Personal Details Name: Master Jan Jacobus van der Merwe Other Names: John Jacobus Born in camp? No Place of death: Bethulie RC Age died: 1 years 6 months Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 89056 Camp History Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 2 Date arrival: 25/07/1901 Date departure: 27/08/1901 Reason departure: Death Farm History Name: Aanval District: Wepener Name: van der Merwe family Town: Wepener Status of Relationships Master Jan Jacobus van der Merwe (John Jacobus)       is the son of Mrs Anna Margrieta van der Merwe Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.184 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 06/09/1901, p.467 Title: SRC 74 Bethulie CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 74 Notes: p.003

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