BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr H Boecker
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:927
Camp History
Name:Springfontein RC
Notes:nd: Asks to be allowed to go with his family to Bloemfontein, to live on his own account there; never took up arms against British government; all his wife's family are in Bloemfontein. She has an old father who served in the British army many years and is still a loyal subject to the English government.
7/5/1901: Permission not grantd.
Sources
Title:SRC 06
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:06
Dates:April-May 1901
Notes:RC1772, nd, H Boecker to PM, Britain and related correspondence


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.