mr Barend Johannes Voster
Sources
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 201
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.060
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 70


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.