BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Anna Hendrina de Klerck
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:92406
Camp History
Name:Uitenhage RC
Age departure:18
Date departure:23/6/1902
Reason departure:ran away
Notes:26/6/1902: Superintendent, Uitenhage to CSRC: Left the camp on Saturday afternoon and has not been since heard of. She is 18, the daughter of Mrs Helena de Klerck, a widow in the camp. She is of immoral character and has been before him on 3 occasions. He is informed that while she was at Bethulie, she ran away on more than one occasion, to Bethulie Bridge, where there was always a detachment of infantry.
Name:Uitenhage RC
Age arrival:17
Date arrival:26/04/1902
Date departure:15/09/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Name:Bethulie RC
Date arrival:18/09/1902
Date departure:04/12/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Bethulie
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:18
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Age departure:19
Date departure:24/04/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Uitenhage RC
Farm History
Name:de Klerck family
Town:Bethulie
Relationships
Miss Anna Hendrina de Klerck
      is the daughter of Mrs Eleanor Catrina de Klerck (de Klerk, Helena)
Sources
Title:SRC 25
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:25
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:RC8955, 23/6/1902, Superintendent, Uitenhage to CSRC
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:pg.137
Title:SRC 88 Uitenhage CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 88
Notes:p.020


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.