BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Lousia Maria Catrina Lessing
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:widowed
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:90131
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:22
Date arrival:23/04/1901
Date departure:24/04/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Uitenhage RC
Name:Uitenhage RC
Age arrival:22
Date arrival:26/04/1902
Date departure:09/10/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bloemfontein RC
Farm History
Name:Lessing family
Town:Dewetsdorp
District:Bloemfontein
Status of Husband
Notes:deceases
Relationships
Mrs Lousia Maria Catrina Lessing
      is the relationship unknown of Mr Allewyn Jacobus Dieppenaar
      is the mother of Master Tomas Sarel Lessing (Thomas Sarel)
Sources
Title:SRC 88 Uitenhage CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 88
Notes:p.031
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:44


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.