Personal Details Name: Mr Willem Petrus van der Merwe Born in camp? No Place of death: Bethulie RC Age died: 82 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: dysentery Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: farmer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 94470 Camp History Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 82 Date arrival: 01/07/1901 Date arrival: Jul 1901 Date departure: 28/10/1901 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: van der Merwe family District: Cape Colony Name: Venterspoort District: Fauresmith Status of Relationships Mr Willem Petrus van der Merwe       is the husband of Mrs Gertruida Elizabeth van der Merwe Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.185 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 1/11/1901, p.615 Title: SRC 74 Bethulie CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 74 Notes: p.228

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.