Personal Details Name: Mrs Hester Venter Maiden name: Meyburg Born in camp? No Place of death: Middelburg RC Age died: 31 years 3 months Died in camp? Yes Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 83772 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 31 Date arrival: 19/05/1901 Date departure: 11/09/1901 Reason departure: Death Tent number: II 514 Farm History Name: Venter family District: Orange River Colony Name: Venter family Town: Lydenburg Status of Husband Type: POW Notes: Erasmus Albertus Relationships Mrs Hester Venter       is the mother of Master Johannes Christian Venter       is the mother of Master Jan Hendrik Venter       is the mother of Miss Anna Aletta Venter Sources Title: RS 27 Transvaal DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 27 Notes: p.437 Title: TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette Type: Transvaal Government Gazette Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: TKP 102 Dates: Jul-Dec 1901 Notes: 2/10/1901, p.1460 Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 201 Title: DBC 85 Middelburg DL Type: Burial lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 85 Notes: 6_069

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.