BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Bernardus Jacobus Hendrik Wessels
Other Names:Bernardus Jacobus Herm; Barend
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Age died:4 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:whooping cough & diarrhoea
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:89410
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:4
Date arrival:27/07/1901
Date departure:23/12/1901
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Tafelberg
District:Bethulie
Relationships
Master Bernardus Jacobus Hendrik Wessels (Bernardus Jacobus Herm; Barend)
      is the son of Mrs Martha Magdalena Wessels
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.341
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:3/1/1902, p.6
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:15


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.