Personal Details Name: Mr Scalk Willem van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: farmer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 90949 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Date departure: 1/8/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Bethulie RC Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 38 Date arrival: 01/08/1902 Date departure: 09/09/1902 Reason departure: returned home Destination: Swartlaagte, Bloemfontein Farm History Name: Swartlaagte / Zwartlaagte District: Bloemfontein Notes: owner Status Type: Oath of Neutrality Notes: 7 June 1901, Fauresmith Relationships Mr Scalk Willem van der Merwe       is the husband of Mrs Margareta Elizabeth van der Merwe       is the father of Master Albertus Philippus van der Merwe       is the father of Miss Catrina Margareta van der Merwe (Catharine Francina) Sources Title: SRC 74 Bethulie CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 74 Notes: 80

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.