BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Elizabeth Margareta van Heerden
Other Names:Maria Jacoba Elizabeth
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Age died:3 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:whooping cough
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:91881
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:5
Date arrival:17/06/1901
Age departure:5
Date departure:19/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Inhoek
District:Fauresmith
Relationships
Miss Elizabeth Margareta van Heerden (Maria Jacoba Elizabeth)
      is the unknown relationship of Mrs Maria Jacoba Elizabeth van Heerden (Marie Jacoba Elizabeth)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.115
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.115
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:29/11/1901, p.686
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:pg.117


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.