BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Johanna Cornelia Smit
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Age died:42 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:bywoner
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:94609
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:42
Date arrival:17/07/1901
Date departure:06/01/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Hex River / Hex Rivier
District:Bethlehem
Name:Bosmanspan
District:Fauresmith
Notes:Boesmanspan
Status of Husband
Type:pow
Notes:Carl Nicolas, Bermuda
Relationships
Mrs Johanna Cornelia Smit
      is the mother of Miss Marie Elizabeth Smit
      is the mother of Master Adrian Lewis Smit
      is the wife of Mr Carel Nicolaas Smit
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.274
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:17/1/1902, p.42
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:p.235


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.