BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Engela Catrina du Plessis
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Age died:36 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:93743
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:57
Date arrival:23/04/1901
Date departure:27/02/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:du Plessis family
District:Cape Colony
Name:Lakensvlei / Lakenvley
District:Smithfield
Relationships
Mrs Engela Catrina du Plessis
      is the wife of Mr Rudolf Cornelius du Plessis
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.232
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:7/3/1902, p.189
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:p.194


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.