Personal Details Name: Mrs Elsie Gesina Jacomina Beetge Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 85966 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 42 Date arrival: 10/09/1901 Date departure: 14/10/1901 Destination: Merebank, Natal Tent number: I 1696 Name: Merebank RC Age arrival: 42 Date arrival: 18/10/1901 Date departure: 02/08/1902 Reason departure: to Destination: Belfast Tent number: 530 / 2183 Farm History Name: Schoonoord / Schoonoordt District: Middelburg Status of Husband and 3 sons Type: On commando Notes: Husband: Frans Marthinus Jacobus. Age: 45 - Farmer Relationships Mrs Elsie Gesina Jacomina Beetge       is the mother of Master Frans Marthinus Jacobus Beetge       is the mother of Master Willem Gerhardus Beetge       is the mother of Miss Elsie Gesina Jacomina Beetge       is the mother of Miss Catharina Larnia Beetge (Catrina)       is the mother of Miss Anna Susanna Beetge       is the mother of Miss Martha Dorothea Beetge Sources Title: DBC 84 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 84 Notes: p. 31 Title: DBC 126 Merebank RC Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 126 Notes: p. 59

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.