BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Petronella Vorster
Other Names:Forster
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:88645
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:7
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Date arrival:4/8/1901
Date departure:18/10/1902
Reason departure:gone out of camp
Tent number:184
Notes:RT 184
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:8
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
Relationships
Miss Maria Petronella Vorster (Forster)
      is the daughter of Mrs Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster (Forster, Mrs Barend Johannes)
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0184
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:F 01
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.