BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Hester Jacoba du Plessis
Other Names:Ester Jacoba
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Middelburg RC
Age died:7 years
Died in camp? Yes
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:84820
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:7
Date arrival:02/06/1901
Date departure:19/07/1901
Reason departure:Death
Tent number:I 1114
Farm History
Name:du Plessis family
Town:Machadodorp
Name:Rietvlei
District:Carolina
Relationships
Miss Hester Jacoba du Plessis (Ester Jacoba)
      is the daughter of Mr Lourens Andries Stefanus du Plessis (Lourens Andries Stephanus)
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.297
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. 247


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.