Personal Details Name: Mrs Hester Catrina van Niekerk Born in camp? No Place of death: Bethulie RC Age died: 32 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: measles Gender: female Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 93260 Camp History Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 32 Date arrival: 22/04/1901 Age departure: 32 Date departure: 09/09/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: van Niekerk family Town: Lady Grey District: Cape Colony Name: Rietkuil District: Bloemfontein Notes: father-in-law's farm Status of Husband Type: pow Notes: Benjamin Petrus, Greenpoint - died there Relationships Mrs Hester Catrina van Niekerk       is the mother of Miss Christina van Niekerk       is the mother of Master Benjamin Petrus van Niekerk       is the mother of Master Hendrik Leonardus Petrus van Niekerk       is the mother of Master Johannes van Niekerk Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.206 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 20/9/1901, p.508 Title: SRC 74 Bethulie CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 74 Notes: pg.174

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.