BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster
Other Names:Forster, Mrs Barend Johannes
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:88640
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Date arrival:8/4/1901
Date departure:18/10/1902
Reason departure:gone out of camp; husband on Repatriation Staff
Tent number:184
Notes:RT 184
Husband on repatration staff
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:26/07/1901
Date departure:04/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:I 1541
Farm History
Name:Vorster family
Town:Middelburg
Notes:no property
Status of Husband
Type:on commando
Notes:Age 31 - Farmer see also Camps associated
Relationships
Mrs Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster (Forster, Mrs Barend Johannes)
      is the mother of Master Stefanus Erasmus Vorster (Forster, Erasmus Stephanus Albertus)
      is the mother of Master Hendrik Willem Johannes Vorster (Hendrik Willem; Forster)
      is the mother of Master Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster (Forster, Barend Johannes)
      is the mother of Miss Gertruda Johanna Maria Vorster (Vorster, Geertruida Maria Johanna; Forster, Gertruida Maria Johanna)
      is the mother of Miss Maria Petronella Vorster (Forster)
      is the mother of Miss Gertruda Sofia Magdalena Vorster (Vorster, Geertruida Sophia Magdalena; Forster, Gertruida Johanna Sophia)
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:F 01
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0184
Title:DBC 84 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 84
Notes:p. 474


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.